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I don't have many photos of real trains in snow, so some 1:76 scale ones will suffice!
To all my Flickr friends, and everyone who has viewed, faved, and commented on my photos during 2018; I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Lets fot even more workings in 2019!!
The photo is taken on my (soon to be exhibition) layout 'Tighte End Yard', which represents a small servicing depot used by Direct Rail Services (DRS). Eventually there will be a 1-road shed for light maintenance and a fuelling point and canopy.
From far to near: the class 57 is a standard Bachmann DRS livery release, which has been extensively detailed (including scale light lenses and HI headlight) and has been weathered.
The 37 is a Limited Edition Bachmann/Model Rail one, which has been detailed again and has been weathered.
Plain blue 08892 started as BR blue 08402 from Hornby, but has been repainted into plain DRS blue. It has had extra cabinets added (below the door grilles in the photo) and has been detailed with new buffers (51L/Wizard), coupling rods (Brassmasters), steps (one side) and crew member. It has cab lights and red/white lights on each end, and is sound-fitted with Legomanbiffo sounds.
Finally, the PFA 20' container wagon is a DC Kits kit which has been built with Alan Gibson wheels and detailed with 51L/Wizard models buffers and Brassmasters Couplings.
All the very best,
Jack.
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Bachmann 08. Ultrascale P4 wheels; Brassmasters coupling rods; PHDesigns brass etch front steps (test-etch). Plenty of work to do.
OK, here we go, most mornings after breakfast during the week I fibreglass pen'd off more lining and numbers etc (should have bought a plain black LMS liveried one - duh!). Renumbered as Bath Shed's 43017 (was there from 1950-53) and drybrushed on grime with enamels and washed of black and beige matt emulsion. All was sealed in Krylon Matte (which still gives a light sheen - like grease?). Just screw couplings, crew and pipes to add. These were shot under Catcott's new flu/energy saver mix lighting (the same as Cement Quay) which I'm quite pleased with (flu's were too cold, energy savers too warm - this strikes a balance).
I may add the Brassmaster's pony truck and Gibson pony wheel set, though having looked at the fret on their website I might build another layout in the time it would take for me to fathom it out. I can see why George Dent in Model Rail did his hybrid conversion - and unlike me he knows what he's doing!
OK, here we go, most mornings after breakfast during the week I fibreglass pen'd off more lining and numbers etc (should have bought a plain black LMS liveried one - duh!). Renumbered as Bath Shed's 43017 (was there from 1950-53) and drybrushed on grime with enamels and washed of black and beige matt emulsion. All was sealed in Krylon Matte (which still gives a light sheen - like grease?). Just screw couplings, crew and pipes to add. These were shot under Catcott's new flu/energy saver mix lighting (the same as Cement Quay) which I'm quite pleased with (flu's were too cold, energy savers too warm - this strikes a balance).
I may add the Brassmaster's pony truck and Gibson pony wheel set, though having looked at the fret on their website I might build another layout in the time it would take for me to fathom it out. I can see why George Dent in Model Rail did his hybrid conversion - and unlike me he knows what he's doing!
Malekko Assmaster in Eurorack format. Module version of the Malekko Barker Assmaster with more than one major addition - control voltage. Germanium octave fuzz. Originally based on the Maestro Brassmaster fuzz pedal. Now available, price $225. LINK: www.analoguehaven.com/malekko/assmaster/ .
I'm aware of the issues around the Bachmann Class 25 body and had several attempts at trying to sort all this out. Eventually I gave up! This is a stock body with the addition of some Brassmasters blanking plates. The body was sprayed with Halfords Grey Plastic Primer, the yellow was airbrushed with Phoenix Precision P135 and the blue was Phoenix Precision P132 (gloss). It looks like the roof panel should be a different colour (fibreglass?) but I need to do more research on that.
A lot of times when I use these Bare Box 2 enclosures, there's a lot of wasted space. Like that Klon build would have fit in a 1590B, but I use these because I like the form factor and there's plenty of room for my sausage fingers.
Some builds use the space, though. The Brassmaster PCB comes to mind. This build is another one that seems like it was made for this enclosure. My wife went to run an errand and I had to go ahead and drill the enclosure while she's gone. Tight fit. Not too tight, though. Just about perfect, really.
Now let's hope it works.
Stood on old plank whilst under construction. Completed working loco minus tender disposed of. The third inner rail in view under the chassis is spaced at 16.5mm. to facilitate 'OO' gauge repairs. Exacto drivers with new replacement 'BM' coupling rods fitted.
