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The folk in the know on RMWeb pointed out that the chassis was about 2mm too wide so I set about narrowing it… Cheers Darius
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Mainline BR parcels Van with new metal wheels, glazing, window bars and couplings - otherwise oob - plus some weathering. Cheers Darius
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More ballasting today - the lift-out section above the helix - and some buffer stops. The buffer stops need a spot of weathering to tone down the “redness” and the track needs to be dirtier. Cheers Darius
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Lima LMS GUV repainted into BR blue. Plus new wheels, couplings, cleaned up undergibbons, glazing and glazing bars. Cheers Darius
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And now for something completely different… Parkside Lowfit with Oxford Diecast Invacar. Tissue paper sacking padding and 0.25mm marine model rigging thread. Cheers Darius
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What is Future/Klear/Pledge Revive called now and is it available in Europe?
Darius43 replied to murphaph's question in Questions & Answers
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The initial rail blue enamel finish is sealed with “Klear” varnish before the decals are applied and the decals then sealed in with Klear. After the enamel weathering is sprayed on the datum area is “cleaned” with an 00 brush dipped in white spirit. Had a go at applying chalk markings using pen and white ink - with a bit of practice first. I concede the “handwriting” is the “same” but that’s 30+ years of engineering drawing to fight against. Cheers Darius
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I obtained these RTR from eBay and they have been knocking around the storage cupboard for a few years. The bogies were fitted with 10mm diameter wheels, which looked odd, so I replaced them with 12mm diameters. I replaced the handrails on the TPO coach with thinner brass wire examples and re-touched the paintwork on both coaches. The brake coach interior was painted and pax added. A light weathering of the chassis and bogies completed the operation. There is an “IFM” logo on each chassis - Irish Freight Models perchance? Cheers Darius
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Ballasting today… Cheers Darius
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Some more Parkside CCT kits built. Cheers Darius
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Some kit built EMUs, DEMUs and DMUs
Darius43 replied to Darius43's topic in British Outline Modelling
Bratchell Models Southern Class 455 EMU. Cheers Darius
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Started with these:- Single and double tunnel portals combined. These were cheap portals sourced on eBay and made from some flexible pvc/polyethylene material that was impervious to plastic magic, cyano and butanone (MEK). 5 minute epoxy worked though. I used offcuts from the “removed” wing wall to make the wall joining the two portals. The whole was sprayed with grey primer and then a dilute wash of track colour and black. Cheers Darius
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Track to lift-out baseboard section over the helix cut. This allowed me to get inside the helix and give the track a good clean. Cheers Darius
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Got tired of spraying them fish vans white… I always thought an SPV was something from Captain Scarlet. Cheers Darius
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Parkside CCT joins the roster. Cheers Darius
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Quick spruce up of a Hornby-Lina CCT. Chunky tension lock couplings removed and slimmer NEM types installed. Overall weathering/tone down applied. Cheers Darius
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There appear to be a greater than normal number of Silver Fox A Class loco models on the Bay of e at the moment. Can’t think why this might be the case. Cheers Darius
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Dunweatherin. Cheers Darius
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Hi Jason, It’s made from a downloaded “kit” from Smart Models where you print out the parts on photopaper, glue them to cardboard sheets, cut them out and assemble them. Lowgates Signal Box Cheers Darius
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The only downside with Parkside kits is that the van bodies are lightly smaller than the floor/chassis. They are very consistent with this fault so it pays to sand the floor a bit smaller all round. Not sure why they have been designed this way - perhaps it’s a shrinkage phenomenon. Suffice it to say that the kit designer would be singing soprano if we were ever to meet… Cheers Darius PS you also have to distort the chassis to get the wagons to sit square on the track - or use compensation.
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Track painting today. Cheers Darius
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Only seventeen more to build… Taking a break from fish wagon building today. Cheers Darius
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Couple of Parkside/Peco Insul-Fish wagons built today. Decals are a mixture of Railtec and Parkside/Modelmaster. Got a few more to build before weathering. Cheers Darius
