Compton castle
Western Thunderer
Spot on cliff
7mm Heljan news
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Cliff Williams
Western Thunderer
Its a mixture of colours courtesy Martyn Welch, need to go and have a look again.
Humbrol Satin black on the wheels first then some other doses of crap to bring it up to a light traffic level.
Humbrol Satin black on the wheels first then some other doses of crap to bring it up to a light traffic level.
Cliff Williams
Western Thunderer
Jury is out on the rims Jon! I know they should be polished but I think they would look better that way if the wheel profile was a little beyyer. Plus the crap soon covered them up. I will keep looking for pics if D1000 then decide what to do.
Compton castle
Western Thunderer
Any good mate ??
Cliff Williams
Western Thunderer
CHeers thanks Steve!
Obvious when clean - then bloomin hard to see the polishing.
Obvious when clean - then bloomin hard to see the polishing.
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Um. One red tail light isn't prototypical though. Oil lamp, yes, electric tail light, no.
I know on hymeks and warships the white marker and red light were used while shunting in station limits (all 4 on together) and assume westerns were the same?
(sorry if that's been covered before)
Jim
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Looking at the prototype pic both are wrong. Ones too small the other too big (compare with the panels on the underframe)
Hth
Jim
Compton castle
Western Thunderer
This is the picture I used For the positioning, looks good to me but I suppose with out the original plate to physically measure I can't be 100 percent certain. It's far better than the guilplates version.
alcazar
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The lion and wheel would benefit from being cast, or stamped, from whitemetal, IMHO, as would the foxes for Silver Fox and the Falcons for ....Falcon.
The etched lion and wheel doesn't do it for me. Forget the plates size might be slightly out, the lion and wheel just does not work.
The etched lion and wheel doesn't do it for me. Forget the plates size might be slightly out, the lion and wheel just does not work.
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
It does indeed. By drawing 2 parallel lines on the prototype and comparing with the battery boxes, assuming that the panels on the model are right (always dangerous with Heljan) I reckon the plates need to be somewhere in the region of 5% smaller (adjusted image shown below)
Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
Is there enough space on on the Heljan valance for a builders plate?.......it looks far narrower than the prototype in that area
Compton castle
Western Thunderer
Agreed