Darius43 Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 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 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 11 Author Posted April 11 Decals on and original MTK undergibbons fitted. Cheers Darius 6 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted April 11 Posted April 11 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. Quote
Darius43 Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 Completed. Added nameplates (Fox Transfers), wipers, buffer beam hosiery and cab interiors. Light weathering of chassis to finish. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Galteemore Posted April 14 Posted April 14 Love the way you bring these things back to life Darius. Great work 3 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 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 7 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 17 Author Posted April 17 Started on Tuesday. Hornby chassis to be adapted to fit. Bodyshell assembled and trial fit to chassis. Dunfettlin Dunprimin Cheers Darius 8 Quote
Rob Posted April 17 Posted April 17 Looks brilliant- well done. Don't know how you do all these at the rate you do at such a high standard! 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 Glazing, handrails and hosiery fitted. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Flying Snail Posted April 18 Posted April 18 Thats a very nice job - you can see from the early pics that a lot of fettling and finessing went into it. 1 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted April 18 Posted April 18 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. 1 Quote
irishmail Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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. 1 Quote
GSR 800 Posted April 19 Posted April 19 21 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Finished Cheers Darius We're going to need a bigger shed! 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 21 Author Posted April 21 On 19/4/2025 at 1:06 PM, GSR 800 said: We're going to need a bigger shed! 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 Started this afternoon. Hornby Class 25 chassis to be modified to fit. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 Bodyshell assembled and test fit to chassis. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Broithe Posted April 23 Posted April 23 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... 1 7 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 Handrails fitted and decals applied. Cheers Darius 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Once again, your output and swiftness are both very impressive! BR blue is iconic and looks well on those units. Quote
Darius43 Posted Sunday at 18:46 Author Posted Sunday at 18:46 Started this morning. Some fettling later… Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted Monday at 18:34 Author Posted Monday at 18:34 Primary painting completed. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted Tuesday at 12:34 Posted Tuesday at 12:34 More BR blue yummy-ness. Fabulous stuff. Quote
Darius43 Posted yesterday at 18:36 Author Posted yesterday at 18:36 Glazing, handrails and other bits fitted. Cheers Darius Quote
Darius43 Posted 12 hours ago Author Posted 12 hours ago Decals, hosiery and light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
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