From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
This covers the conversion of a Hornby R3495 62760 “The Cotswold” to 62716 “Kincardineshire” – the raison d’être being covered in my layout thread at viewtopic.php?f=22&t=50019&start=75#p631068.
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Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=51197
now becomes clearer.
“Kincardineshire” had a GCR 4,000 gallons tender with inner plated coal rails. Thus the Hornby supplied 4,200 gallons Group Standard tender was not at all suitable, and I bought a Bachmann O1 tender body to put on the Hornby chassis. Very much a case of “See how it goes and hope it works”!
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
I was acutely aware of not leaving the tender chassis too weak by over-filing and therefore had to settle for leaving the buffers approximately 0.5 mm too high.
In contrast, the tender body itself needed only slight modification.
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Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
So I am currently awaiting delivery of a new sheet from Modelmaster (and who assures me his transfers will last 40 to 50 years!).
Attention then turned to painting as far as I could.
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
So, all that's left to do is apply the tender (and maybe splasher) lining when I receive the transfers, and then improve the weathering.
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
G'Day Gents
Looks good, have you any more in mind.
manna
Looks good, have you any more in mind.
manna
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Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
Thanks manna no conversions as such (they're your field of expertise!) but I do have D30, J35 & J36 kits to tackle some day/month/year!manna wrote:G'Day Gents
Looks good, have you any more in mind.
manna
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
Something very different from you Ex-Pat but the results have your same stamp of quality workmanship to it.
Inspiring.
Paul
Inspiring.
Paul
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
Thanks Paul - I would be delighted if it inspired somebody else to tackle the same, or similar, conversions.
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Lovely work Ex-Pat - bet you are glad it wasn't one with lentz poppet valves!!
Jim
Jim
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My layout - Gateside and Northbridge
My layout - Gateside and Northbridge
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Thanks Jim - I was so disappointed that that wasn't the case!
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Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire"
Superb Ex Pat - Lining is one of the trickiest jobs to do successfully and you have done a great job, I have a Mainline Jubilee waiting for lining, I can't pluck up the courage to start it.
Jim
Jim
This Signature Left Intentionally Blank, but since I have written this and I intended to do it, this Signature is intentionally not blank. Paradox or What?
My layout - Gateside and Northbridge
My layout - Gateside and Northbridge
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Many thanks Jim for the compliment - it's not perfect, but it is a distinct improvement on my last tender lining job on a Jamieson V2 kit way back in the late 1960's.luckymucklebackit wrote:, I can't pluck up the courage to start it.
Jim
Some year the plan is to strip down this V2, improve the handrails etc., salvage the chimney to replace a double chimney on one of my A3's and then scratchbuild the unique chimney for 60813 in black.
Getting back to "Kincardineshire" I was viewing the tender lining procedure with some trepidation, but in the end I found it quite straightforward - possibly a tribute to the standard of current day Modelmaster transfers.
I'm sure you'll find your Jubilee much easier than you think, and I look forward to seeing it!
Re: From a "Hunt" to a "Shire" - & The Lady Vanishes
Unlike with “Kincardineshire”, I know for a fact that 62679 “Lord Glenallan” visited Hawick, as I have a photo of it on shed there. For me it was therefore the natural choice for a re-naming of 62690 “The Lady of The Lake”.
Most re-namings merely involve affixing a new nameplate & numberplate – however the D11/2 class (along with other Scottish Classes D29/D30/D34/J36 etc.) had painted names, and many years ago I had purchased the Modelmaster transfer set 4007A. This included a selection of names/numbers from those classes plus a couple of ex-LMS Scottish classes.
It didn’t however include the names I specifically wanted and for years I was toying with the idea of cutting out individual letters from the names supplied to make up the name I wanted. I now steeled myself to doing just that.
T.B.C.
Most re-namings merely involve affixing a new nameplate & numberplate – however the D11/2 class (along with other Scottish Classes D29/D30/D34/J36 etc.) had painted names, and many years ago I had purchased the Modelmaster transfer set 4007A. This included a selection of names/numbers from those classes plus a couple of ex-LMS Scottish classes.
It didn’t however include the names I specifically wanted and for years I was toying with the idea of cutting out individual letters from the names supplied to make up the name I wanted. I now steeled myself to doing just that.
T.B.C.
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