Accurascale 24 1/2 ton hoppers, TOPS code HUO. 4mm/EM Gauge.
Weathered using Humbrol enamels and Vallejo acrylics, referencing the excellent Paul Bartlett wagon photo website.
A further 3 are in progress, using artists oils and Vallejo pigments as a trial.
A further 3 are in progress, using artists oils and Vallejo pigments as a trial.
Dounreay (late 60s - 70s era) HO scale.
The latest in my series of layouts based on the Ikea Lack 110cm shelf as a baseboard, Dounreay is a fictional (though plausible) branch terminus in the Far North of Scotland and set around 1970. The typical short overall roof is largely based on the one at Wick, as are the low platforms.
A limited passenger service runs 3-times a day, 2 or 3 coaches hauled by a Type 2 loco of Derby or Birmingham build (Class 24 or 26), along with a daily freight comprising coal, general goods and the occasional structural steel load or parts for the nearby nuclear installation.
The layout is built to H0 scale (3.5mm:ft) rather than the usual 4mm:ft of OO scale, mainly for the modelling challenge. Adapting the 40-year old limited range of Lima H0 British locos and stock is very much the 'old school' modelling of my youth, which I'm enjoying immensely.
Track is Peco Code 75 (which, being H0, is correct gauge and appearance), with the structures mostly from Slaters embossed stone sheet, simply shaded with colour pencils.
The layout is still a work-in-progress, having been started in late-2019. I'm now at the scenics stage and I'm aiming to have it complete by the time exhibitions resume.
A limited passenger service runs 3-times a day, 2 or 3 coaches hauled by a Type 2 loco of Derby or Birmingham build (Class 24 or 26), along with a daily freight comprising coal, general goods and the occasional structural steel load or parts for the nearby nuclear installation.
The layout is built to H0 scale (3.5mm:ft) rather than the usual 4mm:ft of OO scale, mainly for the modelling challenge. Adapting the 40-year old limited range of Lima H0 British locos and stock is very much the 'old school' modelling of my youth, which I'm enjoying immensely.
Track is Peco Code 75 (which, being H0, is correct gauge and appearance), with the structures mostly from Slaters embossed stone sheet, simply shaded with colour pencils.
The layout is still a work-in-progress, having been started in late-2019. I'm now at the scenics stage and I'm aiming to have it complete by the time exhibitions resume.
An Highland Railway signal box for Dounreay (late- 60s early - 70s era) in HO scale
Scratch built using Evergreen car siding and micro strip. Evergreen 'Car Siding' is milled plasticard sheet with, in this case, planks. It's available in various thicknesses of sheet and with a variety of plank widths. The signal cabin uses an O Gauge 'Passenger car siding' sheet with 3" planking, which works out at 6" wide planks for H0. It's also available corrugated, clapboard, setts, etc. 'Car Siding' is a US term, usually referring to the vertical planking on wooden passenger and freight cars.
Bogie Bolster C. HO scale.
A scratchbuilt H0 scale Bogie Bolster C is mostly complete. The basic structure (solebars, headstocks, side and end curb rails) are all 3.2mm Evergreen 'C' channel section with the trussing from 1mm square microstrip. The planked floor is Evergreen O gauge 'Passenger Car Siding' with the bolsters 'I'-section plastic, again from Evergreen. The Davis&Lloyd bogies are 3D printed from a friend who kindly scaled up his 2mm scale version. Buffers are from the spares box. Vacuum brake gear still needs fitting and then paint, decals, weathering and a load adding to complete.
7mm Twin Bolster Set.
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Work in progress on a 7mm Twin Bolster set for eventual use on Cromwell Road Bridge (Club 0 Gauge F/S Layout) as part of a rake of steel carrying wagons (1 each of Bogie Bolster C and E are also awaiting construction)
Most of the later vacuum-braked BR 1/405 Single Bolsters were semi-permanently coupled into pairs under new diagram 1/438, with the inner buffers and couplings replaced by a drawbar and dumb centre coupling. A number of BR steel Lowfits and Conflat As were similarly paired and the fleet of Twin Bolsters ran from the early-60s to the mid-70s. 26t capacity for the pair.
These are J&M Hughes cast resin Single Bolster bodies, ABS Models running and brake gear, Parkside bolsters and a scratchbuilt centre coupling. The model is almost ready to paint, just the 2nd vacuum cylinder and coupling to fit.
A suitable load will be chained down to the bolsters.
Most of the later vacuum-braked BR 1/405 Single Bolsters were semi-permanently coupled into pairs under new diagram 1/438, with the inner buffers and couplings replaced by a drawbar and dumb centre coupling. A number of BR steel Lowfits and Conflat As were similarly paired and the fleet of Twin Bolsters ran from the early-60s to the mid-70s. 26t capacity for the pair.
These are J&M Hughes cast resin Single Bolster bodies, ABS Models running and brake gear, Parkside bolsters and a scratchbuilt centre coupling. The model is almost ready to paint, just the 2nd vacuum cylinder and coupling to fit.
A suitable load will be chained down to the bolsters.
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3D Printing an EM gauge Wagon.
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I recently bought and built a 3D printer kit, the Makertech Axis. Having set it up and tested OK, I found a kind chap on RMWeb had created and shared the files to print a monster wagon... The LMS diag 136A 120ton, 12 axle Transformer wagon.
The files needed some rescaling at the 'slicing' stage to correct some dimensions and I also slightly altered the side girders to strengthen the build.
It took about 20 hours overall to print the various parts, with the 2 halves of the Transformer itself accounting for half that total.
I printed it in Pla filament, 0.12mm layers from a 0.4mm nozzle. The parts were then assembled using superglue.
EM Gauge 10.5mm axles run in 2mm brass bearings, the holes drilled in the bogie sideframes using a simple plasticard jig.
The bogies, span-bolsters and end supports are all bolted together using 1.4mm bolts, washers and nuts.
Having test assembled the wagon and made sure the removable Transformer fits OK, the next stage is to clean, prime and paint the model. It'll be finished in early-1970s condition, grey girders and span-bolsters with black bogies, lettered up as M300000 TRANSFORMER MB.
The model measures 14" (355mm) over buffers!
The files needed some rescaling at the 'slicing' stage to correct some dimensions and I also slightly altered the side girders to strengthen the build.
It took about 20 hours overall to print the various parts, with the 2 halves of the Transformer itself accounting for half that total.
I printed it in Pla filament, 0.12mm layers from a 0.4mm nozzle. The parts were then assembled using superglue.
EM Gauge 10.5mm axles run in 2mm brass bearings, the holes drilled in the bogie sideframes using a simple plasticard jig.
The bogies, span-bolsters and end supports are all bolted together using 1.4mm bolts, washers and nuts.
Having test assembled the wagon and made sure the removable Transformer fits OK, the next stage is to clean, prime and paint the model. It'll be finished in early-1970s condition, grey girders and span-bolsters with black bogies, lettered up as M300000 TRANSFORMER MB.
The model measures 14" (355mm) over buffers!
