Scale7 JB Workbench.

[Scale7JB]

Just to add, I was really impressed by the nozzle on the autotech primer. But the paint has come up a bit rough. I wil try it again on another project in a cooler temperature to see if it's any better. Still not as good as the Upol primer though.

Holts nozzle was very good too I thought.

JB.

 

[LarryG]

I built a GCR 12-wheel push-pull driving trailer from Bill Bedford etches a few years ago and mixed up a shade of brown that matched up with my memories of these vehicles. Of course I cannot be sure when the real things disappeared from Oldham in 1955 but I think our thought are running along similar lines...

 

[Scale7JB]

Thanks Larry,

This is a far better representation of the colour I have. It's a bit too chocolate and cream brown, at the moment I think. I shall check with our master artist and see what he thinks, though the weathering will bring it back a bit..



JB.

 

[John K]

Just to add, I was really impressed by the nozzle on the autotech primer. But the paint has come up a bit rough. I wil try it again on another project in a cooler temperature to see if it's any better. Still not as good as the Upol primer though.
Holts nozzle was very good too I thought.
JB.

I found the same problem with autotech primer. Unless you put it on fairly thick it leaves a non smooth surface. I have gone back to Upol too.
John K

 

[Scale7JB]

Thanks John, I'll save it for the agricultural jobs in future..

JB.

 

[lnerjp]

Hi JB

I walked past you today on my way out, appologies for not stopping but I'm absolutely shattered, nights shifts not a lot of sleep then a 3 1/2 hour drive each way has caught up with me. I really just wanted to get home. Anyway I know you said your not bothered but for completeness.

Dia 130 in the GER

62686 withdrawn April 55
62705 ? 56
62706 ? 56
62707 May 55
62708 December 56

Right off to bed.

JP

 

[Scale7JB]

That's great JP, greatly appreciated and sorry not to have caught up! I may still have a chance to change the number I used. No idea what it was, and the coach is with the layout..

In other news, does anybody have any experience in the best way to put these together? Instructions a bit lacking.



Should the two bottoms be soldered together, or allowed to move with the springiness of the folded card/paper bellows?

JB.

 

[Steph Dale]

They need to move, relative to each other. What couplers are you using? Kadees?

Steph

 

[Scale7JB]

They need to move, relative to each other. What couplers are you using? Kadees?

Steph

I was planning to stick with hooks. Once they're together the train needn't be split.

JB.

 

[Steph Dale]

Aah, sorry JB,

They're Mk1 pullman gangways - so would prototypically be coupled/fitted to vehicles with drop-head couplers and retracted buffers, so my second question has to be whether they're right for the carriage you're building?

I have managed to make them work with Kadees - I'm not sure you've got enough height to get a hook and loop coupler done up underneath them?

Looks like I documented the coupler here, the gangway was probably on t'other channel: Ker-lunk: Functional drop-head couplers in 7mm scale.

I'll see if I've got a set somewhere that's made up...

Steph

 

[simond]

I too detailed the build of some JLTRT corridors, the brass bits of which were very similar, on the other channel, in my Porth Dinllaen thread. Can find a link if you need. definite3ly want to be able to move. I cheated on the concertina, black cartridge paper interleaved. Details as above.

atb
Simon

 

[Scale7JB]

This still stares at me every day... Taunting me..



JB.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

This still stares at me every day... Taunting me..

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JB.

Your slacking mate ...get on with it

Col.

 

[Scale7JB]

Aaarghhhhhhh!!!

The connectors are too tall!!



JB.

 

[mickoo]

I like the way you've painted them and maybe weathered......before you realised they don't fit

That's the sort of thing I'd do

 

[Scale7JB]

As it turns out, having looked at some prototype pics, they may actually not be that far out, huge relief as I've got 4 pairs nearly finished. I'll just need to find a way to neatly tuck the body end plate under the roof end.

JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

I like the way you've painted them and maybe weathered......before you realised they don't fit

That's the sort of thing I'd do

One of the many down sides of not always having the actual model to hand, because it's hidden away in a box somewhere or 30 odd miles away.

JB.

 

[richard carr]

Take a close look at the real thing as I think you will find yours are placed too high up.

 

[mickoo]

Take a close look at the real thing as I think you will find yours are placed too high up.

I agree, I dimley recall the rubbing plate is much lower, the top of the opening is a fraction above the top of the buffers, or put another way, the top of the tread plate inside should be level with the base of the body. Coach floors are generally pretty thin, might not line up with the door base but its easier to amend that than any other option.

 

[Scale7JB]

There's definitely a couple or few inches between the bottom of the end and the step on the end sheet. Pretty much in line with the beading.



JB.