Brettell Road, 1960s black country (ish)

AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
Nice work Jim - dad did one of these a while back finished in all over wasp stripes. I've certainly seen a picture of one at Round Oak in yellow, but I am unsure whether all over yellow would have been the 'as delivered' scheme which, going on the period of the rest of your stock, I guess is what you might want.

Those delivered to the United Steel Corporation (who owned YE Co) would have had some variation on the scheme seen on the 0-6-0 two thirds down the page here: Paxman History - Diesels for the World's Railways (1957)

The darker colour would have been maroon, with black and yellow stripes per this steam loco (also built by YE Co.):

Yorkshire Engine 2502 USC Exton Park Mines 1360 18 July 1964

I would be surprised if these yellow schemes much pre-dated 1960, certainly the catalogue shot here: File:Im1952EnV193-p4.jpg (of a slightly earlier type which I would imagine that you've seen) suggests a uniform, dark colour, probably green, as the similar locos used at Shotton seem to have been. Mike Edge would certainly have a better idea.

Adam
 
Jim S-W

Jim S-W

Western Thunderer
Funny you say that Adrian. I thought the same. When I first parked it in front of the greenery I did think that these might not have been as visible as they first intended.

Cheers

Jim
 
oldravendale

oldravendale

Western Thunderer
.....but then I'd not be able to see where I was going which would cause an ACCIDENT!

The livery is not a good idea anyway, as you'd not know whether the loco was coming or going or, indeed, had slipped off the track on an embankment and was going sideways.

B
 
Jim S-W

Jim S-W

Western Thunderer
pillars.jpg

I have added the pillars that support the disused warehouse as well as the lower floor. As its nigh on impossible to see I didnt go too mad on the detailing of the lower floor. The pillars are from Scale Link and because they were intended for a footbridge were too short for what I wanted. I looked a the 7mm scale ones but they were too big so in the end I just added bits of evergreen section to the tops and bottoms to get the height I needed. Below is a view along the canal taken with a mobile phone.

dingy-canal.jpg

little-yard.jpg

On the other side of the canal I wanted a very basic goods yard. The sort of thing where a lorry could be backed up to a wagon and unloaded by hand, no need for cranes or coal staithes or any of the other stuff you usually see. I did settle for a weighbridge as the most minimum of facilities, the build of which was featured in an earlier post. The floor was more powered paint dusted on dry and a few minutes of 'driving' a Base toys lorry around soon added some interest to the floor before it was sealed with Klear. I then used Tamiya gloss varnish to create puddles and baking soda for the raindrops. The whole scene was sprayed with Halford's gloss lacquer to make it all look wet and tie everything together.

new-building.jpg

In front of this will be another largish building which is shown here in the early stages of construction. I wanted to deliberately do things backwards as we human being aren't actually very good at random things. We tend to see patterns easily and even if you have never studied art or illustration we have a natural bias towards well composed things. It would have made a better 'picture' if the building was behind the yard but in reality the railway is usually at the back of things not the front, It's usually tucked away not the main feature.

dark-hut.jpg

Cheers

Jim
 
Jim S-W

Jim S-W

Western Thunderer
deeley-front.jpg

I've been busy fiddling about with more etched kits. This time a Brassmasters kit for the Deeley 0-4-0 tank engine. It's all gone together pretty well with just a few areas that needed a tweak or 2 to get right (if that's down to an error in the kit or my ham fisted effort to bodge it all together ill leave up to you). For the benefit of those who might want to try the same kit i'll share my findings. On the valve gear the connecting links (part A36 in the kit) are too long and needed reducing in length by about 1.5mm. While the eccentric rods (parts A37 and A38) are also too long and needed shortening by about 3mm. I didn't bother using the supplied buffers and new etched heads and replaced them with some A1 models sprung oleos. (part A81) Don't worry as I know the real loco didn't have oleo buffers but the A1 models ones don't look much like real oleos anyway.

deeley-rear.jpg

I found adding the rear lamp irons to be a bit of a faff and lost some anyway. Its much easier to use a bit of fine strip to form a lamp iron with a long foot so that you have something to hold on to while soldering them in place. I decided to make the roof removable by soldering some scrap etch to the edges so that it can be gently sprung into place under the sides. Brassmaters supply the sides for the earlier flush sided loco as well as this one. I prefered the look of the later ones as it looked more antiquated somehow.

deeley-side.jpg

I've never done valve gear before. The instructions say that valve gear rivets make the job easier but I elected to use brass pins with the heads filed down and located out of view. A slip of cigarette paper and a drop of oil means that the whole lot doesn't solder together in one big, rigid lump. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out if I am honest.
 
Heather Kay

Heather Kay

Western Thunderer
Knowing how tiny these engines are, I tip my hat to you for attempting the valve gear for the first time. I struggle with the 7mm stuff!
 
Mike Sheardown

Mike Sheardown

Western Thunderer
That looks superb !!

Seems to have a real presence about it - like you get a sense of the size and mass of the real thing !!

Great modelling !!

Cheers

Mike
 
Dan Randall

Dan Randall

Western Thunderer
Nice work indeed Jim - well done. :thumbs:

I seem to recall David Summers (aka daifly), bought a 7mm kit (ABS?), two or three Telfords ago. I'm looking forward to seeing a thread on that when he gets around to it. ;)


Regards

Dan
 
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