an update on my bench.

Nice job Pedro. I'm really going to have to to get one now. I guess I'll just pretend it lasted till BR days

oh and its a W1, an M-1 was a massive coal burning steam turbine electric made by Baldwin for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1948. Just a little trivia.

Ozzie21

That would be the New England highway here, F3 Sydney to Newcastle, NewEngland Highway to the Queensland border have your pasports ready The M1 is a ring road in Sydney.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 28 Feb 2007, 00:32) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I thought the M1 was a road that went up north somewhere?
Peter

Peter, The work looks bloody exceptional. I'll have to try my hand at a couple of coaches and see what happens. Just got my GWR 61XX from Southeastern Finecast so that's my next project. Perhaps a I'll try SW DIgital GWR decoder in it as well.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (dwb @ 17 Mar 2007, 20:08) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>>i took a look at a 10 kit set for a full cornish riviera express
I look forward to seeing how these build up as I admire your coach building skills.

David

Coaches look good but whats the SP GS-5 lurking in the background for. Is it the Bachmann one? I just sold a Sunset brass one a couple of weeks ago.
Ozzie21

QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 28 Jun 2007, 18:04) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>OK i have been very busy lately so i thought it was time for an update.

here is the picture of the green GNR coaches!! unfortunatly the colour dosent show up very well but they were LIME green!!



The midland coaches are now nearly finished. the roofs have been nade and painted. i used 247developements whitemetal lamp tops and torpedo vents because i wasnt happy with the plastic ones from ratio.



I now have the parts for the articulation system for the quad art and i got the first 2 parts on their bogies last night. i need to get some more press studs as i accidently soldered 2 of them on upside down! the effect of the MJT articulastion system is very good i think.



I now have london tilbury and southend coaches to build.



Peter

Peter, I did have a Bachmann GS-5 a few years ago. At that time it wasn't the chassis so much as the wheels that gave problems. I ended up getting a Bowser replacement chassis and wheels and I fitted a Sagami can motor. I still have a couple of daylight coaches that I started to paint and maybe when Bachmann bring out their Spectrum quality model of the GS I 'll buy another. I had 4 Bachmann N&W "J" class with two complete Rivarossi train sets to make a pair of excellent trains. I actually prefer the Bachmann model to the Broadway limited model, terrible sound system inthe BLI and the colours aren't right. You should try the new Bachmann sound equipped "J". With the Tsnumai sound decoder it's a winner.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 30 Jun 2007, 19:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>[quote name='Ozzie21'
Coaches look good but whats the SP GS-5 lurking in the background for. Is it the Bachmann one? I just sold a Sunset brass one a couple of weeks ago.
Ozzie21

Yep its the bachmann one. complete with smoke! alot of people complain about the chassis on it (its a split froam) but mine is a fantastic runner. I would love a norfolk and western J class to park along side!

the loco to the right is a chinese SS1 made by a new company called hai dar. its a very good runner but suffers a little from bachmann stiction syndrome!
Peter