7mm Boris' Workbench - Jltrt Westerns (various)

[westernfan]

i listened to D1015 start up as a benchmark

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but i liked both samples swd and howes

 

[28ten]

I think I will be getting the chip reblown, but I will hold fire until it gets a run round Heyside, which will give a fairer assessment.
Take care with the glass windows, they can crack the resin if you go for fag paper clearences

 

[alcazar]

I liked the Howes one best too.

Is therer much of a price difference?

 

[D1054]

I liked the Howes one best too.

Is therer much of a price difference?

Hi Alcazar, and sorry for not replying to your posting which I'd overlooked! Howes retail at £170 and SwD at £165 - both require purchase of speakers which can range in price, but perfectly functional speakers are as little as £6 each. Its the soundcard which is the pricey bit.

Ian.

 

[D1054]

Hi Ian,
Exellent mate i look forward to both the fibre optic plans/pics etc and the voting on the sound

Rob PS i love WESSIES

Rob (and Phill) - the fibre optics are pretty straightforward and I'll show you how I do mine over the next day or so now we've got Xmas out of the way!

It all starts with a jig I made up from plasticard......... (to be continued)

 

[alcazar]

Looking forward to that.

 

[D1054]

Looking forward to that.

My desktop has fallen over so the video I've taken using the jig will have to wait (no editing software on my laptop and to be honest the por old Acer's just not up to all the graphic crunching required by Pinnacle), but to keep things moving whilst a new motherboard arrives I can post some still pictures of the jig in use, the size/angles, etc., and also of progress with the '52's ...... a little later...... Cheers

 

[D1054]

So, here's some of the progress with the 5 x '52's where I've painted the cab interiors, and am adding seats and drivers/secondmen for those who require them. The pale control-desks are for the D10xx which is likely to be one of the preserved locos and which tend to have been finished in less austere interior paint finishes to those in the latter days of good old BR(W).

 

[7mmMick]

Great work, I like the paint effects on the crew. IMHO there's nowt like life like crew, so many excellent models are spolit by crew that resemble the undead

ATB Mick

 

[28ten]

Rather you than me doing a batch like that Much as I love doing Westerns I couldnt do more than two at a time

 

[lancer1027]

WOW i like it, SWINDON WORKS. Great stuff Boris but a little question , whats the green tinge and brown edgeing on the cab interiors

Rob

 

[lancer1027]

Ah also just thought of something else . Are the bulkheads screwed onto the cab interior or are they glued. I know from mine that if they are glued once they are in situ the cabs become a sealed tomb.

Rob

 

[D1054]

Hi Rob,

The brown edges are the wooden finishes to the edges of the desk... they also continue along the sides on the real thing. On some, they were painted grey, but (AFAIK) most retained their varnished wood finish. The green I'm not so sure about (it may just be the lighting/photograph), but as I'm actually red/green/brown colourblind then I may simply have not added enough red when mixing! If you mean the line underneath the dials on the desk, then these simply represent the aged brass hinge which lies under three dials on the driver's side.

The bulkheads are drilled and tapped to 8BA and bolted as below. The holes for the fibre-optics to the forward/rear lights and the headcode have yet to be drilled on this shot of D1026 A End, but I've marked where your carefully drilled cab holes will come through "X", and the "O" is drilled for the headcode wiring...... of which more to follow.

 

[D1054]

Is that Phill looking bemused at the controls.......?

 

[Jordan]

WOW i like it, SWINDON WORKS.

Beat me to it, Rob...

 

[Phill Dyson]

Is that Phill looking bemused at the controls.......?View attachment 8481

 

[lancer1027]

It looks a little like him

 

[D1054]

In keeping with the Swindon theme, I've made some more progress with the routine stuff for these builds, and here's a line-up of the completed cabs, chassis and body-panels, all awaiting some TLC. I trialled glass for the headcode doors and have many cuts to prove it...... conclusion...... not worth the bloody fingers! The main windows will revert to good old plastic I'm afraid. In fact, the clarity in the plastic is much better than the slide glass and cover-plate glass I've been using! (Could I just have a bad batch?).

Anyway, progress will slow whilst I work on the wiring looms and interior conduits, but next time you see the cabs there should be some identification visible if I can get the 1976 headcodes sorted for three of the builds. Two are to be Swindon built engines too, so off come the cabside driver-plate brackets.



G'nite folks!

 

[lancer1027]

Greetings Boris, great work but dont forget when it comes to the wiring etc, stage by stage pics would be good

Rob

 

[28ten]

In keeping with the Swindon theme, I've made some more progress with the routine stuff for these builds, and here's a line-up of the completed cabs, chassis and body-panels, all awaiting some TLC. I trialled glass for the headcode doors and have many cuts to prove it...... conclusion...... not worth the bloody fingers! The main windows will revert to good old plastic I'm afraid. In fact, the clarity in the plastic is much better than the slide glass and cover-plate glass I've been using! (Could I just have a bad batch?).

View attachment 8569View attachment 8570

G'nite folks!

I came to the same conclusion with glass, whilst it does have great reflectivity it is a PITA to cut. I use optical grade acrylic which is excellent, I also replace the cab glazing with it, the downside is the cost.

Im awaiting a batch of Mylar which is excellent for pre cut window masks if you choose to glaze before painting