Darius43 Posted August 19 Author Posted August 19 The CMAC bogies and chassis were painted black and brass top hat bearings fitted to the bogies. I used wheels from old Hornby Class 86 bogies, removing them from their original axles and fitting them to new axles (from spare wagon wheelsets) that have pinpoint ends. Initial painting completed. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 20 Author Posted August 20 The replacement “modern” Hornby motor coach chassis arrived today and the interior, motor and trailing bogies were fitted to it. I added 3D printed buffer hosiery from West Hill Wagon Works. Light weathering of the new chassis to finish. Cheers Darius 3 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 20 Author Posted August 20 Class 84 load bank lining and other decals applied - courtesy of Railtec. The orange cantrail lining will be applied tomorrow after these decals have set under the coat of Klear varnish. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 21 Author Posted August 21 Brass wire cab handrails installed. Cab and bodyside glazing fitted. I had wondered if the SE Finecast glazing panels for the Triang or Trix Class 81 or the Hornby Class 86 would fit but alas they don’t - apart from the Class 86 triangular quarterlights. Glazing panels were thus cut from clear acetate sheet, trimmed to fit and fixed in with a very small amount of superglue. The windscreen wipers are Bachmann Class 85 spares from Rainbow Railways. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 21 Author Posted August 21 Pantograph and bus bar gibbons fitted to the roof. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Broithe Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Indian Railways puts up things like this, to keep the gibbons off the train roofs. 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted August 21 Posted August 21 33 minutes ago, Broithe said: Indian Railways puts up things like this, to keep the gibbons off the train roofs. My Dear Broithe, I have always ridden within the loading gauge ! Gibbo (Colin Gibbons) 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 Buffer beam hosiery and light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
gibbo675 Posted August 25 Posted August 25 On 22/8/2024 at 8:03 AM, Darius43 said: Buffer beam hosiery and light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, Excellent work as ever but it does look as though you have placed the base frame of the pantograph 180* out of location. The long legs of the base frame should point outward towards the cab and not inwards toward the centre of the roof. You know as well as I do that I'm an absolute pedant for such things, it must be due to banging my head on one of those Gibbons gantries or something. Gibbo. Quote
Darius43 Posted August 28 Author Posted August 28 (edited) Obtained an unboxed Hornby Class 101 centre coach from eBay in blue/grey livery. I detached the coach body from the chassis and removed the interior. The window glazing was carefully removed and the body masked for painting into Regional Railways livery. The first class logos were removed from the window glazing using the end of a cocktail stick dipped in white spirit. The wooden cocktail stick is abrasive enough to remove the painted on sign but soft enough not to scratch the clear plastic. Fox Transfers lining decals applied and glazing re-fitted. Coach interior upholstered and gangways fitted. Light weathering of chassis to finish. Cheers Darius Edited August 28 by Darius43 6 Quote
Tullygrainey Posted August 28 Posted August 28 Very fine work Darius. Love the scenic pics too 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 30 Author Posted August 30 Silver Fox models B Class started. Hornby Railroad Class 55 chassis (as recommended by Silver Fox) modified to fit. I had to thin* the inside faces of the Silver Fix resin body with a Dremel so that the chassis would actually fit. The tablet catcher recesses below the cabside windows were a bit shallow so I drilled out the lower parts and re-made them using plasticard sheet. I cut away the Deltic bogie sides and glued in place the Silver Fox replacements. I sanded* the rear faces of the replacement sides to provide a decent surface for glueing. I glued strips of plasticard to the inside faces of the resin body to act as chassis supports. Body fitted to chassis - it’s an interference fit at the moment. Next tasks are further cleaning of the body and scratch building the tanks that sit between the bogies - the Silver fox ones aren’t that good. Cheers Darius * I always wear a respirator when sanding resin and keep it on until all the resin dust has been cleaned up. 8 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 30 Author Posted August 30 Primer coat on body and tanks installed using plasticard. Cheers Darius 10 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 31 Author Posted August 31 Decals applied and an overall Matt varnish coat sprayed on. Cheers Darius 7 Quote
