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Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Good day John,

What is the reason for having a cocktail stick and a tin of Brasso on the workbench?

regards, Graham
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi Grahan
As I'm not a professional painter the cocktail stick and brasso are sometimes used to clean up some of the corners.
If you have a look in MRJ 52 or 54 there is an article by Jol Wilkinson on painting LNWR coaches which is very interesting and is the technique that I used on my 4mm coaches .Alrhough I am using a bow pen
John
 
GrahameH

GrahameH

Western Thunderer
Looking very good John, I think your work is definitely comparable to Dave's coaches on Sherton Abbas keep up the good work.

May I ask which paint you are using please ?

I have two which need to be started at some point and any info is always a bonus.

Grahame
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
GrahameH said:
Looking very good John, I think your work is definitely comparable to Dave's coaches on Sherton Abbas keep up the good work.

May I ask which paint you are using please ?

I have two which need to be started at some point and any info is always a bonus.

Grahame
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Crikey thank you Grahame
That's a boost for me I used spray paint from Halfords as I don't have an airbrush and I find that the paint will take a few knocks while I'm working on it. If you have a look at Daves thread you will see that I asked him what paint he had used. He also goes through the process he uses
Thank you
John
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi a bit more done on the GWR coach I have started on the second panel I have also done the ends .
Gold lining next :confused:..............
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi guys I need a bit of advice .Is this how the bogies go together if so does that mean that I have to cut the locating pins for the cross stays so that the bogie can actually move .Also is this how the gas and vac cylinders go on .
John
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
john lewsey said:
... is this how the gas and vac cylinders go on .
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So as to answer your questions I have refreshed my memory with our copy of Slater's instructions for this carriage.

The vacuum cylinder is in the correct place.

This underframe has two gas reservoirs and on the prototype those reservoirs were arranged as shown in your photo. The outlet cocks from the two reservoirs are at the end (of the reservoir) which is nearest to the vacuum cylinder.

john lewsey said:
Is this how the bogies go together if so does that mean that I have to cut the locating pins for the cross stays so that the bogie can actually move .
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I think that you are built the bogies in accordance with the Slater's instructions. If the cross beam is fitted to the scroll irons... and links (pins) fitted to the bogie frame / cross beam then the bogies are not going to swivel.... so just build a straight railway. Slater's recognised the difficulty in making a flexible fastening between the bogie frame and the cross beam and that is why "detail 16" of the instructions shows the pin length to be 5.5mm - I guess that this is just long enough to be in the vicinity of the top of the cross beam without the pin being within the hole on the top surface of the beam. If the pins do not touch the beam then the bogie is going to rotate and the carriage can go round curves.
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
The GWR coach unfortunately the roof has come apart in the middle which I am gutted about Ill have to see if I can fix it although I have run out of plastic weld. I am quite pleased with progress so far still a lot to do
John
 
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simond

simond

Western Thunderer
Sympathy, re the roof.

I had similar problems, I guess it’s common, perhaps a design weakness in an otherwise great group of kits.

atb
Simon
 
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