Here's a thing that's actually kind of humorous. This is my old Lowepro camera bag. No camera stuff to keep in it right now. Sold most of my expensive camera gear to get this company off the ground. BTW, I lived in Santa Rosa when I bought this bag and back when Lowepro was a local company. I'm told they've moved production out of the country now, so this is kind of a relic from my past. Still got mud on it from me rolling down the hill at Bernal Heights (I used to call it, "Venereal Heights"). Never could get the mud to come off.
Er, anyway...old man stories get sidetracked sometimes. Heh...I've been putting my home-built, "keepers" in here and planning a new pedalboard...eventually.
The yellow one at the back on the right is an MXR Distortion+ with an OPA2134 opamp, which was a really good mod. Thank you, Lionel. To its left is an Expandora built with old-school cans. The green one all the way to the left is a Brassmaster clone. In the middle is a CE-2 chorus clone. The black pedal is a clone of a Demeter Compulator. The blue on this side is a Mutron III clone and finally the black one on this side is a Rat clone using a vintage Motorola opamp.
The gold pedal all the way to the right is one of the old 2-footswitch Catalinbread Galileo pedals, not something I built.
Not sure how I accumulated this many, "keepers."
This is a DIY build-from-kit of the famous Maestro Brassmaster, re-released by Malekko as the Barker Assmaster and cloned by General Guitar Gadgets. This kit can be had for about $65 and is absolutely amazing.
Here is Andy from ProGuitarShops demo'ing the Malekko version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhXMBPSskI
This picture was taken before all of the controls were wired; Andy from PGS (the link above) is a guitar player but as he said, the original was created for bass. I'm a Bass player by trade and trust me, AssMaster delivers.
Man, not to short-shrift my DIY paint job on the Fuzz Face to the right, but this Candy Red Vein powder coat job from Pedal Parts Plus is some kind of freaking awesomeness.
It's going to house my Brassmaster prototype. Well, the case looks awesome. Let's cross those fingers for the circuit.
The Brassmasters parts have been fitted, with reference to the photo shown (copyright Paul Bartlett). A couple of vents have been left open. For picking up the very small etched parts, a needle with Tacky Wax on the end was used. The gangway ends have also been plated over. The body is now ready for the paint shop, after cleaning.
A pair of powder-coated enclosures showed up today from Pedal Parts Plus. The one on the left is, "Psycho Green Vein" for the Super Tube Screamer and the one on the right is, "Green Hammertone," which looks nothing like the photo on the web page, but I've ordered this color a few times before, so I already knew that. I'm going to use that one for a new Brassmaster build. I did the first one in Red, but that just didn't seem right for some reason, so I thought this might suit its character better.
Following on from the terrific success of the Right Track series, Tony Wright examines what can be done to make the high standard offerings from Hornby and Bachmann even better. He takes you through the many stages in the process of turning these excellent models into something a bit special. Modifications covered stretch from the most simple of improvements to the application of full detailing kits from Comet and Brassmasters. Locomotives examined and improved in detail include a "County", "Britannia", "Black 5", and "Jinty" though many others are featured. Coach modifications include Pullman Cars and Gresley and Thompson conversions utilising etched brass componenets from Comet and Mike Trice/Dart Castings. Some coach conversions are so extensive that, if you are building coaches from kits, this DVD would be of great interest to you. The 3 hours 15 minutes programme is designed to appeal to everyone from the raw beginner to the more experienced. In short, if you want to improve your locomotives or coaches, this DVD is for you - whatever your experience.
Running time- 195 minutes
Probably the greatest bass fuzz pedal of all time. This PCB is from Fuzz Dog's Pedal Parts in the UK and it's an excellent design. As you can see, he used a neat little daughterboard for the transformer.
Not to get ahead of myself, but this Bare Box #2 powder-coated in, "Candy Red Vein" is looking kind of awesome as the new home for my Maestro Brassmaster clone.
Before it gets boxed-up, I thought some of you might like to see this Brassmaster board. See the little daughterboard with the tiny little transformer? Good stuff.
The motor was temporarily dropped into place just to check clearances. The Brassmasters fuel tank was detailed with handles and pipework as shown in their instructions, then simply superglued into place on the cross beams, checking that it was fitted at the correct end and the right way round.
An Xotic AC Boost clone voiced for bass. I have my Brassmaster for that end-of-the-world, 'Battlescar' bass fuzz, but I've been wanting something that will give me a little grit when I want it. Hopefully this will be a worthwhile experiment...but that's why things like this are experimental 'n stuff.
Work started with the underframe. Bogies were from Brassmasters, needing lumps of the moulded floor cutting out to clear scale size wheels. The bogie side frames are MJT, and the footsteps are from Frogmore Confederacy (both available from Dart Castings). The footsteps were fiddly and took several attempts to make them secure.