Darius43

Now on the Whiterock roster. I enjoyed this conversion so I’ve obtained another Hornby 08 - to become D304 in Black & Tan livery. Cheers Darius

D301 hauls a CIE PTO to Larne Harbour on a special working. Cheers Darius

Decals, glazing and weathering to finish. Cheers Darius

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Painted. Cheers Darius

Ready for painting. Cheers Darius

Bodyside doors cut from plasticard sheet. Primer on Test fit to chassis. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cab truncated. Bodyside skinned and cab modified. Louvres scribed and side boxes added. Cheers Darius

Understood, but it seems a shame to cut up and waste most of a whole second loco just for the cab roof. I’ll re-work the Hornby roof. Cheers Darius

New project - conversion of a Hornby 08 into a D301 Class. Body removed and disassembled. Handrails and piping removed Bodysides sanded smooth to accept a thin plasticard skin. Next steps will be a new, shallower cab, new side boxes and louvered bodyside doors from plasticard. I may salvage the Hornby cab roof Cheers Darius

Looking at hand uncouplers online and thought I could make some myself using scraps of brass I’d collected over the years. Cheers Darius

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Transatlantic visitor… Cheers Darius

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MV class 104 on a PW train at Magheramorne. Cheers Darius

MV class 104 on a PW train at Magheramorne. Cheers Darius

Bogie flat wagons made from spare Hornby LMS coach chassis, Bachmann LMS bogies, plasticard, card and wire. The rails and sleepers are from gash code 100 track. Cheers Darius

Much modified Silver Fox NIR MV Class. Modifications include:- - Separate wire cab front and door handrails. - Lamp irons (staples). - Buffer beam hosiery. - Cab access ladders to bogies. - Remove Copydex glue that Mr Silver Fox uses everywhere and use a proper adhesive. - Chassis and body weathering. Cheers Darius

Much modified Silver Fox model. Cheers Darius

Locoshed diorama built for a friend. Cheers Darius

Not sure but it sounds like something that the Lima of that time would do. Cheers Darius

I built the Silver Fox resin bodied version a year or so ago, using a cut down Lima Class 55 chassis. Cheers Darius