Mayner Posted December 15 Posted December 15 On 11/12/2024 at 4:28 PM, Darius43 said: I found this somewhat distressed MTK Class 50 body on eBay and thought it deserved a second chance. An offer was put in and accepted and here it is. It is definitely in need of some tlc. Its builder had soldered it together - unfortunately with a banana-shaped footprint. Some serious surgery was needed to straighten it out. This was done by making two cuts across the roof and the inside curve sidewall using a razor saw. Once cut the body was carefully straightened out and the sides reprofiled using judicious finger and thumb pressing. The soft white metal construction makes this quite easy. The inside surfaces will be cleaned up using a Dremel and plasticard backing pieces glued behind the cuts to strengthen them before filling and sanding. The plan is to mount the completed body on a re-wheeled Lima chassis. Cheers Darius General layout, quality and fit of the castings is remarkably similar to the whitemetal CIE 001 kit supplied by Model Irish Railways (Portadown) during the 1990s. The 001 in supertrain livery as 018 powered with Athearn SD drive parts mounted on a simple scracthbuilt brass frame/chassis was one of my pride and joys at the time. At the time some modellers were re-powering British outline 6 axle diesels (possibly Class 31 & 47 )with Atheran PA1 chassis. Quote
Darius43 Posted Monday at 07:40 Author Posted Monday at 07:40 Decals applied. Still to make the bogie-mounted steps and add etched windscreen wipers. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
GSR 800 Posted Monday at 08:11 Posted Monday at 08:11 What a mighty beast! The detail is fabulous, excellent work. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Monday at 17:06 Author Posted Monday at 17:06 Bogie steps made from plasticard. Cheers Darius 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Tuesday at 09:48 Author Posted Tuesday at 09:48 Additional buffer beam hosiery fitted and light weathering applied to chassis to (almost) finish. Just waiting for the etched fan grille to arrive. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted Tuesday at 16:09 Author Posted Tuesday at 16:09 A1 Models etched grille arrived today - primed, painted and fitted. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted Tuesday at 19:12 Posted Tuesday at 19:12 What a brute!!! Magnificent work once again Darius. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Tuesday at 20:16 Author Posted Tuesday at 20:16 Thanks Patrick. I’m enjoying restoring/building these MTK kits. There’s a certain presence that the less than perfectly flat body sides gives to these models that you don’t get with RTR models. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Horsetan Posted Tuesday at 22:43 Posted Tuesday at 22:43 2 hours ago, Darius43 said: Thanks Patrick. I’m enjoying restoring/building these MTK kits. There’s a certain presence that the less than perfectly flat body sides gives to these models that you don’t get with RTR models.... I think you'd enjoy having a stab at a Jidenco Class 50 kit.... Quote
Darius43 Posted Wednesday at 03:01 Author Posted Wednesday at 03:01 4 hours ago, Horsetan said: I think you'd enjoy having a stab at a Jidenco Class 50 kit.... 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Wednesday at 12:29 Author Posted Wednesday at 12:29 Calling this finished - perhaps on every level… Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Galteemore Posted Wednesday at 13:03 Posted Wednesday at 13:03 (edited) Excellent - and the undulating bodywork gives it a real ‘patina’ of use. Think you have a similar mantra to the US armed forces. To paraphrase…no kit left behind. Edited Wednesday at 13:12 by Galteemore 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted Wednesday at 14:44 Posted Wednesday at 14:44 Reminds me a bit of the Airfix Saab Vigen kit I had as a kid, and used the grill of the cooker as a 'hanger'... 1 Quote
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