I haven’t posted a video here for a while, but within the research being carried out for a future project, this popped up. Simple enough fare, but oozing with atmosphere and just a bundle of modelling inspiration and detail.
Getting a few corner points in on Drovers Brook. The one to sort now is the bridge. As always this is travelling hopefully and I was to find this out quickly. There were a couple of pillars in the box; these may have been built by Mr. Hill. Anyway, as …
So to continue: The buffers are actually pretty good, better than the other major kit manufacturer’s offerings. The holes in the bufferbeam mouldings were opened up a tad and the buffers and vac pipes trial fitted. The inner ends. Oh dear, g…
It was was some trepidation that work began. I settled myself with the attitude that this was pence spent so no problem if it were to be abandoned halfway through and jumped on; or recycled back into Coke bottles.The floor was raised at one end by 2-3m…
In a leaked conversation with Russian government officials, Russian Railways’ (RZD) head Oleg Belozerov ordered no less than 100,000 wagons to be removed from the…
Oh yes, there’s more! On a roll and once more into the box. Well I may as well do the whole train now I’m 75% there. This is a mixed bag, and this is what I have. As per usual it came off a club stand at not much money. There are risks involved h…
And so to paint. The whole lot was given a coat of Humbrol 62 orange as a base. Then, slightly paler than normal, the body outer, a coat of Citadel Corax White. Photos of 16 tonners often show an almost white finish, so I could dare to be pale.Th…
A few moves in quick succession: The brake assemblies. As per the prototype, single sided Mortons as per the instructions… only they’re not. The Airfix kits have a knack for making an obvious blooper, note all the wrongly fitted windows on the …
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has built 200 platform wagons at its own production facilities. The wagons are supposed to be used for large containers for intermodal…
With the new non-door pieces fitted and polished it was on to welds.There’s at least one person I know who should close their eyes at this point. Welds are a problem; good welds are invisible, bad welds can be seen from 50′ away. To make it work I need…