Darius43 Posted October 30 Author Posted October 30 Cab front and door handrails fitted. I used 0.45mm dia. brass wire for the door rails and 0.7mm dia. nickel silver wire for the cab front rails. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 3 Author Posted November 3 Acquired recently in a part assembled state - an MTK Class 45 kit. The body side parts were carefully separated and the original adhesive (looks like Evo Stick) removed. The bodyshell was then reassembled. Gaps and joints were filled and left to harden. Plan is to mate the shell with a Mainline chassis. The original chassis weights are probably not required… Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 3 Author Posted November 3 Primer on. Test fit to chassis. Body lowered to final position. Further fettling required at the roof to bodyside joint. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 3 Posted November 3 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Primer on. Test fit to chassis. Body lowered to final position. Further fettling required at the roof to bodyside joint. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, Leave the original weights in place and have a 1:1 scale 136 tons ! Gibbo. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 3 Author Posted November 3 (edited) 8 minutes ago, gibbo675 said: Hi Darius, Leave the original weights in place and have a 1:1 scale 136 tons ! Gibbo. And watch the smoke from the motor burning itself out as the loco moves not. Cheers Darius Edited November 3 by Darius43 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 3 Author Posted November 3 Dunfetlin… I have temporarily fitted the MTK buffer beams to the bogie fronts. There are some 3D printed versions on there way from eBay… Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Galteemore Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Got out the Bird’s Custard too I see! You’ve tidied that up nicely Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 4 Posted November 4 1 hour ago, Galteemore said: Got out the Bird’s Custard too I see! You’ve tidied that up nicely Is that Darius going Large Logo Livery ? Quote
Darius43 Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 Primary painting completed - sorry no large logo… Cheers Darius 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 Buffer beams and cab rear walls fitted. painting done. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 6 Author Posted November 6 Further details added to front ends and buffer beam. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 7 Author Posted November 7 Dunglazin - at one end at least… Cheers Darius Quote
Darius43 Posted Friday at 21:06 Author Posted Friday at 21:06 Glazing fitted to other cab and decals applied. Still some more details to add and need to paint door handrails. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted Saturday at 07:19 Author Posted Saturday at 07:19 Calling this finished. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Galteemore Posted Saturday at 08:01 Posted Saturday at 08:01 Apparently you can! Great result 1 1 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted Saturday at 08:23 Posted Saturday at 08:23 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Calling this finished. How does it compare to the oul Mainline and current Bachmann bodies? Quote
gibbo675 Posted Saturday at 08:59 Posted Saturday at 08:59 33 minutes ago, Horsetan said: How does it compare to the oul Mainline and current Bachmann bodies? Considerably heavier ! Gibbo. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Saturday at 10:25 Author Posted Saturday at 10:25 1 hour ago, Horsetan said: How does it compare to the oul Mainline and current Bachmann bodies? Comparison with Bachmann 46… And with the Mainline 45 body - I used the chassis for the MTK model. The Mainline body is slightly shorter than the other two, doesn’t have flush glazing and has an incorrect body-mounted buffer beam. Cheers Darius 2 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted Saturday at 10:56 Posted Saturday at 10:56 26 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Comparison with Bachmann 46… And with the Mainline 45 body - I used the chassis for the MTK model. The Mainline body is slightly shorter than the other two, doesn’t have flush glazing and has an incorrect body-mounted buffer beam. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, An interesting juxtaposition there. I have a Mainline class 45 that will be subject for modification sometime in the future. The obvious fault are the buffer beams, although the cab front windows require a slight reprofile and opening out and also the the nose end is not quite high enough and requires building up by about .040". The MTK kit does show certain improvements over the Mainline model and I think it is a better looking representation as a result. Top work as ever, Gibbo. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Sunday at 15:11 Author Posted Sunday at 15:11 (edited) MTK Class 33 finished this afternoon. Cheers Darius Edited Sunday at 15:43 by Darius43 8 Quote
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