7mm , Blackney, A Glimpse of the Forest

Alan

Western Thunderer
Morning All, my Cameo layout is all but finished, so I decided that a change of direction, or should I say SIZE my be in order. It was something that had been in the back of my mind for some time and it was brought to the fore by Hattons Sale of the Century. I succumbed and bought a Dapol 57xx in O gauge. The idea being a small shunting type layout set in the Forest of Dean, an area I know quite well as I was born and brought up in Gloucester and for several years in my very late teens played football against many teams in the Forest. Another reason was Ben Ashworth, probably my favourite railway photographer.

In the last couple of days I have strted building some stock including these two Parkside vans.

wagons 1.jpg

planked van.jpg

plywood van.jpg

The roofs or is it roves are not fixed yet. It is a start.
 

76043

Western Thunderer
I've been snaffling away a variety of van kits to go with my Dapol 08. The habit started off so easily with secondhand badly made terrors for £20 a pop. I convinced myself I could take them apart and rebuild them into excellent models. But this wasn't enough, I moved onto higher grade unbuilt kits on eBay. I told myself it was all ok, I didn't have a problem. But a lucky find of a fist full of Peco flexitrack bought for a tenner just started it all up again. It was only when I bought a NEW MM1 ex JLTRT LMS van did I realise I had a problem. I'm hooked on unbuilt kits again.

I'm pleased to say I have deleted all my 7mm/O gauge wagon kit searches on my eBay account and I'm out of rehab.

Tony
 
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Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
I've been snaffling away a variety of van kits to go with my Dapol 08. The habit started off so easily with secondhand badly made terrors for £20 a pop. I convinced myself I could take them apart and rebuild them into excellent models. But this wasn't enough, I moved onto higher grade unbuilt kits on eBay. I told myself it was all ok, I didn't have a problem. But a lucky find of a fist full of Peco flexitrack bought for a tenner just started it all up again. It was only when I bought a NEW MM1 ex JLTRT LMS van did I realise I had a problem. I'm hooked on unbuilt kits again.

I'm pleased to say I have deleted all my 7mm/O gauge wagon kit searches on my eBay account and I'm out of rehab.

Tony
Yeah yeah, you think you've kicked the habit ok...just wait until you relapse & succumb to the temptation that is an O Scale Locomotive..!!
Even then you'll think it's ok - just the one will do, but no!! One is never enough, & more will surely follow.

Slippery slope, Sir. Slippery slope. ;)
 

76043

Western Thunderer
Jordan, yes, I admit it, I've been eyeing up the LT pannier, BR black pannier, BR Terrier, even the Jinty. I nearly succombed to the LT pannier.

I'm managing to stay on the straight and narrow, I haven't fallen off the 5 plank wagon yet...
 

Alan

Western Thunderer
For those of you who might be interested in a track plan here it is. Very small and basic just 3 points. At the moment I have drawn it to 10ft 6 ins long, each faint square is 6 inches, I may be able to stretch it by another 6ins to a foot. If its 6ins that would be on the fiddleyard board, if a foot 6 inches on the fiddleyard and 6 inches on board 2.

scanned plan001.jpg
 

Pencarrow

Western Thunderer
That's better. I know I've done exactly the same thing myself more than once. I suspect most on here have too! Bachmann have also been known to assemble their wagons incorrectly.

The other clangers I've dropped are:
  • Fitting a cross rod between the two brake gear sides when the particular prototype has them independent
  • Not fitting the correct lever in the correct side - where they do have a cross rod one side should have a clutch or lift link
  • Fitting brake gear to both sides when some earlier wagons only had it on one
  • Fitting the wrong period (too early) GWR brake gear for my early 60s layout. Some kits only seem to have the early DCI gear in and this was replaced by normal gear later. A Beginner's Guide to GWR wagon brakes
The list goes on!
 

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
Chris you forgot, getting it arse backwards by looking at photos then fitting same way as photo with wagon upside down, cylinder etc all in wrong place.
 
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