Next tranch of 009 locos ready for sale.

Next lot that are surplus to requirements will be a couple of Minitrains Baldwins and a Bachmann WD weathered Baldwin.

Each will probably be accompanied by a piece of rolling stock to ease the collection.

Each has seen little work. The two Minitrains Baldwins have number plates affixed to the bunker whilst the Bachmann example has army personnel as crew.

Must find their original boxes before proceeding further!

 

New identity for Replica Railways 57XX Pannier Tank.

The replacement cabside numberplates have arrived from 247 developments and 8791 has had the numbers affixed to the front and rear buffer beams.

With lamp irons on the front footplate and lamp atop the smokebox 8791 is completed.

For an ancient (in relevant terms) model which is split chassis, after some cleaning and adjusting of the motor brushes, the response is acceptable for my purposes. A spin on the rolling road bedded everything in and ensured that the right areas were lubricated.

 

00 gauge Cambrian wagon with Powsides Transfers- Brays Down Colliery.

 Second of the Cambrian wagons to receive Powsides rub down transfers is this 4 plank. Really easy kit to build and the transfers adhere very well ( sometimes too well) . Bitof an accident on one side but some vinyl lettering I had is a good enough match.

009 wooden wagon kits. The build!

The laser cut is spot on and goes together like a dream.

Although no instructions are provided assembly is straight forward , a couple of parts stumped me but I am sure it is my ignorance rather than the manufacturers fault.

I used Super Phatic glue applied with a slim paintbrush- under 1inch ( just joking!) which gave reasonable tack time and , when dry, a secure joint.

I will let the rest of the pictures tell the story.

PECO chassis adhered to the wagon.

 

Bachmann 00 gauge 94XXloco.

The 94XX I had pre-ordered from Colletts Models has arrived.

 https://www.collettsmodelshop.co.uk/

I must say that is was worth the (4 Year?) wait.

Straight from the box it ran perfectly- something I have come to expect from Leigh as he test's each one before dispatch.

The box contains instructions as to where the enclosed detailing bits actually go- a first for me.

The first thing to be fitted was a crew- Monty's Models in this case. One of my most dreaded jobs is figure painting. However, it is a neccessary evil as ready painted figures, whilst excellent, are out of my reach. The other enclosure is a nice set of etched plates. As this engine was shedded at Newton Abbot it's number will remain as trip workings to Cornwall are definately plausable- RULE ! applies!              

 

009 Laser cut wooden wagon kit.

 A nice surprise arrived in the post, a prototype laser cut 009 wagon kit for me to assemble.

Superbly cut, the completed wagon is designed to run on an N gauge , Farish or PECO RTR chassis.

There are two wagons on the sheet- mirror images and the first impression is WOW!

I must admit I have been pestering the maker to produce these for me for some time but, one result of lockdown has meant time has been found to produce them.

00 gauge Pannier tank re-numbered.

By a stroke of luck I found a Cornish shedded number on the net and so this one has become 3635.

It is quite handy that the buffers are easily removed which made applying the new numbers to the bufferbeam so much easier- front and back.

Lamp irons have also been fitted to the front together with a lamp atop the smokebox and fireirons to the rear of the bunker. The crew are safely stuck to the cab floor so this one is just about complete- however, another is on its way!

 

Great Western pannier tank in 00 gauge.

Whilst I have collected a decent amount of private owner and Great Western stock- I realised I didn't actually have any GWR locos!

So this example was found which will be converted to 3635once the replacement plates arrive. 

A crew has already been fitted plus the buffer beam numbers painted over in readiness to be altered.

Real coal has been adhered to the bunker and lamp irons will be fitted once the lamps arrive- or I find the one's I already have!

 

00 Gauge English Electric Type 3 modifications.

I have had several English Electric Type 3's later Class 37 over the years. Not until now have I managed to aquire an early all green example.

D6722 is a Lima product and, after servicing, runs rather well.

OK so its out of era for St Mewan but hey it's lockdown and it's my railway etc.

Firstly the buffers had to be swapped from the oval ones fitted to some nice shiny round turned brass one's because thats what D6722 was outshopped with at the Vulcan Foundry.

Next the couplings were cut off flush to the bogie frames and some .5mm nickel silver wire was fitted into holes drilled in the loco's chassis. The buffer beam was painted black as per the prototype. Coupling height was checked with a Sprat and Winkle fitted brake van and adjusted accordingly.

A trawl through the 'net provided some headcodes appropriate to the St Austell area on clay train workings. Once these have been applied then basically that's all i'm going to do to this one.

 

Various Triang items for sale