It's been a whole year since the last post! Some O gauge modelling.

kitbuilt 3 plank open wagon

S&DJR Trust limited edition Lime wagon

Impulse E-bay purchase- unfortunately only lettered on one side, other side has been roughly painted over

This started life as an O gauge Fair-Price Models low relief warehouse. By enlarging the window apertures on the ground floor and fitting doors and a canopy it has made up as a station building. This is a first attempt at a station building for my new O gauge layout .

An Lcut signal box which, when built, is too large for its intended position so another example is being made!

 Last but not least is this 4 wheel all 3rd built from a Slaters kit.

Kernow 0 Gauge ex-LSWR van.

 Thank you Mr Kernow for this a S&DJR van.

Delayed by the postal strike, I must say that the wait was worth it!

Withe a die-cast metal frame and added detail the result is stunning.

This- yet again- provides impetus to dispose of vast amounts of 00 gauge stock and concentrate on the five layouts that I have or are proposed.

New Year resolutions are great- aren't they?

0 Gauge Slaters Palvan kit- completed.

The Slaters Palvan kit is now completed. An excellent kit to put together although I must admit that the brake gear gave me some challenges.

The brake gear is brass, made up from a well etched sheet.

No specific transfer sheet is available although some of the Shocvan/ Palvan sheet is useful although no made up wagon numbers are supplied.

So, more ficticious numbers but you can't read them when the wagon is moving!

 

0 Gauge wagons. An update.

 

A Slaters 12 Ton Palvan that has been long in the making and is still not complete.

The transfers need to be applied  and Sprat & Winkle couplings fitted.

A challenge to interpret and fit the brake mechanism which I am not really happy with but you can't see it when the van is in motion!

A Parkside by PECO Southern Railway Insulated Van to dia. 1477.

An excellent kit which wen t together excellently.

When searching there seemed to be no Southern Freight Stone available so I used weathered sand from Precision Paint.

Pleased with the result.

 

 

This van I purchased recently and no info was given as to maker.

Possibly a Parkside Dundas kit, it will be useful for the next 0  Gauge layout which will be located in S&D, Southern and Great Western area.

Finally a Skytrex 7 plank with coke raves. The purchase was made due to the wagon having metal wheels- all other Skytrex wagons I have are plastic wheels.

It is simple to remove the sides- they both unscrew,  which have been sprayed gloss black and will be branded with a West Country owner.

0 gauge BR ply sided Fruit Van.

A reasonable aquisition at the recent New Forest MRC exhibition was this av- it looked forlorn in Railfreight red and brown but has been re-incarnated as an early BR example. As usual Railtec Transfers have been used. Just the buffers to refit and some Sprat and Winkles et voila!

Once other projects are complete then another 0 Gauge layout is in planning- I have the points and just need a few more lengths of bullhead track and it can be started. Still have to think of a name for operation around Bath with S&DJR, Southern and GWR locos together with a bit of BR!

 

O Gauge Isle of Wight stock.

A rather fortuitous purchase has lead to goods stock for the Isle of Wight Terrier.

Whilst not being replicas of specific prototypes, they do capture the essence of pre-grouping stock.

Whether they will ever have an 0 gauge layout to run on is doubtful but once a suitable Brake Van has been found then Rule One will apply!

Meanwhile they join the expanding stock list with still several kits to start/complete.

 

0 Gauge Cattle wagons.

A lucky purchase was a pair of Midland Railway Cattle Wagons. Both are well constructed but new wheels are needed to run on Peco bullhead track.

The smaller onewill be rebranded as Midland Railway or S&DJR whilst the large wagon will become BR.

The small wagon has been built from a 3H kit- so fairly elderly. The large version appears to be a Slaters offering.  

Must see if the roofs can be removed so cattle can be added.

 

0 Gauge S&D van.

 

A recent aquisition was this elderly ex North British van.

It has a vague likeness to a S&D van so it will be branded accordingly.

Why it looks green in the pictures is a bit of a mystery but in daylight is dark grey.

Spratt & Winkle couplings have been fitted, hook on one end only, so just the need for S&DJR lettering and some numbersbefore it gets a coat of varnish and can be towed around by my blue Jinty.

