Category Archives: Kirk Coach Builds
The Kirk Twins reappear on the workbench.
Making the most of what you have…
Ian Kirk Twin Set Underframe fittings
Further detail on the Kirk Coach bogies
Ian Kirk Diagram 105/125 Twin Set
This weekend saw much progress on the Twin set.
Timely posting of a photo of the brake end allowed me to cut the windows while the end was in the flat and then both coach bodies were assembled.
I also blanked of the inner ends by filling the holes for the buffers and coupling hooks and then overlaid a piece of 20 thou to form a solid foundation for the shared bogie pivot.
Lastly I made a start of building up/detailing the battery boxes (although there are five I only need four for this job). Next I need to cut out the end straps with the silhouette because I have run out.
More improvements to Kirk Bogies
When fellow modellers came along to see me when I was demoing at Pontefract show, the parts that I was cutting were some brakes for my Kirk coach bogies
Kirk Bogie Enhancements
Ian Kirk All 3rd almost ready to rock
To fit the no smoking transfers I made up a little jig from a piece of 20thou styrene which was the width of the window from the outside. I measured half way up the window and marked the styrene. I then added 1mm and marked it again. After measuring the with of the transfer I subtracted this from the total width and divided the remainder by two. I measured the result from each edge and marked a vertical line from the high line to the middle line at each side and then cut the styrene out leaving me with a rectangle of styrene with a notch cut out that centres the transfer in the middle of the window both vertically and horizontally
The All 3rd end is near…
Ian Kirk 7mm scale All 3rd, a few more details completed
Painting the Kirk’s
Carriage Interiors – Mirrors and things
7mm Scale Kirk Parcels Coach
Kirk All 3rd nearing the finish line
Ian Kirk All 3rd
Kirk All 3rd, The Populace in place
Ian Kirk 52′ BG in 7mm scale complete and ready for delivery to traffic
Seats for everyone
Cut and Shut with Kirk Sides
In response to a query on the GOG forum I promised that I would take a photo of some Kirk sides that I needed to cut and shut and repair the beading on – The beading is Plastruct 0.8mm half round.
It looks like Ian has now run out of the colour pigment that he used to use to colour the LNER coach pieces because they came in white so I had to give them a quick spray to get them to show anything.
I have marked which beading I replaced with a red square. For some reason the top one picked up some much in the solvent (Limonene) which has made it look a bit ragged in the photo but I am sure that it will disappear once I apply the teak varnish to it.
Although it doesn’t look it in the photo the base colour is orange.