Rustys workbench - builds and paints
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Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
Some lovely work there Rusty. The Q1 piques my interest in particular. I'd always heard the Millholme one didn't make a particularly convincing model but yours looks excellent, refreshed. Been considering getting a cheap GWR ROD off Hattons to cut and shut into a Q1 or Q4 (or both!)
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Thanks will look a lot better with brake gear etc, I do have a second Q1 which I picked up together with yet another NuCast Q6.
Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
Just started stripping down 3 partially built kits I bought at auction, luckily they have been built well but with 5 min epoxy so some soaking in thinners and they are coming apart well:
NB Models 0-6-2 N15 Kit (unbuilt)
Nu-Cast SP122 2-4-2 F4 Class,
Nu-Cast NC103 0-4-4 G5 Class,
DJH K26 4-4-4 H1 Class
for some reason I have accumulated 4 Nu-Cast Q6 locos so will strip those and rebuild them with finer scale wheels etc, will probably get 3 good ones from the 4
NB Models 0-6-2 N15 Kit (unbuilt)
Nu-Cast SP122 2-4-2 F4 Class,
Nu-Cast NC103 0-4-4 G5 Class,
DJH K26 4-4-4 H1 Class
for some reason I have accumulated 4 Nu-Cast Q6 locos so will strip those and rebuild them with finer scale wheels etc, will probably get 3 good ones from the 4
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I am not sure that the Nu-Cast Q6 builds into a reasonable representation of the prototype. The boiler being both too narrow and too short.
There is a discussion on Page 7 of my 'Make do and Mend' thread (sorry, can't work out how to insert a link using this tablet. Will try to correct tomorrow using a proper keyboard.)
Their J21 however does seem to be quite accurate.
I have two Q6s, one built from a Dave Alexander kit, which is just about my best locomotive, and a slightly modified Hornby one, which also looks good.
The Nu-Cast Q6 is much more like a Q5.
My DJH H1 eventually got re-built (prototypically) as an A8.
There is a discussion on Page 7 of my 'Make do and Mend' thread (sorry, can't work out how to insert a link using this tablet. Will try to correct tomorrow using a proper keyboard.)
Their J21 however does seem to be quite accurate.
I have two Q6s, one built from a Dave Alexander kit, which is just about my best locomotive, and a slightly modified Hornby one, which also looks good.
The Nu-Cast Q6 is much more like a Q5.
My DJH H1 eventually got re-built (prototypically) as an A8.
Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
I did eventually finish painting the D&S GN 8T outside frame van:
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Nice to have an update.
Most subjects, models and techniques covered in this thread are now listed in various categories on page1
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Seconded Atlantic
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Been busy painting 7mm locos, wagons and working on the house!!, sorry some not LNER:
GER Continental Cargo Wagon:
LNWR Cooke 0-8-2T:
Black 5:
GER Continental Cargo Wagon:
LNWR Cooke 0-8-2T:
Black 5:
Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
Some years ago maybe, but did you encounter a problem with the coupling rods being only 32.5mm rather than 33mm?
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Sorry I realise that I have not made myself clear, I'm referring to the Craftsman C12 coupling rods.
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No they seem to be OK, I'm using Markits wheels and their deluxe crank-pins but with some reaming out the chassis is nice and smooth.
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More work done on the Q1, looks a lot better better now than when i started:
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Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
Many thanks for your reply.
Re: Rustys workbench - builds and paints
Another restoration, this time it was scratch-built out of plasticard: