Hi all,
Following a period of deep depression, I've only again turned my attention to some locomotives. I've been suffering from this for eight years now, hence the somewhat random and haphazard nature of my modelling. This is also why I was unable to complete the etched wagons for the competition but these are now pretty much complete and (having been stripped of their original attempt at a brush painted finish) are awaiting a spell under the airbrush once I've got the projects below to a point where I can paint them as well.
There are, believe it or not, currently seven locomotives making their way through my miniature version of Doncaster (or should that be Darlington?) works.
First up is one of two D49s. This particular version is one of the original 'Shires' and will be finished as Lincolnshire as that locomotive was briefly allocated to Kings Cross in 1928/9. I'm undecided whether I'm going to finish this locomotive in pre 1928 livery (i.e. number on the tender and works plate on the cab) or post 1928 - which would be in keeping with my 1930's theme but out of period with when Lincolnshire was at Kings Cross.
The second D49 missed this photo opportunity but is a representation of one of the later 'Hunt' class locomotives. These differed from the Shires in that they used rotary cam valves where the Shires used conventional Walschaerts valve gear. There are also a few differences above the running plate which I have managed to incorporate into the model. This one is being built for a friend and will be finished in late BR mixed traffic livery.
Under the body is a real mishmash of bits. The main chassis is from a Dapol Schools, the bogie is a heavily modified M7 spare fitted with B1 bogie wheels while the tender is off a B17 (with a flared version of the LNER tender top being printed).
Next up are two K3s:
Both these models are based off the same CAD file. However the rear one is one of my earlier incarnations of this locomotive (a Shapeways print) complete with integral buffers and designed to fit on a modified Farish V2 chassis. The red one in the foreground (printed on my own machine) is modified to fit a Farish N class chassis and will be fitted with turned brass buffers. Both represent the K3/3 subclass and, again, one will be finished in LNER livery (lined black) while the other will once again be BR mixed traffic.
You may have noticed that I have taken the plunge and fitted lamp brackets to the above models. This is the first time I've done this and therefore, as I didn't make a complete mess of it, I felt that I had to revisit the trio of J6s to retrofit these.
Following this, as they are already painted, I decided to have a go at making a vacuum pipe (guitar wire and a handrail knob) and adding the coupling hook to the BR version of the trio (the buffers on this loco have been in place for some time).
The vac pipe isn't fix yet as I think it is best to paint it off the model before fixing permanently.
That just about wraps things up for the moment. I'll post the finished wagons on my old competition thread once I finally paint them!
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