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Dapol coach chassis modified to accept a Hornby DMU motor bogie and trailing bogie. Test fit of coach body to chassis. I still have to fit the chassis undergibbons. Cheers Darius
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I’ll be there on the Sunday so will pop round to say hello. Cheers Darius
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Primer coat applied. Cheers Darius
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Side panelling and roof details added. Cheers Darius
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That last photo is fantastic as it shows the bogies to be more like early BR DMU bogies rather than the LMS/NCC type bogies of the earlier MPDs. Thanks for posting it. Cheers Darius
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Darius’ Military Vehicle Collection
Darius43 replied to Darius43's topic in Aviation & Maritime Modelling
It’s a Bishop - essentially a 25 pounder gun mounted in a large turret atop a Valentine tank chassis. Cheers Darius -
Yes indeed. I commissioned the sides and ends from Allen a year or so ago. They are now available on his website. Roof attached and cab/roof edges filled and sanded round. Door hinges and handles attached. The gangways are temporarily attached using black tack. Cheers Darius
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Holes cut in coach bodyside to enable flush glazing of new sides. Sides glued to coach body. Etched cab ends laminated to 1mm thick plasticard. Coach ends “thickened” at the roof joint to enable a rounded roof profile to be sanded. Sides and cab ends in place. Cheers Darius
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Question. It’s hard to find clear photos of the bogies of MPDs 63-65. Were they like first generation BR DMUs or similar to the earlier MPDs? Cheers Darius
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It’s MPD time!!! Construction commenced using a Dapol 60’ LMS coach as the base model. The, interior, glazing, wheels and couplings are discarded. The raised detail on the roof and coach sides is removed and sanded down. The moulded coach floor is removed apart from at the ends. Etched sides removed from the fret and offered up to the coach body. The etched sides are longer than a scale 60’ so I trimmed 3mm off each end to make them just shorter than the Dapol coach. This allows the ends to be sanded round. Cheers Darius
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Nets and reductor gear (from Isinglass Models) fitted and light chassis weathering to finish. Cheers Darius
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HMRS pressfix lining, lettering and numbers applied. I replaced the Hornby bogies with Bachmann LMS bogies. Cheers Darius
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Printing imperfections, which will need to be filled and sanded. Cheers Darius
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Painting completed. Original Hornby bogies temporarily re-fitted. Looks like it is sitting too high on the bogies - replacement Bachmann LMS bogies will be fitted. Cheers Darius
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I haven’t done any cleaning up yet - what you see is as supplied. There are some blemishes that need to be sanded down or filled and there are moulding lines on the roof to cab junction that need to be lightly sanded. Fortunately the CMAC resin is not too hard and is easily sanded smooth. Cheers Darius
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Received today - CMAC Models OO gauge 3D printed bodies, undergibbons and bogies for the NIR Class 450 DMU. I have applied a coat of grey primer to make the details more visible and cut down the bogie mounting bosses as the bodies sat too high on the bogies as supplied. Cheers Darius
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Chassis undergibbons added. Reductor gear door lights added using brass tube and clear LEDs. Cheers Darius
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Roof vents and other details added to coach ends. Primer coat applied. Cheers Darius
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Incorrect chassis undergibbons removed and big hole filled in. Coach ends blanked off with plasticard and offset gangways attached. Cheers Darius
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Doors cut out and replaced with plasticard versions. Cheers Darius
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Major refurbishment of the 1970s era Hornby LMS TPO coach into something less toy-like and more presentable. Coach disassembled. Only the chassis and body will be retained - the operating gear, coach ends and glazing will be discarded and the bogies will probably be replaced. Bodyside and roof moulded details carved away and sanded down. Cheers Darius
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Decals applied and light weathering airbrushed to chassis. Cheers Darius
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Work recommenced on the Gresley TPO - nets, reductor gear, glazing and lights added. Cheers Darius
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The Grob Tutor is a 1:48 scale resin kit produced some years ago by Heritage Aviation Models. They still have a website but it looks like it hasn’t been updated in a while… Cheers Darius
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I “repacked” the cabinet in the dining room having had the doors replaced and these were left over - there’s always some bits left over that you can’t get back in… Cheers Darius