Darius43 Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Robert Shrives said: Darius, The build of the wickam mirrors my experience with a Transpennine unit cutting off the roof with a stanley to allow ends a fighting chance to fit bodies got attached to a Lima chassis, back in the day so the buffet offered pizzas! The 306 must be better proportioned if ends fitted that well, good luck with the build Robert Hi Robert, The 306 ends required quite a bit of dry fitting and trimming before they were finally glued in place - followed by some more trimming filing and sanding of the joints. The main goal is to get the ends fitted square, which, with MTK, is invariably not the best fit position. Cheers Darius 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 Joints filled and sanded. Roof panels scribed and ventilators fitted. Cheers Darius 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 There was a member of the Scalefour society in the members forum building an MTK class 59 a few years ago. Hasn't been updated since but I was really interested in seeing how it turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 TBSO coach body assembly completed. Cheers Darius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Looking good Darius it has obviously taken lots of hard work to get to the level it is at now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 DMSO coach body assembly completed. Cheers Darius 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 Coach bodies primed. Brass wire handrails and door operating buttons fitted. Cheers Darius 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Coach body painting completed. Cheers Darius 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Very tidy work! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Step boards and coach side glazing fitted. Cheers Darius 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 Cab glazing fitted along with home made decals and jumper cables. Cheers Darius 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Excellent - love this! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 MTK supplies flat strips of aluminium sheet (without the folded edges) for the chassis, which are totally useless. I made my own chassis using 1mm and 0.5mm thick plasticard, with the MTK undergibbons cleaned up and glued in place. The MJT bogies have still not arrived so I used modified Hornby 2-BIL bogies (obtained as spares from eBay some time back) with 14mm wheels. I know they are not the correct type but they look very close. They were fixed with 8BA bolts and nuts. Cheers Darius 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 Driving motor coach chassis painted. Cheers Darius 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 Driving trailer chassis completed. Cheers Darius 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 While getting MTK kits to this standard is clearly a labour of love a big thanks to Colin Massingham all those years ago persevering with his aim to make kits from alu stampings, white metal castings, and a lump of magic dust! I think he understood quickly that oversized whitemetal casings allowed for shrinkage and adaptability. The formed shells were a mixed bag and often better treated as sides and a roof cut with a stanley. I have tucked away a 103 that was supplied flat and the roof is at least 6mm too big however it might get rolled, but without the kit I would never have started on a 103. His range covered N, TT, OO and O gauges. the N was nearer true 2mm and live on in BHE kits via fleetline kits - I bought several coaches from Winton models in Bournemouth in the early 1980s. Even then the plastic mouldings were a mess with flash but the brass etch was lovely. Castings were right general shape. I have some TT sides and in flat are lovely but loose height when rolled to a MK1 shape and do not fit the clear vacuum plastic shell, the castings are a mixed bag of course. A treasured possession is the El crappo box for an O gauge 156 - complete with cartoon Donkey in action! I have the 156 and it has a good blob of filler around cabs - but having learnt on the roof oversize issue It might be a better job to break apart and split roof, one day maybe! Also a big thanks to Darius for show and tells on these build - inspiring to us almost armchair modellers. Robert 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) Three cars together. Still need to add interiors and sort out couplings. Cheers Darius Edited December 4, 2023 by Darius43 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 Driving trailer interior constructed. …and painted. Cheers Darius 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Brilliant work on the seats 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Resourceful engineering artistry. Inspiring result. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Love the striped paint, fitting printed seat fabric amazing given curves of the seats - or is it a transfer? robert 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 Hi Robert, The seat covering is a homemade decal - based on a swatch that someone posted on RMWeb. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 Centre coach interior completed. Cheers Darius 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I'm always impressed by your work. Do you scratchbuild the seating units? Are they adapted from something? Michael 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Hi Michael, The seats come from a bag of assorted model coach seats that I obtained from eBay a few years ago. The seats are about 24mm long so I cut them into smaller length seats as required or glue on new sections to make them longer. Cheers Darius Edited December 5, 2023 by Darius43 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Driving motor coach interior completed - somewhat truncated due to the motor bogie being in this coach. I did consider putting the motor bogie in the guard’s compartment in the centre coach but space was too constricted due to the white metal castings for the guard’s doors. Cheers Darius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Interiors fitted and buffer beam details added. Cheers Darius 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Coach numbers and other decals added. Chassis weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Darius, your output is amazing, as are your models. I'm assuming you've found the secret of how to include 32 hours in a day, nine days in one week, and 18 months in a year! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 minute ago, jhb171achill said: Darius, your output is amazing, as are your models. I'm assuming you've found the secret of how to include 32 hours in a day, nine days in one week, and 18 months in a year! I couldn’t possibly say… Cheers Darius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Added peops and a driver. Cheers Darius 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) Close cousin of the Class 306, the Class 506 is now on the workbench. The Lima DMU bogies and pizza cutter wheels that came in the box won't be being used - and neither will the truly awful MTK motor bogie. Made a start on the DMBSO coach body today. Aluminium body roof cut away and replaced with a scratch built plasticard roof. The cars driver and guard compartment doors were a bit coarse so I replaced them with scratch built laminated plasticard doors. This also gave something other than aluminium for the white metal cab front to be bonded to. Cheers Darius Edited December 9, 2023 by Darius43 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 You might get requests for the Lima dmu bogies if you post on RM web. I have had a few requests in the last year and have cleared by gloat box. However Charlie Petty at DC kits stocks a dmu wheel on 26mm lima axle length axles that are fine as low profile 4mm scale wheels - used on my Lima Mk2s so you might have a use for another kit in the future. I too have a couple of the motor bogies and also unused. Might make one up one day for fun. Your emu will be lighter without the door castings - melt them down for wagon weights! Happy modelling. Robert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Hi Robert, The Lima DMU bogies, wheels and MTK motor bogie have already been assigned a new home through RMWeb. Cheers Darius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB JOE Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Fabulous work! Might have been said before but do you ever sleep Darius? Lol!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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