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Looking forward to seeing your new rolling stock in action. Your layout looks great!

With some effort managed to get the roofs fitted and primed. The chassis painting is finished bar lacquer. Still a little tidying up on the bodies required before painting (which I'm not looking forward to!) then I can fit the electrics! Shame I don't have a layout to test this on... IMG_1656.jpeg I...

Painting the chassis is going well so far.

I've now completed the bogies and they're ready to be fitted to the chassis once I've finished painting it.

I managed to finish the bogies so can now continue with fitting the gear box and motors. I decided to use a semi gloss finish, aiming for a ‘factory fresh’ finish. The 3D printed parts have come out ok after a bit of filler, several coats of primer and a couple of top coats. A0E8DB9A-3F11-46CB-8DF2-...

I managed to find a break in the rain over the weekend and made a start on painting the cab ends. The first coat has highlighted some gaps that will require more filler, it’ll take a few more coats of primer to get a decent finish I think. BCFD3660-5A37-4C6D-AF63-8D4CCFCE26DB.jpeg 9F6D865F-5AD4-4FFC...

Hello!

I was wondering if there were any Guildford Model
Engineering Society members on the board. I’m interested in joining but not sure the best way to go about it!

George

The rattle cans I purchased from Halfords all had security seals which were intact.

Be careful when using Halford's cap coulors as a guide to colour matching - they no longer, like the old fully painted caps, directly represent the actual colour but might be described as a bit "generic" instead. Also take them outside into the daylight, even given the noted limitations. ...

Thanks Tony! I took a trip to Halfords earlier and found what I thought was a good match Dark - Vauxhall pine green Light - Vauxhall Reed green 1430DA3A-7E22-4690-AC9C-8B19D0C38050.jpeg Looking at railmatch colours the match looks good. 93835E14-ACB5-4A37-AE30-8518B970424E.jpeg Now I’m really torn!

I’m having a bit of a dilemma with paint choices. I had previously ordered some samples of RAL 6020 and RAL 6021, which seemed to be the closest standard colours I could find. Looking at photos online it seems a reasonable match but struggling to find much information of what the colours actually sh...

Today I found some time to get the bogies and chassis primed. After the first coat extensive additional filling was required. I’m quite happy with the finish now. I could tidy up further but I have to keep reminding myself no one will generally be looking at it only a few cm away! 14857326-ECF6-4E01...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 9:35 pm I did exactly the same with mine, and I think it looks good too!

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Great minds Peter!!

I managed to make a little more progress yesterday evening. I covered up some of the chassis joins with cross patterned plasticard. I don’t think this is accurate to the actual loco, further googling leads me to believe the pattern is straight lines. I think it looks good though! 808128FD-C00D-4D6C-...

Hi George, They are staple shaped heat exchanging rods made from 2 mm solid copper when straight these are often referred to as hedgehog pins. They increase the heating area of pot boilers and are well worth the effort in fitting. IMG_3416 LR.jpg IMG_3417 LR.jpg Take care Tony. Thanks for the expla...

Tony Bird wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:16 am Hi,

Over Bank Holiday I finished and tested the boiler for an Ellie that I am making.

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Take care Tony

Hey Tony, what are the pipes at the bottom of the boiler for? Are they superheater pipes or such?

I managed a bit of modelling time today between clearing the garden and sorting out a run to the tip. So no lining yet, still not sure on my skill level there. The rest of the loco is almost there, a few touch up bits to do, sand pot tops and the windows. I am quite happy with this so far. It’s loo...

I've now fitted the side panels to the locomotive. Something odd with those doors. The two with vents at the right hand end should be in positions 5 and 6, not 5 and 7. The little vent on door 4 is for the exhaust from the cab heater. The two sides are not mirror images of each other. It seems this...

I've now fitted the side panels to the locomotive. It's starting to really come together. The main chassis has been lightly sanded. I've tidied up the 3D printed parts with some model filler so they can now be attached. Currently pondering whether to fit the roof before the primer goes on, I figure ...

I must admit, the more I get into the build of this locomotive the more I'm enjoying putting the kit together. There are a few more annoyances (to me!) about the design of the kit but generally it goes together pretty well. I managed to get a good amount of time to work on this over the last couple ...