http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com A glimpse into Pete's workshop and the modelling projects underway. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:15:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m taking my Wee Ben up to a running day next Saturday in Carlisle on the CD0GG’s layout, so I’ve got just over a week to do as much detailing as I can before her public debut; I’m sure she’ll enjoy it. I’ve done a lot of work "in the ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/detailing-the-wee-ben/ I’m still uneasy about modelling fish barrels and turf coverings despite all the information I had from HRSoc members on the chat site; so I decided the best way to liven up the interior of my fish truck was to add a folded wagon sheet which I thought would be ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/22/enlivening-the-interior/ Pete welcomes comments and questions, which he actually enjoys answering. Now this morning I realised that "Blogsome" actually blocks comments until I’ve approved them… but without telling me. Anyway I’ve sorted this out now so the site should be more user friendly. However, when I pressed the "approve comment" button ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/22/comments-and-questions/ Resplendant in Halfords’ "Acid 8" etch primer, this Highland Railway Pasenger Brake Van is from a Lochgorm "etches only" kit, or maybe it’s sold as an "aid to scratchbuilding"; whatever it’s called, the main thing is that it’s accurate and fits together nicely; the result is a basic model that needs ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/03/highland-passenger-brake-van-2/ I made this Caley Horsebox some time ago and I decide it was high time that I painted it; in fact it’s high time I addressed a backlog of unpainted models, shunted into "Forlorn Sidings", gathering dust. When I was in Halfords a few days ago I bought a tin ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/03/cr-horsebox/ The corners of the tank flares were made using a formula I found on Nick Baines’ website…  Using this I produced a shape which slotted, with a bit of fiddling, into the gap I’d left at the corners, much preferable I thought to the brass fingers with solder infill method ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/11/03/wee-ben-update/ As I mentioned in an earlier Post, the tender top flare was half etched into the tender side, in a feeble attempt to create an impression of the way the flare attaches to the tender top. As I’m trying to make a scale model of a Wee Ben rather than ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/10/21/wee-ben-tender-progress-2/ This is Lochgorm’s Highland Railway Fish Truck kit with some additional details added by myself. It’s part sprayed and part hand painted with a good deal of dry-brush work and a final light weathering added with the airbrush. The wagon body was sprayed with Phoenix’s HR Dark Green P727; transfers ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/10/21/highland-railway-fish-truck/ The brakeshaft and the brackets rivetted under the frames, which serve as its mountings, are clearly seen in this view of the tender underside; this assembly along with the brake cylinder is the key to making a good job of the various brake linkages under the tender. There’s a good ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/09/21/wee-ben-tender-details/ While poring over photos of the Wee Ben and the Tatlow drawing, I realised that the horizontal brake shaft under the front of the tender was supported by brackets rivetted to the bottom front edge of the tender frames. This meant that I had to extend the model’s frames forward ... http://petesworkshop.blogsome.com/2009/09/21/wee-ben-tender-brakeshaft/