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GCR Class 18 Converted, Part IV

James Harrison

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And we're about ready for some paint....

 

There have been a couple of interesting challenges with this one. Firstly the safety valves, which barely protrude above the saddletank. The way I solved this was to take the original safety valves and cut them right down, then I used some plastic sheet to form the bar above. Secondly the saddletank filler cap. I started this by using a holepunch to produce several 5mm diameter plastic circles. These I then glued together to give me a solid plastic cylinder, 5mm across by about 5mm high. This I then banded up with some cartridge paper. Putting that aside for a while, I took a 5mm drillbit to the saddle tank to give me a 5mm hole, which then needed filing out to about 6mm for a comfortable push fit.

 

Handrails are simply lengths of 0.64mm diameter plastic rod, as are the coal rails. There are a few extra bits and pieces still to fabricate and fit, but those can wait until after painting.

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Agree. But why paint it, I rather like the two-tone black and white livery ;-)

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relaxinghobby

James. I'm impressed with the way you have reduced the size of the body and reduced the height. I'm now looking at mine with renewed interest for possible modification like yours. thanks for showing us how.

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James Harrison

Thank you; it's surprising just how small it appears now for having had a few mm lopped out of it. Now as for a two-tone livery... well somthing along those lines is going to be my next project (sadly not railway-related... let's just say that if it comes off it will look.... dazzling....)

 

I'm rather pleased with how it has turned out, for a lookalike model you're hard pressed to see where it isn't right, unless you have the drawings to compare it to. 

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