Darius’ Workbench

[Darius43]

MTK Class 47 painting completed.  

I also shortened the chassis by 2mm to stop the bogie fronts foaling the buffer beams and better align the bogie-mounted steps with the cab doors.  Also by added buffers and buffer beam side valences.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Glazing and handrails fitted.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Decals on and original MTK undergibbons fitted.

Cheers

Darius

[Horsetan]

6 hours ago, Darius43 said:

Decals on and original MTK undergibbons fitted.

 

I just like the way the roof over the left-hand cab has more overhang than all the others, hence the noticeable shadow.

[Darius43]

Completed.  Added nameplates (Fox Transfers), wipers, buffer beam hosiery and cab interiors.  Light weathering of chassis to finish.

Cheers

Darius

[Galteemore]

Love the way you bring these things back to life Darius. Great work 

[Darius43]

Keyser LMS wagon kit obtained as part of  a job lot of mainly MTK items a few weeks ago.  Built in an afternoon.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Started on Tuesday.  Hornby chassis to be adapted to fit.

Bodyshell assembled and trial fit to chassis.

Dunfettlin 

 

Dunprimin 

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Primary painting completed.

Cheers

Darius

[Rob]

Looks brilliant-  well done.   Don't know how you do all these at the rate you do at such a high standard!   

[Darius43]

Glazing, handrails and hosiery fitted.

Cheers

Darius

[Flying Snail]

Thats a very nice job - you can see from the early pics that a lot of fettling and finessing went into it. 

 

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, Darius43 said:

 

Glazing, handrails and hosiery fitted.

Cheers

Darius

Probably the best one yet, albeit the centre window on each cab end looks a bit mad.

[Darius43]

Decals applied.

Cheers

Darius

[jhb171achill]

Excellent job

 

[GSR 800]

Another wonderful model!

[Darius43]

Finished 

Cheers

Darius

[irishmail]

Nice work there Darius. 

Do you have a Lima and Dapol 73 for comparison? Would be interesting to see how they sit along side each other. 

[GSR 800]

21 minutes ago, Darius43 said:

 

Finished 

Cheers

Darius

We're going to need a bigger shed!

[Darius43]

On 19/4/2025 at 1:06 PM, GSR 800 said:

We're going to need a bigger shed!

[Broithe]

Next?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharknose

[Darius43]

Started this afternoon.

Hornby Class 25 chassis to be modified to fit.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Bodyshell assembled and test fit to chassis.

Cheers

Darius

[Broithe]

If the mods could perhaps limit the pace of posting on this thread, it would give a bit more peace of mind to those of us that couldn't write a To Do List at this pace...

[Darius43]

 

Fettled and primed.

Cheers

Darius

 

 

[Darius43]

Primary painting completed.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Cab glazing installed.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Handrails fitted and decals applied.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Finished 

Cheers

Darius

[Patrick Davey]

Once again, your output and swiftness are both very impressive!

BR blue is iconic and looks well on those units.

[Darius43]

Started this morning.

Some fettling later…

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Primary painting completed.

Cheers

Darius

[Patrick Davey]

More BR blue yummy-ness.

Fabulous stuff.

[Darius43]

Glazing, handrails and other bits fitted.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Decals, hosiery and light weathering to finish.

Cheers

Darius