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Isle Of Man Empress Van - Roxey Mouldings III

JaymzHatstand

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This week has seen a bit more progress on the Empress Van. I have reshaped one of the ducket pieces to match the profile of the coach end and re-soldered the ducket side piece to it. After a test fit, it is a lot better than it was before, still not 100% accurate, but it will actually go together with minimal re-shaping. I have also fitted the footboards to one side of the underframe and it's now really starting to look like a Manx vehicle with the bogies almost hidden behind them! A start has been made on one of the sides, with the long handrail fitted and two of the droplight windows.

 

I've taken a few photos to illustrate my progress

 

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Re-shaped ducket

 

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Underframe with footboards fitted

 

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Body side with handrail and droplights fitted

 

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The underframe resting on the now 'hidden' bogies with the ends fitted and the side in the background.

 

The next step will be to fit the second set of footboards and the remaining handrails, droplights and other detailing parts to the side, and then do the same with the other.

 

Cheers

 

J

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Hi Jaymz,

 

You've made a neat job of altering that ducket.

 

The build itself is nice and neat with some clean soldering.

 

Have you thought about a livery for it?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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JaymzHatstand

Thanks very much, there's some very messy soldering as well, but as long as it does the job, and doesn't interfere with anything, that's not a problem!

 

I'm thinking about the all-over deep red colour and rather weathered as in this photo...

 

http://www.iomsrsa.com/images/stories/MB-f.27.jpg

 

I'm looking forward to having a couple of bits of stock so I can have a bit of a play! I'll need some track too, and to sneak it all past the domestic management!

 

Cheers

 

J

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