Starting with a 20p toy!

Hi Ron

Ooh thats a bit wierd.  Was it my email addy?  

Cheers

Jim

Dunno Jim, not game to try it again - one of those electronic mysteries I think ?

Hi All

More progress on the corgi lorries.

Based on comments made over on RMweb here I have lopped a scale 18 inches off the height of the Sunblest one.



Another ongoing project is the Knightwing Volvo tractor unit. It edges nearer to completion.



Cheers

Jim

That Sunblest lorry looks the business and certainly brings back memories.

I think it could do with about, oh er, a scale 18inches adding on though.  It looks a bit short to me :twisted:

Where is the blowing a raspberry icon Chris?

Cheers

Jim

This one Jim ? 

I never found road transport interesting til now :thumbs

Mike

You and me both Mike

But standards have to be maintained across the board.  The same effort needs to go into a delivery van as a class 45.

BTW Chris - Ron has something for you! 

Jim

[user=350]jim s-w[/user] wrote:

But standards have to be maintained across the board.  The same effort needs to go into a delivery van as a class 45.

 Good point Jim.  My regret is the lack of affordable road transport models in the correct scale.

Hi Tim

Things are getting better with the likes of Oxford Diecast etc.  But the point of this thread is that there are things out there if you know where to look and what to look for.  The original Van that started the thread was 20p from a charity toybox.  I admit the replacement wheels were a lot more than that!  

Heres a before and after shot to show what can be done



Please, anyone else, feel free to post pictures of your own vehicles.

Cheers

Jim

Would you kindly provide (or refresh) a link for the Wheel suppliers, Jim.
I've looked and can't find it.

Here you go

http://www.paragonkits.com/wheels.htm

The ones I used were pw02

HTH

Jim

Thanks, Jim - that's very useful.
I've given up re-profiling 'Hot Wheels' and the like as a waste of time.

Wheels are the difficult bit, I'll agree, the wheels on all cheapo toys seem to be made by the same factory. I have tried press stud fasteners etc, but no good, at least not in my hands. I'd love some 'spoked' lorry wheels to try some 1920's-30's lorries, like those one sees on the Waltons…

Doug

Hi All

I thought a quick explanation of how I paint wheels might be helpful so



Before we start it's important to understand you must only do one side at a time and that the wheel must be kept horizontal while it dries.  As wheels rotate it doesn't look right if they end up with vertical streaks!

1 - start point.  Rim colour and black tyre.

2 - paint the wheel with neat thinners.  Then use a dark grey to paint round the center of the tyre (not the inside of the tyre).  I use Humbrol 67

3 - paint the wheel hub a sludgy brown.  (I use Revell 84).  I also paint the inside of the tyre with the same colour.  By working wet in wet and being sparing with the paint it will all blend together as it dries.

4 - up until now I have been thinking of a normal tyre on a normal road.  However it pays to think about what the vehicle does and the effect that will have on the tyres.  For my tippler I assumed it spends a fair amount of time in a muddy environment so i have painted a thin ring of pale brown (humbrol 110) around the outside of the wheel.  The mud will normally wear off around the outer edge so running a cotton bud around the outside of the tyre will help give this effect.  You might want to consider doing the same with white if your layout is set in winter to represent the salt build up you can get.

5 - finally the tyre and wheel may look a bit glossy.  A quick spray of matt varnish and you are done.

HTH

Jim

Looks great Jim, and some good tips.

Thanks :thumbs

Mike

Hi All

Been rummaging again and found this!



the white one is from a Knightwing kit and is a tad to big for 4mm scale (being 1;72 scale not 1:76.2) while the red one is another less than a quid Corgi toy.  While the cab sits very high and the chassis is rubbish the cab itself is pretty much the same size as the knightwing one if not a tiny bit smaller.  Another one for the to do pile!

Cheers

Jim

Volvo trucks do have 2 models of cab Jim so they may not be wrong.   The "FH" being a "high" cab that you can stand up in and the "FL" being a "low" cab more like an "ordinary" truck cab.  Certainly in your shot, a "Globetrotter" cab is an "FH"  with bunks behind the seats.

Hi All

As I have been feeling a bit under the weather this week I fancied a simple little project to while away the evening.  So having a couple of Base toys trailers lying around I combined the two to make one longer trailer.  Extra Details from microstrip except the landing legs which came from a US supplier (Appologies but I cant remember their name)



Cheers

Jim

Hi All

Time for another quickie.

EFE Bedford TK, de-liveried with mirrors added and a coating of grime!



Cheers

Jim