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This morning the replacement chassis I purchased from eBay arrived in the form of an unboxed 7811 Dunley Manor. I believe this model was only available in the Cambrian Coast set and other than a broken shaft to the vacuum pump was immaculate. Lucky I will be able to replace this with the one from 7802. Otherwise it would have been a case of soldering up a replacement. Additionally it had also seen little use.

 

This particular model of 7811 appealed because it was one of the later releases so I thought would be in better condition. To my surprise Bachmann appeared to refresh the Manor at some point and this version comes with lamp irons, parallel sprung buffers and a new chimney reminiscent of the BR pattern which is a nicer shape than the original chimney seen on 7802 below:

 

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Here's a view of 7811 with the chassis stripped:

 

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The finish, new chimney and extra bells and whistles have brought this model of 1980's origin alive once more. One strange thing is the whistle and shield have been moved forwards of the cab on the firebox.

 

Finally here's 7802. Valve gear being repaired as identified above and slide bars being painted with Citadel Gun Metal.

 

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This evening I've cleaned, greased and reassembled the chassis and all is well!

 

Next stage is the attending to the bodyshell paintwork, detailing and weathering.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Hi Mark, an interesting comparison. I didn't realize Bachmann had updated the model.

 

Looks like you are now faced with the problem that the lamp irons on 7811 are coarser than your 7802 ones :)  I always find that sort of thing a dilemma. Consistency is supposed to be a golden rule in modelling, but on the other hand it would only be noticeable if the two locos are side by side, and how often does that happen.... 

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Morning Mikkel,

 

Yes the up date was a nice surprise to me and the axle diameter of the driving wheels has also been increased, The shell for 7811 and tender will be put aside whilst work continues on 7802.

 

The lamp irons on 7802 were made from staples previously hence the size difference.  I've to add the one on the smoke box as didn't do it first time around.

 

Hopefully if the weather warms up this afternoon I may be able to respray some of the green areas and smoke box. 

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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