Another goods van and Hailsham Model Railway Show

After the last show at Brighton MRC I have another show booked for this weekend at Hailsham. It is a one day show, but I am looking forward to another day playing trains - even with a very early start.  Between shows I managed to finished off another wagon for use with the provender store.  This is another weathered rtr model from Bachmann.

Factory finish on the wagon.  It is very shiny making the wagon look toy like.

As per normal I added three link couplings before giving it a good wash. It was then treated to some weathering, including an initial all over body wash of black/sleeper grime.  I then picked out a few details on the underframe using the air brush, before some frame dirt, sleeper grime and roof dirt were sprayed over.  The Bachmann underframe is a little chunky but with a little bit of weathering the wagon looks ok.  

Finished 12t wagon.

Being shunted at Charlton with the recently finished class 47.

A few other projects are heading for completion soon, so further updates to follow.. 

Charlton at the Brighton MRC Exhibition

I have just completed two days of exhibiting on my own at the Brighton MRC exhibition.  This is a great little show.  The members of Brighton MRC are very friendly and it was a pleasure to be invited along.  The show is very family orientated and it was fantastic to see lots of young aspiring modellers watching the trains go by.   Charlton performed near faultlessly, although I have a small list of repairs to make, namely one dodgy wire and replacing a station lamp.  Other than this all good.  The new class 47 performed fantastically well, as did the new class 33 - both had a good run out today.  A very pleasurably, if not slightly knackering, two days!

The layout almost set up on Friday evening - the weekend has literally flown by!

And the new class 47 on the layout - I am really pleased with how this one turned out!

Class 47 with Howes DCC sound, plus Brighton Model Railway exhibition this weekend

Over the last week I grabbed the odd hour here and there to put the class 47 back together, a job that did not take too long.  This is a quick update and I will write a more detailed post on this project soon, with some detailed snaps taking during the painting of the locomotive.  However, with the layout in storage, getting a quick photograph with a good background is difficult.  Thus I took a quick snap of it tonight on my work bench alongside a quick test run of the sound chip.  The verdict - overall I am pretty happy with this one - it looks and sounds great.  You are never quite sure how the locomotive will look until it is sat on a layout with the scenery providing the context - but looking at the quick snaps of it tonight I think this one is looking the part, with the caveat that the lighting in the model room is pretty awful.  I think I purchased this locomotive during 2010 ofr £50 - so it is fantastic to see it finally sorted out and ready to use.

Class 47 finished!

The reassembly of the locomotive was the normal heart in the mouth moment, trying not to damage the paintwork - however it all went back together reasonably smoothly.  The sound chip is Howes and this is definitely another belter from them.  Finishing the locomotive last week meant that it is now available to run on the layout this weekend, when I am exhibiting Charlton at the Brighton Model Railway Exhibition (http://www.brightonmrc.com/exhibition.htm).  I will attempt to take some proper photographs of it then.  It is great to have a new locomotive to use and this will be on the rosta alongside the recently finished class 33.  The class 25 and class 22 will be making up the rest of the motive power - so if you are about please come along and say hello.  

A quick test run of the DCC  chip: verdict - I think this sounds great!