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 November 8 Author Posted November 8 Glazing fitted to other cab and decals applied. Still some more details to add and need to paint door handrails. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Horsetan Posted November 9 Posted November 9 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Calling this finished. How does it compare to the oul Mainline and current Bachmann bodies? Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 9 Posted November 9 33 minutes ago, Horsetan said: How does it compare to the oul Mainline and current Bachmann bodies? Considerably heavier ! Gibbo. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 9 Author Posted November 9 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 November 9 Posted November 9 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 November 10 Author Posted November 10 (edited) MTK Class 33 finished this afternoon. Cheers Darius Edited November 10 by Darius43 9 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 This week I have mostly been working on a DC Kits class 111 DMU… Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 Decals and further details applied. Cheers Darius 7 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 17 Author Posted November 17 Found this in the stash Looks like some cutting and shutting will be required… Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Galteemore Posted November 17 Posted November 17 That’s most interesting. I’d forgotten some early DMUs had these, and you inspired me to have a quick web trawl. Apparently these vehicles were supplied to be inserted as required and featured on such services as Newcastle/Carlisle. What a lovely thing it is to have on train catering - even the most dismal cup of tea somehow takes on a magic of its own when consumed onboard a moving train. My favourite DMU journey in the 90s was the Newcastle-Stranraer through train, which I boarded at Waverley. Cup of tea in hand, even the early morning Scottish industrial landscape of Lanarkshire had a charm… 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 17 Author Posted November 17 My favourite train trip had a Stranraer connection. I had been shortlisted for a graduate civil engineering sandwich placement with BR in February 1982 and was provided with a cardboard return ticket from Belfast York Road to London Euston to attend an interview. The ticket included the Larne-Stranraer Sealink ferry trip and I made it as far as Carlisle before the trip went awry. The overhead wires were down in Cumbria and the London bound train was delayed. I spotted a train with aircon coaches that looked like it was departing, asked a BR person if it was going to London and jumped aboard when told yes. The train pulled out heading south and duly followed the Settle and Carlisle route - spectacular in clear blue skies and recent snowfall. We eventually arrived at Hellifield and stopped for a time before heading to Preston via Clitheroe. We pulled into Preston in the darkness (I had left York Road at 06.30 ish) and then headed south, arriving at Euston at 9pm. I didn’t get the BR job but enjoyed the train trip. My next and most recent trip over the Settle and Carlisle was in 1985 behind Lord Nelson and Flying Scotsman. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 17 Author Posted November 17 Ironmongery fitted and primer on. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 18 Author Posted November 18 (edited) Primary painting completed. Spare Limby interior modified with a plasticard buffet area. Cheers Darius Edited November 18 by Darius43 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 19 Author Posted November 19 Chassis completed and glazing fitted. Cheers Darius 7 Quote
Galteemore Posted November 19 Posted November 19 Looking good. Can almost taste the lukewarm tea and curled up sandwich. 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 19 Author Posted November 19 Ah yes, Traveller’s Fare… I also remember Casey Jones burgers from the mid 1980s - rather liked them… Cheers Darius 1 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 19 Author Posted November 19 Interior painted and upholstered… …and fitted within the coach. Decals then applied. Cheers Darius 3 2 Quote
Horsetan Posted November 20 Posted November 20 23 hours ago, Galteemore said: .... Can almost taste the lukewarm tea and curled up sandwich. ...and the grudging, surly service? 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted November 20 Author Posted November 20 Started this morning. Plan is to adapt these Hornby chassis to fit the MTK bodies. Sides and roof parts joined together with plasticard reinforcement. Whilst gluing, I lined the roof edges and tops of the sides against a steel straightedge to ensure that these edges were true. Gaps have been filled at this stage and the bottom edges of the bodysides tidied up. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
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