What happened at your workbench today?

Today the Kitchen table has been occupied by an Aristocraft 2-8-2 bought very cheaply and without a tender at the Llangollen show at the weekend. Checked it when home and it works so that was a relief.
It has now had most of the body superstructure removed reducing it to everything to that below(including) the running board.
This is readying it for what might be my next project to create a likeness of the at one time proposed BR standard 2-8-2 that never got off the drawing board, being dropped in favour of the design for the 2-10-0 9f.
Anyway I’ll probably do a proper thread on the build once it gets started!
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FLEET MODERNISATION !

LGB 20420 MOB purchased from Amazing little trains andyspencer andyspencer a few months back is undergoing fleet modernisation from 80s MOB to 2020s MOB using Cast wrap vinyl, It been stripped and here is the first wrap going on with Modern MOB (not as nice as the 80/90s !) logo. I will be doing a full report on the Cast vinyl when completed as now used it on three projects now and still learning ! LGB split the main body into three parts with a thin section between them thats quite annoying and not sure its purpose ! Quite happy with NAVY Satin Plastikote paint so far also which was a shock. Panoramic coach this evening !

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I have been building a display for my newest loco and attached a track cleaner to a mop base (after securing permission) to help my back. Hopefully a few sunny days here in Sydney over the weekend for some expansion of the line and some running time! The display boards are a frame of Blackbutt with an inlay of an old piece of the deck where the layout runs.

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I have been struggling to install 2ch radio control on the Accucraft Edrig, but finally think I cracked it. Here you see the very DIY regulator handle, which is the ground pin off a plug socket with an m3 bolt soldered to the end.
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The main sticking point was getting everything to fit where I wanted it. I really wanted everything to be easily accessible without having to remove the body to access receivers and batteries. After some hours of fettling I finally managed to cram everything in to the “pouch” at the back of the loco under the footplate, whilst still leaving enough space to fit a battery.
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And most likely importantly, when the loco is upright nothing can be seen from the outside
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For Father's Day, my daughter gifted to me a diecast Ford Anglia 105E a la Harry Potter, she knew I had been after one for some time. Now most modellers seek to add a bit more authenticity to their vehicles with some judicious weathering. The Harry Potter Anglia comes with some ‘weathering’ already applied, my desire is to get rid of the applied weathering, clean up the model and add some number plates.

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The full size Anglia, at Harry Potter Studios, is in a clean condition, not sure about the grandsons.

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Coincidentally, in the car park outside the studios, one of the visitors had turned up in a truly authentic, and absolutely showroom condition, 105E Anglia, and in the right colours.

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I now have to chance my arm and see if T-cut will work on models, as well as the real thing.

David
 
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Almost had enough of building refurb for this summer. The farm is all reconstructed and wired and is ready to plant outdoors and the water tower has been mounted on a bit of LVT, which may stop it blowing over so readily. The latter is a large vitamins pot wrapped in brick vac-formed sheet, plus the top part of a defunct coffee grinder to form the tank, with various fiddly profile, sprue and wire additions.
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Nice and considered running. Sure better control will come in time perhaps needs some more running in? Also possibly a load where more power may be needed could give smoother running.
 
Definitely all considerations worth trying! I've got a decent amount of Welshpool & Llanfair rolling stock that I can put behind the loco to calm her down a bit. I've also noted the end points on the reverser are poorer than I first realised. In forwards direction the end point on the radio is set to 120 without reaching full travel, in reverse it needs to be set to 80, so a good 20 percent out from where it needs to be. I'll pull the body off tonight and rectify.

I do really enjoy a slow running loco. Last Saturday I managed to get almost an hour out the Accucraft Edrig from a single tank of gas. Just turned the burner way down low and it held about 30 psi the entire run, happily trundling back and forth. It's an incredibly controllable loco when everything goes well. The radio control really does make a massive difference.
 
Referring back to post #3,774, the Harry Potter Ford Anglia, it looks as if T-cut is going to work with regard to removal of the 'weathering'. As a trial, I have successfully removed it from the roof, the bodywork is going to require more care and patience, with the need for masking some of the parts, but I am hopeful of the outcome.

David
 
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