Darius43

They occasionally pop up on eBay sold by CMAC models - you could ask him via an eBay message. Alternatively you could PM m0rris on this forum. Cheers Darius

My Beet Wagon packs arrived in Worthing today so they were shipping to the UK on the day of the announcement. Cheers Darius

The links for purchasing these 3D prints are to Shapeways, which at this time is a defunct entity. Cheers Darius

Light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius

Cab front glazing and buffer beam hosiery fitted. Decals applied. Cheers Darius

Bodyside glazing fitted. Cheers Darius

I get those whenever I eat beets Cheers Darius

Excellent stuff - a few more beet wagons on the way Cheers Darius

That’s Tamiya masking tape for you - always works well.. Cheers Darius

Lamp irons and cab handrails fitted. Also fitted a fan beneath the fan grille. Cheers Darius

Primary painting completed. Cheers Darius

The Lima chassis had been somewhat hacked about but needed further modification to enable it to fit properly. The main issue is the chassis being 6mm too long for the MTK body, which necessitated removing a 6mm slice from the centre and rejoining the subsequent chassis halves. Plasticard stiffeners were also glued in place. The body now fits a lot better than before. Cheers Darius

First time reading this thread. Just a few days ago I repainted one of these coaches into UTA livery. Cheers Darius

Roof fan aperture drilled out. I used an A1 Models etched Class 37 grille - after all it’s an EE locomotive. I also added A1 Models etched horn grilles to the nose. Cheers Darius

Actually this is fairly straightforward. The hardest one was the Class 55 - straightening up the original banana-shaped body was certainly challenging. Cheers Darius

Fettling, filling and sanding. The original paint finish must have been brush applied judging by the finish. I filled the gaps and sanded them along with the paintwork generally. I added strips of thin plasticard at cantrail level to provide a neat roof to bodyside interface. One coat of primer later… Cheers Darius

Obtained from eBay and in need of some tlc. The body is mounted on a Lima chassis that has been modified to kind of fit… The chassis is longer than the body - one of them must be wrong… In any event the chassis will need to be shortened to fit so that the fronts of the bogies don’t stick out past the nose. Some of the roof parts are sitting too high. These parts were held in place by single dabs of solder, which were carefully ground away using a Dremel enabling them to be easily removed from the body. Sanding and fettling followed to improve their fit. Cheers Darius

MTK locomotive roster. Classes 40 and 44 to follow… Cheers Darius

Some more UTA coaches - MTK corridor 3rd and repainted Bachmann LMS coach. Cheers Darius

3rd Corridor coach completed Cheers Darius

All 3rd corridor interior cut and shut from spare interiors. Cheers Darius

Primary painting completed. Cheers Darius

MTK Corridor Third on the bench. Cheers Darius

Maybe it’s to form an ersatz barrier to discourage people from accessing or otherwise falling into the gap between the sloping ends of the units. Cheers Darius

Hi Patrick, I use HMRS pressfix lining decals. You cut out and peel the lining away from the backing sheet and place it sticky side down where you need it. After that you apply water with a brush to the tissue paper covering and peel it off leaving the lining in place with no carrier film. It’s a lot easier and much less stressful than using waterslide decal lining. You can make sure the lining is straight and in the right place before applying the water. I used pressfix lining for this Ratio LMS coach. Cheers Darius