Parkside RCH 5 Plank 12 Ton Wagon
I picked this kit up at with the intention of producing a severely distressed wagon for loco coal on Summat Colliery. The basic construction went ahead with no problems following the instructions in the kit. I fitted Parkside NEM pocket mounts – took more fiddling than I expected to get the height right. I ended up carving off the vertical projections off the mounts and then cutting back the underframe bracing until the correct height was achieved – silly me for expecting that they would just fit Nice kit to build, but you do need something like EMA Plastic Weld to stick the black...
Read MoreAlexander Class 15 in double quick time
Back in August 2009 I set myself the challenge of building a Dave Alexander class 15 kit before we went on holiday over the Bank Holiday. So with the kit in hand and a Mashima 1020 motor on order I got out my temperature controlled soldering iron. The kit was from Dave’s original range and consists almost entirely of whitemetal castings, including the bogies. I started soldering up the frame and bogies, making sure clearances were there to allow it to go round corners, a bit tricky with the sandboxes in place. Once the motor arrived I fitted it to the power bogie. The kit is designed...
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Download Layout Information in pdf format A fictitious 1958 East Midlands Colliery in OO gauge Why? Summat Colliery is my first real attempt at a scenic layout, all my previous layouts have been very much of the train set type, radius 1 curves, foam underlay and minimal scenery. So when the Vicar of St Peter’s Church Mansfield suggested a model railway exhibition to raise funds I thought I’d better get a layout together. An appeal for a suitable layout on www.rmweb.co.uk produced two 8 foot by 2 foot boards with a track plan in place for what appeared to be a small terminus...
Read MoreClan Mackintosh
A Project started before the Hornby Clans were in the shops – using an old Jackson Evans conversion kit on a Triang Britannia. All wheels were replaced for later metal tyred ones, motion taken from a 9F and motor replaced for an Airfix 5 pole equivalent. The smoke unit still works under DCC control, driven from the full DCC track voltage via a relay off Function 1.
Read MoreStandard 8 – As featured in Hornby Mag
A project inspired by a drawing from 1953 showing a proposed BR Standard class 8 heavy freight engine and a model in Railway Modeller of what was described as “Stanier’s Ghost” – a Black Four 4-4-0. Based on a Hornby Stanier 8F chassis and boiler with a BR Standard cab and tender the following parts were used: Complete Chinese made BR1C tender drive Britannia bodyshell Margate Stanier 8F rolling chassis (including bogie, wheelsets and coupling rods) Stanier 8F bodyshell Margate 9F cylinders and motion set with 8F rear motion bracket. First thing to tackle was the chassis....
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