Month: November 2017

O Gauge Multi Purpose Plank

Kelvin Barnes Uncategorized

After seeing the prices of O gauge rolling roads, and nearly falling off my seat, I decided to go my own way.

What I wanted:-

A metre of track to test Loco’s on – DC to start with – later DCC!

A Rolling Road to Run In Loco’s

A Fitted Magnet to Test ‘Spratt and Winkle Couplings’.

A Jig to ensure all ‘Spratts’ are at the same height when on the track.

A Jig for the Loops for use with the ‘Spratts’

A small work area for ‘fiddling’

Permanent DC Controller with power Clips.

Space to add a DCC controller and/or a tablet.

Storage for ancillary items, Rollers etc.

Well, attached photo’s are the results so far – Although I made this in ‘O’ Gauge – I would have thought that it can be done in any gauge, within reason! The cost so far is approx £80 as most items are second-hand, nearly new.

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Further work to be done on the storage boxes so will update as they happen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O Gauge STOVE ‘R’

Kelvin Barnes Carriages

While browsing Ebay I saw a rather old Westdale kit on a Buy it Now. It said it was ‘complete’ but I had my doubts. I duly purchased the kit for the BIN price and waited for its arrival.

On arrival it was clearly not complete, only having one end was not good, but at least I could use it as a template to make another. Although the kit was basic I have to say it went together very well and after adding a few extra bits I fashioned myself, I was very pleased with the results considering there was no instructions.

I painted the model in early BR Crimson livery and then did a medium weathering job. I may well change this to heavy later, so that I can run it with a couple of milk tankers to form an early sixties ‘milk train’.

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O Gauge Shunter 08 228 (Faded)

Kelvin Barnes Uncategorized ,

The request for this weathering exercise was for a faded Loco – not necessarily filthy but ‘aged’ as opposed to heavy weathering.

Loco’s used in Washer Plants were particularly vulnerable to age fade and fade by harsh chemicals used in carriage cleaning. This also stopped the build up of grease and grime.

I have done partial fades before in OO but never in O and never 80% fade. After some (a lot) thought I decided I would not remove the original transfers and spray over the top of them. This way they would just be visible under the fade and I could position new transfers over the top.

I masked all windows, the black cab roof, which I would weather later, and both wasp striped ends.

I used Railmatch Faded BR Blue and it worked very well. My conventional weathering then followed over the whole Loco.

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O Gauge Parkside Grampus

Kelvin Barnes Departmental ,

. When I asked my friend Graham what colour he wanted the wagon painted. Black, Olive Green or Yellow/Grey.  His reply was ‘rust’ !

Graham had seen a well weathered wagon at an Exhibition and asked me if I could have a go at getting it as disgusting as possible without going into fantasy.

After a base colour of black, followed by three washes of dilute enamel paints, I put the ground in rust on with designer gouache – here are the results after a coat of matt varnish to seal the whole wagon.

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