Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
Is this new, or an ex Northstar kit?
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Looks like North Star. If it is to carry early LMS full panelled livery, the LMS did not line out vertical panelling below the waist. Also, if the window bolections were picked out (they weren't always), the whole bollection was painted, not just the inner section with rounded corners. I mentioned this after spotting some earlier LNWR coaches painted circa 2019.
Ex-Northstar. Adrian did not produce many radials and when the range was passed to Geoff none were produced. We only carry one each in stock as they are not the most sought after kits!
Going to get Warren's LNWR crayoning set!
LarryG
Western Thunderer
LMS non-corridor coaches were lined in yellow. Gold was adopted for corridor coaches, but it was a strange turnabout when the Midland Railway had adopted yellow lining for all stock from WW1 to the end of its existence. I never used gold paint for coaches. A mixture of warm cream was easier to handle. Just random thoughts.
Your random thoughts are always welcome.
I thought that all radials were withdrawn or converted to bogie stock by LMS days, but am happy to be shown otherwise!
David
LarryG
Western Thunderer
From what I have read, many were later fitted with bogies but not all. As far as I can make out, some of the unrebuilt Radials passed into LMS stock. but whether they received LMS lake is something else. Photos are the partial answer
Ready for painting. Commode handles and glazing to add after.
Pick ups on the outer axles for lighting to to added.
The roof will press down properly: I hadn't noticed that I hadn't done it when I took the photos.
The interior is a bit basic, but not particularly visible.
Having built this kit I have decided that I need to find somebody with a proper set of industrial rollers. The next three coach builds are 50' arc roof vehicles. I don't fancy forming these myself. I had intended to get on with these, but I think a Connoisseur G5 will be next.
David
Pick ups on the outer axles for lighting to to added.
The roof will press down properly: I hadn't noticed that I hadn't done it when I took the photos.
The interior is a bit basic, but not particularly visible.
Having built this kit I have decided that I need to find somebody with a proper set of industrial rollers. The next three coach builds are 50' arc roof vehicles. I don't fancy forming these myself. I had intended to get on with these, but I think a Connoisseur G5 will be next.
David
Work continues apace with the G5 but is going to take a back seat for a few days as I have to collect a batch of etches tomorrow. That means a few days living with cut fingers..... but at least there will be almost the complete range of kits available for the Kettering show.
Anyway here is where we are now:
Anyway here is where we are now:
Well, well..... 10 days after opening the box we have this:
I had to replace the dome but otherwise a box of well fitting parts. Well done Jim.
The workbench is likely to be quiet for a while as we are planning a holiday in Adelaide with our younger son who is working there.
I had to replace the dome but otherwise a box of well fitting parts. Well done Jim.
The workbench is likely to be quiet for a while as we are planning a holiday in Adelaide with our younger son who is working there.
Thanks, but we now have to say 11 days. The customer pointed out that the rear vac pipe was in the wrong place and wanted me to add the vac and steam pipes that are visible under the valances and the remnant of the air pipe that 67341 carried in latter days. so here we are today:
I took the opportunity to replace the whitemetal pipes with brass ones.
David
Well, it's been a while since I had anything to post.
I noted in my posts about the J25 build that I had made the centre axle float using wires to control the vertical movement and letting the coupling rods pivot about the central crankpin. This didn't work out well. The springing soon became too soft. With the drive from the rear wheel, this allowed the rear coupling rod to force up the centre wheel. The rods pivoted about the crankpin causing a lock up and an unhappy customer. Fortunately the ex-Fourtrack kits use axle bearings with a smaller OD than the other kits so I was able to ream the frames to use a larger diameter bearing, which is now fixed, so it is a solid 0-6-0 now. Unfortunately the customer had tried to rectify the problem by opening out the coupling rod holes but this just resulted in an unusable set of rods, so a replacement set were fitted. Paul Moore had done his usual excellent paint job.
I noted in my posts about the J25 build that I had made the centre axle float using wires to control the vertical movement and letting the coupling rods pivot about the central crankpin. This didn't work out well. The springing soon became too soft. With the drive from the rear wheel, this allowed the rear coupling rod to force up the centre wheel. The rods pivoted about the crankpin causing a lock up and an unhappy customer. Fortunately the ex-Fourtrack kits use axle bearings with a smaller OD than the other kits so I was able to ream the frames to use a larger diameter bearing, which is now fixed, so it is a solid 0-6-0 now. Unfortunately the customer had tried to rectify the problem by opening out the coupling rod holes but this just resulted in an unusable set of rods, so a replacement set were fitted. Paul Moore had done his usual excellent paint job.
The latest item to go through the bench is a Roxey LSWR 48'Tri-composite. This is being depicted in its later years as a Camping Coach, so not all door furniture is present and internal partitions are not original. Here is is awaiting painting, glazing and the roof fixing.
Next up: an Eric Underhill Peckett, a Gladiator C4, 5 LNWR coaches and a DMR K1, though not necessarily in that order!
David
Next up: an Eric Underhill Peckett, a Gladiator C4, 5 LNWR coaches and a DMR K1, though not necessarily in that order!
David
