BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 5 – Stretchers Revisited

Time to put right my earlier mishaps with the outer stretcher part for the incomplete bogie subframe.

BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 4 – Bolsters

While I wait for a second Penbits kit to provide a source of spare parts, I’ve moved on to the next stage in building the sprung bogies.

BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 3 – Subframes

A cautionary tale of how something apparently simple can catch you out if you get over-confident and fail to pay careful attention to what you’re doing.

BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 2 – Bearing Carriers

Deep breath, here we go, time to begin building the Penbits sprung bogies for my Bachmann Class 25/1 conversion.

BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 1 – Project Introduction

What’s the point of having wagons if you don’t have something to move them around? Introducing the start of my first locomotive project.

Build Your Own Instanter and Three Link Couplings

Here’s how I set about construction of my own accurate couplings from some photo-etched brass parts and a length of brass rod with the aid of a home-made tool.

BR Diagram 1/115 24.5-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 4 – Getting the Underframe Rolling

With the basic structure in place, the next step is to add springing to the underframe so that it can roll along smoothly on its wheels.

BR Diagram 1/115 24.5-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 3 – Beginning the Underframe

Now I switch from a mainly plastic body to a mainly photo-etched brass underframe as a upgrade on the one included in the Peco Parkside kit.

BR Diagram 1/115 24.5-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 2 – Assembly Of The Body

A late flurry of extra detailing followed by putting together the body and finishing off the corner caps.

Prototype File: SR Diagram 1771 20-ton Ballast Wagon (Tunny)

Built in 1928, these long-serving wagons were the great rolling stock survivors of the Twentieth Century.