Two and a half weeks since I last posted, but the summer holidays have started!
Finished Trev's J25 at last and got it back to him. Tonight at the club we got the fiddle yard points in a Southbound direction completely wired in, and made a start tracing what needs sorting out on the power front. The layout is now packed up and in three cars ready to go to Trev's for the legs to be attached.
On my own locos the J94 65860 is finished apart from a front lamp, the 2F and 7F have LMS transfers on the tenders and I've got numbers identified for them. the 4P tank and the D20 are being numbered.
Cock O'The North on Farndon Road
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Sunday again
Must try to get more done during the week. Been a hectic week at work, or at least that's my excuse. Also been a good week on eBay- I've picked up no fewer than SIX Union Mills locos in mint condition, and all below the cost of a new one. Another J11, a J26, a pair of J25s, a D20 and a 7F. The last is a type I've not got already. One of the J25s and the J26 will definitely go BR for "Farndon Road", The J11 and 7F will go into 1939 condition for "Parnhans". I've not decided yet about the other two.
In the meantime I've run out of transfers. The 4P tank only has lettering on one side and I've not enough LNER tender transfers for the queue of locos waiting. Time to put in an order. However I HAVE discovered I can do LNER boiler bands from the BR mixed traffic set, which simplifies those locos a bit.
Just for a change, a diseasel. This is a Knightwing (I think) resin body on a Minitrix chassis. Runs like a dream. It has had three exhibition outings so far- all on Trev's old "Parnhams Maltings" layout. Only problem with it is that the steps are resin and extremely fragile. The centre steps have gone from both sides, and the cab footstep on this side is a brass replacement. It is numbered 12011, and the lion on the other side faces front rather than back, showing a last repaint before British Railways got it in the neck from the College of Heralds. Must get round to some gentle weathering.
In the meantime I've run out of transfers. The 4P tank only has lettering on one side and I've not enough LNER tender transfers for the queue of locos waiting. Time to put in an order. However I HAVE discovered I can do LNER boiler bands from the BR mixed traffic set, which simplifies those locos a bit.
Just for a change, a diseasel. This is a Knightwing (I think) resin body on a Minitrix chassis. Runs like a dream. It has had three exhibition outings so far- all on Trev's old "Parnhams Maltings" layout. Only problem with it is that the steps are resin and extremely fragile. The centre steps have gone from both sides, and the cab footstep on this side is a brass replacement. It is numbered 12011, and the lion on the other side faces front rather than back, showing a last repaint before British Railways got it in the neck from the College of Heralds. Must get round to some gentle weathering.
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