0 gauge BR 16Ton Toad.

The transfers have arrived from Railtec and they are, as usual, superb.

https://www.railtec-models.com/index.php

 After looking at and area where S&DJR, Southern and GWR could be found (just renewed modellers licence!). I also wanted a branded Toad to accompany my Minerva BR 57XX Pannier Tank. 

Very pleased with the result, just needs Sprat and Winkles fitted and its ready for service.

Further news is that I now have sufficient 0 gauge points to construct a new 0 gauge layout. Slightly larger than Cringle Street Goods but still a manageable size.

 

0 gauge wagons for S&DJR.

Three wagons to add to the S&DJR fleet.

A couple of Dapol offerings, one 5 plank and a 7 plank. Although somewhat fanciful they were repaints- one poorly- which I already posessed so no need to purchase more.

The third is a Slaters Midland Van which has been re-branded.

All have spurious numbers gleaned from transfer sheets from previous builds.

All with Sprat & Winkle couplings.

 

0 Gauge 16Ton ex GWR Toad..

Slowly progressing with the PECO 16Ton BR Toad build- transfers have been ordered from Railtec.  Bits and pieces carried out so that once transfers are applied the whole can be varnished and roof fitted.

 

0 gauge Midland Railway Brake Van for S&DJR.

Three of these Midland Railway Brake Vans were supplied to the Somerset and Dorset to replace ageing stock. They were absorbed back to the LMS after grouping.

This one will be branded as a S&DJR wagon to accompany the Jinty and wagons.

This kit is a Parkside by PECO offering and goes together well. However, the brake mechanism instruction is not particularly , to me, clear. However, help is at hand as the construction of this kit is covered in PECO'S Into to 0 Gauge bookazine.

 

 

Again handrails are brass wire formed to fit holes drilled where indentations are moulded.

Twelve holes each side and it is very easy to get the side handrails to bow if slightly too long!

0 gauge PECO AA3 Western Region Brake Van.

This is a Peco 0 Gauge 16Ton ex-GWR Brake Van under construction.

It is to accompany 5764 the Minerva 57XX Pannier Tank in BR early crest livery.

 There is also a small rake of wagons in BR livery but, to date, no brake van was posessed.

Until now! The kit is straight forward to construct, parts fitting together well. Instructions are sparse but sufficient if time is taken.

 

 

The time consuming part, except for waiting for adhesive to dry, is the handrails.

17 holes have to be drilled out for half a millimetre wire to be fitted- then the wire has to be shaped to size.

The start of fitting shown here- not my finest but a used feel to them.

The effect is really quite pleasing after a coat of grey primer which will also be the finish.

The buffers , draw gear and glazing are still to be fitted. These will be added once the transfers are fitted and the whole varnished.

A location must be decided upon as the name can be obtained from Railtec.

A guard is also waiting for completion.

Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Limited Edition Wagons in 00 and 0 Gauge.

A couple of new wagons have arrived from the S&D Railway Trust. The 00 wagon, by Dapol, is this time finished in S&DJR grey.

https://www.sdrt.org/product-category/limited-edition-oo-gauge-wagons/

This one is limited to 133 examples and I have been told they are selling fast!

The 0 Gauge example is all but identical and also produced for the Trust by Dapol.

The 0 gauge model is limited to 40 examples.

https://www.sdrt.org/product-category/limited-edition-o-gauge-wagons/

 

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Trust wagons in 0 and 00 Gauge.

 There has been a couple of new wagons from the S&DJR Trust.

Both limited editions , the 0 Gauge example is limited to 32 pieces only. Produced by Dapol on their 5 plank 9ft wheelbase chassis, the lettering has been crisply reproduced.

The 00 version comes with a dummy brick load and is limited to 118 pieces.

S&DJR limited edition wagons in 0 and 00 gauge.

 Two new limited edition wagons have been released by the S&DJR trust. Both depict a wagon in the livery of John Board and Co of Bridgewater. Both are limited editions commissioned from Dapol. The two will join the collection together with a Kernow Limited Edition Helston Gas Works example from the same manufacturer. The 0 gauge wagon is shown below.