Showing posts with label Nellie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nellie. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Owen's Bridge and Emmett loco in NGW

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A first appearance in Narrow Gauge World magazine for me this month. I've made the most of it with a couple of articles though! NGW ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Smallbrook Studio, Nellie

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Yesterdays photo showed Nellie painted, but looking a bit flat. The colours were there and all very pretty but I felt there was no life i...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

Nellie gets painted

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So, there I was talking to Chris at Phoenix Precision Paints during the York show. "I need something to paint an Emett Nellie loco...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Ready for paint, but what colour?

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All the parts are fitted, apart from some copper wire inside the cab, so the model is ready for a quick scrub in the sink to remove any m...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Crazy details

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One of the joys of Nellie is the crazy detailing to be carried out. It's the first time that I've found a load of large round-hea...
Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Bracing joints

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Zap superglue is marvellous stuff but like all such glues, there are times when the mechanical joint isn't as strong as you would like. ...
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Monday, April 06, 2015

Part built Emett

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It's Easter Monday and I suspect most people will be happily tucking in to chocolate eggs or doing religious things rather than cruising...
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Friday, April 03, 2015

Nellie chassis part 2 - the cylinders

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The cylinder arrangements are pretty simple on Nellie. The Hornby connecting rods slosh around in big holes, not unlike the way they work...
Thursday, April 02, 2015

Nellie chassis part 1

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"Take one nice Hornby chassis and hack bits off it with a saw" pretty much sums up the instructions in the kit. It appears th...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Emett's Nellie

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Last year, I visited the excellent Rowland Emett exhibition in Birmingham . I couldn't resist coming away with a souvenir of the day ...
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