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Showing posts with label Roger Chivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Chivers. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 October 2020

A Tale of Hinge Envy

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Earlier in the year, before the world of lockdown, my thoughts turned to rolling stock for a future O9 project. Whilst some existing wagons ...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Summertime Blues (with lashings of Cream)

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My semi-open coach conversion of the Roger Chivers O9 coach has finally reached the point of completion. I don't usually like to post pi...
Friday, 14 August 2020

Summertime Blues

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It's that time of year when I find that railway modelling slows down a little. With little to do other than a couple of tweaks to the ex...
Monday, 2 January 2017

Adding a Touch of Rheidol?

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It appears to be the time of year for raiding the 'grey' projects box - those almost complete models in primer awaiting the inspirat...
Saturday, 6 August 2016

Theakston - Rusty and Dusty

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The last time we saw the Roger Chivers Theakston wagon it was still in bare plastic. I subsequently sprayed both the body and underframe in...
Sunday, 19 June 2016

Theakston - Fantastic in Pastic

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At the recent 7mm NGA AGM at Burton-upon-Trent Roger Chivers had examples of his second O9 plastic kit on sale. It is for a Ravenglass &...
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Sunday, 13 December 2015

The "Chivers Diet" - the Results are In!

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After a lot of slicing, dicing and generally making it up as I have gone along, I can reveal the finished products of both of my Chivers Fin...
Monday, 7 December 2015

More Chivers go Slimmer

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Whilst I haven't had a lot of time at the workbench of late, I have had a tinker with the parts from a Chivers steel-side open. This is...
Saturday, 21 November 2015

Playing with Post-its (wagon painting)

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A quick progress report on the Chivers 2-plank wagon conversion/slimming to O9.  Having painted the bodywork with Humbrol red/brown I realis...
Friday, 30 October 2015

A plan so cunning...

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As previously alluded to, I have acquired several Chivers Finelines O-16.5 wagons requiring repair as a job lot, and the 2-plank wagon was ...
Sunday, 25 October 2015

Confessions of a rubber gauger

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Following on from the last 'Up-cycle' post I realised that I hadn't uploaded a photo of the completed test track board with tra...
Sunday, 31 May 2015

A few bits and bobs left over... (in honour of Dave Lister)

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" There's a few bits and bobs left over, but its always the same when you do a bit of do-it-yourself, isn't it?" Wise word...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Fitting MicroTrains Couplers to the Chivers Finelines O9 Coach

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I made my choice to use MicroTrains couplers (and trucks) at a very early stage in my O9 modelling and it isn't something that I have re...
Thursday, 23 January 2014

Progression...

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I'm pleased to report that my recent projects are now just about complete, with some details added to the diorama and the Chivers coach ...