southern emu's nse connex ect my kit bashing and scratch building work

[VEP3417]

been doing model railways for a long time now but never posted anything, im sort of into the 86/95 ish era give or take and most of my stuff is kit/scratch built or kit bashed, not the best by far but it sort of looks like what its supposed to look like

currently on the go is

thumper (only 1 end so far) which will be in connex - part dc kits part buchmann suburban coach
refurbished bep nse - buchmann with scratch built buffet which isnt quite correct but will do
2 epb nse - replica railways suburban coaches with RR cab ends
3tc?? in connex for some reason think i got the inspiration from the 1 tc car that made it into a connex rake as the original car got damaged
- made out of all sorts, different chassis/buchmann/mainline bits and bobs with replica railway ends

all far from finished and need work still but still coming along nicely
its a very small selection of my collection of which ive not touched for years now but it gave me something to do during the lock down

 

[Islineclear3_1]

Impressive stuff! I would love to have a model railway but space and time prohibits. All stashed in crates

 

[VEP3417]

thanks , most of my stuff Is still stashed in crates, just i got a few bits and bobs out to at least try and finish

 

[Cowley]

been doing model railways for a long time now but never posted anything, im sort of into the 86/95 ish era give or take and most of my stuff is kit/scratch built or kit bashed, not the best by far but it sort of looks like what its supposed to look like

currently on the go is

thumper (only 1 end so far) which will be in connex - part dc kits part buchmann suburban coach
refurbished bep nse - buchmann with scratch built buffet which isnt quite correct but will do
2 epb nse - replica railways suburban coaches with RR cab ends
3tc?? in connex for some reason think i got the inspiration from the 1 tc car that made it into a connex rake as the original car got damaged
- made out of all sorts, different chassis/buchmann/mainline bits and bobs with replica railway ends

all far from finished and need work still but still coming along nicely
its a very small selection of my collection of which ive not touched for years now but it gave me something to do during the lock down


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Don’t do yourself down they look excellent.
I love the window bars and pipe work on the roof. They look like they’ve had a lot of work done on them. Excellent stuff.

 

[VEP3417]

thanks, hard work indeed! what i meant was they arnt 100% accurate with things like under frames ect but they look good in other areas
window bars and roof pipe work are the 2 hardest/fiddliest/time consuming parts but have to be done

doing the roof pipework out of brass wire is enough to put you off doing it again....but ive got the other car to do yet

 

[Cowley]

thanks, hard work indeed! what i meant was they arnt 100% accurate with things like under frames ect but they look good in other areas
window bars and roof pipe work are the 2 hardest/fiddliest/time consuming parts but have to be done

doing the roof pipework out of brass wire is enough to put you off doing it again....but ive got the other car to do yet

I know what you mean. I’ve spent a good amount of time making up pipes out of fine wire for the bufferbeams on N gauge locos.
It makes you go a bit cross eyed, but it’s very satisfying once it’s done and that horrible chunky coupling has disappeared...
(The Humbrol paint tin gives an idea of scale)

 

[VEP3417]

oh god N gauge!..how do people do it!, 00 is bad enough

 

[VEP3417]

heres how the refurbished cep/bep was done, carefully enough so no filling was required

 

[Cowley]

That’s impressive cutting. Do you spray them?

 

[VEP3417]

have to be ever so careful with cutting if you dont plan to use filler! i do yes with an airbrush

 

[VEP3417]

driving car of the thumper coming along nicely

 

[Peter C]

Looking good! I'd never be able to make something like that - the kits are either too expensive or too hard to find!

-Peter

 

[VEP3417]

thanks , the dc kit was bought a long time ago and i badly built it back then , so i decided to rebuilt it only using the front part
just bought another suburban coach to start making the other car

 

[Peter C]

I've seen quite a few people go back over old projects and really make them something amazing - this is no exception! I'm currently thinking of how to make a Class 210 from a Bratchell Models Class 317.

-Peter

 

[VEP3417]

ive got a lot of old projects to go back over be interesting to see a 210

 

[VEP3417]

few more things ive been working on, i say a few as theres many other things on the work bench in all sorts of states

weathered the nearly finished coach of the thumper
bought a pair of epb bodies, and repainted 1 into br blue/nse and heavily weathered it
turned the spare epb shells i made out of bits into a class 307
and started to build a class 304, which ill probably sell when finished to fund/finish other builds

other things on the go
nes mlv
cep tractor unit 081 in jaffacake livery
4tc in nse made out of the tc in connex livery i made at the top of the thread
nearly finished 1 refurbished cep coach in nse

 

[Cowley]

Really impressive. That thumper unit is wonderful, I reckon it needs a bit of graffiti on it somewhere.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

The blue/grey EPB body would look great on my scrap line

Seriously, great work and thanks for posting. Much of my staff hasn't seen the light of day as it's all packed up in the attic which in itself isn't suitable for a model layout

 

[VEP3417]

thanks for the comments think i might have over done it a bit on the epb but it was supposed to represent a vehicle near the end of its life, i took inspiration from a photo online of one with graffiti but it wasnt as dirty

think your right though....might have to add graffiti to some of the others

 

[Islineclear3_1]

Don't forget the "Condemned, or Cond" logo har har...

 

[VEP3417]

i meant near the end of life but still in service...just about :P

also i dont know why but connex/south central is the 1 livery no one does transfers for for some reason

 

[Islineclear3_1]

How did you do the windows on the '304 - did you cut through the window frames of a BR suburban?

 

[VEP3417]

i did yes, bit tricky to get right but works well

 

[reddragon]

I did modelling when I was younger. I converted a Hornby 25 to a 24, repainted some locos, after practising on Dinky buses. I put twin power bogies in locos, did some mods and I was quite impressed with what I achieved. Even today my 24 looks good next to its 25 twin.

The problem now is, whilst then I was comparing my work with Traing / Hornby and early Lima products, nowadays you have masterpieces to compare with!

Does that bother you as it would me?

 

[VEP3417]

depends what ive got lying around really i dont really tend to compare my trains, most of my trains look accurate from the body up but in a lot of cases just have standard mk1 underframes, i do do correct underframes if i have the parts but if not then they stay mostly as is with a few mods, even some of the bodies arnt 100% correct but thats all i could do cut and shut wise without going to the next step of using filler ect which i dont often do, i did convert 2 hst power cars to a class 89 though, that was a lit of cutting/shutting/filler work but worth it

 

[reddragon]

Have you got a picture of the 89?

 

[VEP3417]

the only photo i have is of it at an early stage, ive since changed the livery to the later swallow livery
think it has a class 37 chassis, diddnt come out too bad i dont think

 

[Peter C]

the only photo i have is of it at an early stage, ive since changed the livery to the later swallow livery
think it has a class 37 chassis, diddnt come out too bad i dont think

Is that the Silver Fox Models Class 89? I was looking at those the other day.

-Peter

 

[VEP3417]

no its a scratch built one i made out of 2 hst power cars

 

[Peter C]

no its a scratch built one i made out of 2 hst power cars

Ah yes - I've just seen that bit further up the thread! Looks very good; I wouldn't have been able to tell that it was a combination of two HST powercars.

-Peter