Showing posts with label Y6 (7mm scale). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Y6 (7mm scale). Show all posts
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Y6 Tram Engine

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Another one for the stockbox. You might have spotted when I mentioned the glazing yesterday, that the body had been weathered. This is do...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Glazing the Y6 windows

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Both the sides and ends of the Y6 tam feature windows. On the model these are supplied slid out of the way as part of the etch. That'...
Friday, May 17, 2013

First weathering wash

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I mentioned a few days ago that I wasn't sure if the Matt Leather paint was a bit bright for the Y6 woodwork, but even if it was, I h...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Inside the Y6

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This is a more complicated engine than normal to paint - you have to do the inside as well as the outside! Anyway, here's what's u...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Clean Y6

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Black bits painted with Halfords satin black, brown bits as per yesterdays post. The roof was a ngithmare - Railmatch weathered balck dri...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Correct colours

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Did you know that butterflies can see a greater range of colours than humans ? Apparently they see ultraviolet light as well as what we ca...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Prime Time

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It seems a shame to cover up all the nice brass on the Y6 with primer but I guess it has to be done. OK, so the metal is a bit tarnished f...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Roof detailing

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According to the Drifters , Up on the roof you only have to wish to make it so. This is rubbish although the reality isn't too diff...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lamp irons and the RSU

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I don't like lamp irons. They're a fiddly detail that I never take any notice on on real trains and couldn't really care about o...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Doorway detailing

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Detailing time on the Y6 Tram and that starts with handrails. The good news is that we don't have any stupid curved things encasing b...
Friday, April 05, 2013

Screw couplings

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In O gauge, I'm using 3-link couplings at present. This might change on the future but for now, the couplings on the rolling stock have ...
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Thursday, April 04, 2013

Floored

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Because I've been messing around with the tram loco, the etched floor parts aren't quite right. I could have modified them but inste...
Friday, March 29, 2013

All the parts, mostly in the right order

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I hope everyone appreciates this. Getting to this stage took at least 2 hours! After yesterdays admission of error, I attacked the soldere...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

A mistake revealed

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Oops. I had a horrible feeling this would happen. Now I have a completed body, if I place it on the skirts and peer down through the ch...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Roof Rolling

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I've got the proper tool, so this time I'm going to use it. Having spent all that money years ago on a nice set of GW Models roll...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Starting the Y6 shed

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Well, it is a bit shed like isn't it? To be honest there's very little to say about this stage of construction. The ends make ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Sides

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The Y6 tram engine sides are another neat piece of design. Each is a super-sized etching that folds back on itself to provide depth of de...
Monday, March 18, 2013

I don't care WHAT the instructions say, I'm doing it this way...

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Since I want the body top to separate from the skirts, I've modified the upper footplate by hacking a great big hole in the middle of...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Have I got this the right way round?

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I'm making some changes to the way the Y6 tram engine goes together compared to the way the manufacturer intends it to be assembled. On ...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Boiler bits

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Steam tram interior detail begins with a bit of metal forming. All the parts show - firebox, boiler and smokebox arrive flat and requ...