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City of London ready for painting

Nig H

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blog-0126533001335478978.jpgThis is my first blog entry. Hope I've got the hang of it!

 

After what seems like an eternity, 46245 City of London is ready for the paintshop. The last few snags were sorted today. The first problem was rough running and I sorted this out with a drop of oil on the gears and driving wheel axles. The other issue was that the loco was getting jammed on curves. I finally found that the front wheels of the bogie were catching against the front footstep. This was mainly because the bogie was mounted fractionally too far forward. I 'moved' the slot in the bogie spacer for the securing screw forward by about a half mil and this solved the problem. Relieved!

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philbax

This is looking really good. What are the origins of the model, DJH?

Don't forget to fit the axle boxes on the tender.

I built one from the DJH kit which I thought was very good as far as the body was concerned, the only modification I made was to lower the cab roof slightly.

As I build in P4 I replaced the kit chassis with one from Comet

Can we see some more photos please

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Nig H
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Hi Nigel, thats looking very nice. Did you get my PM?

 

Jerry

 

Hi Jerry,

 

I have now! I'll get back to you soon.

 

Regards,

 

Nigel

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Nig H
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This is looking really good. What are the origins of the model, DJH?

Don't forget to fit the axle boxes on the tender.

I built one from the DJH kit which I thought was very good as far as the body was concerned, the only modification I made was to lower the cab roof slightly.

As I build in P4 I replaced the kit chassis with one from Comet

Can we see some more photos please

 

Hi Phil,

 

Thanks for your comments. This is 2mm finescale model. Its built from an etched kit, the artwork for which I prepared. Various boiler fittings etc are cast brass from my masters, and the boiler/ firbox is a whitemetal casting. Its necessary to leave the tender axleboxes off until they are painted as otherwise its difficult to spray the tops. Also, its easier to apply lining round the frame cutouts without the axleboxes in situ.

 

I'll try to dig out a few more photos.

 

Regards,

 

Nigel

 

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Bomp

2mm finescale? Awesome! If I hadn't got 25 by 10 feet to play with, I'd be tempted to go down a scale based on the quality you've got here!

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Thanks for the positive comments,folks. You could get a nice 2mm layout in 25' by 10'! I'll try to add more pics soon, not sure how to at the moment.

 

Regards,

 

Nigel

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46245 City of London was one of my favorites, she was always kept reasonably clean even though relagated to some Parcel Trains towards the end of her career.

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Nig H
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Seriously good stuff, more photos of the construction please!!

Hi,

 

Some pics now in my gallery Duchess construction shots. Are there any particular aspects you are interested in as I'll see if I can find something relevant.

 

Regards,

 

Nigel

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