gibbo675 Posted August 31 Posted August 31 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Decals applied and an overall Matt varnish coat sprayed on. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, How do you get the paint to dry so fast ?!?! If I don't wait the masking pulls the previous coat off and then all sorts of trouble ensues. Excellent work as ever though. Gibbo. 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted August 31 Posted August 31 4 minutes ago, gibbo675 said: Hi Darius, How do you get the paint to dry so fast ?!?! If I don't wait the masking pulls the previous coat off and then all sorts of trouble ensues. Excellent work as ever though. Gibbo. @Darius43 lives in a parallel universe where time moves seven times faster. Resultingly, a week for him is just a day for us. He drops into our universe from time to time, just to laugh at our slowness. 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted August 31 Posted August 31 2 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: @Darius43 lives in a parallel universe where time moves seven times faster. Resultingly, a week for him is just a day for us. He drops into our universe from time to time, just to laugh at our slowness. Hi @DJ Dangerous, Speak for yourself, I get through quite a bit of plasticard every most days. It is the painting that gets a bit backed up with the drying times that causes trouble along with it being rather rainy in Cumbria. Gibbo. 2 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted August 31 Author Posted August 31 1 hour ago, gibbo675 said: Hi @DJ Dangerous, Speak for yourself, I get through quite a bit of plasticard every most days. It is the painting that gets a bit backed up with the drying times that causes trouble along with it being rather rainy in Cumbria. Gibbo. I guess paint dries quicker down here on the south coast. Cheers Darius Quote
gibbo675 Posted August 31 Posted August 31 41 minutes ago, Darius43 said: I guess paint dries quicker down here on the south coast. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, It doesn't help that I do my spraying outside which there was not chance of this last week ! Gibbo. Quote
Darius43 Posted September 1 Author Posted September 1 Window glazing fitted. All those side windows make the inside look rather empty so I have ordered a resin engine to fill the space. Cheers Darius 8 Quote
gibbo675 Posted September 1 Posted September 1 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Window glazing fitted. All those side windows make the inside look rather empty so I have ordered a resin engine to fill the space. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, Its alright for you down south, its blustery with showers in a part of England that used be almost nearly Scotland and so no spray painting for me today ! The B 101 class looks grand considering it has quite a busy livery to mask up. You have done very well with the curves, do you place a square of tape o and then cut it back to shape with a scalpel or do you use thin tape and curve it around ? Gibbo. Quote
Darius43 Posted September 1 Author Posted September 1 I pre cut the curves on pieces of Tamiya masking tape and apply them to suit. Cheers Darius 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted September 1 Author Posted September 1 Wipers, cab ladders and light weathering to chassis. Cheers Darius 12 1 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted September 1 Posted September 1 Another example of when I prefer the model to the prototype! Lovely work as always Darius - I continue to be amazed by the volume of your output! 2 1 Quote
Flying Snail Posted September 2 Posted September 2 (edited) It looks very nice on the rails Darius - the prototype was well before I developed an interest in railways, but I have to say its growing on me. I wonder when will we see an IRM model? Edited September 2 by Flying Snail 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted September 3 Author Posted September 3 Improved another Limby Class 101 DMU… Cheers Darius 8 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 3 Posted September 3 Outstanding! My favourite railcars from Brexitstan. I remember seeing them in 1969/70 in North Wales. Some were green, others blue. More than a few trains had them in both liveries. 1 Quote
David Holman Posted September 3 Posted September 3 Very nicely done. A clear, for me, of a very mundane prototype making a fine model - especially when brought to life with some subtle weathering. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted September 4 Author Posted September 4 Centre coach given the same treatment. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted September 6 Author Posted September 6 Back to the B Class locomotive. I fitted a resin Sulzer powerplant to remove the see through effect and squeezed in DCC sound courtesy of Roads and Rails. Cheers Darius 7 3 Quote
gibbo675 Posted September 14 Posted September 14 On 30/9/2022 at 7:14 AM, Darius43 said: Painting completed. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, Looking through your past work it seems we think somewhat alike in some ways, here is my version of an LNER POS diagram 165. My version is a somewhat hacked about Hornby LMS mail coach which was suitably lengthened. It is shewn on BR B1 bogies as it was sent on to a friend who had some LNER Gresley bogies and he painted it maroon also. Net side. Sorting side. Gibbo. 2 Quote
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