After a bit of a break for all the usual festive preparations, I finally managed to get around to applying some of the etches to the model!
Starting with the cab fronts:
The headlight etch folded up nicely. The lens was created by very gently exposing the end of a 1.5mm fibre optic strand to a lighter flame, this causes it to "mushroom" into a wider lens shape at the end. This fits inside the assembly, which is superglued onto the door front. Photos seem to show inconsistent placement of
The etch arrived this week and PPD have indeed done a fantastic job!
The etch contains the following pieces to assist with the conversion;
- Headlights (fold up to box shape)
- Large hopper windows with insert (as per tomstaf's suggestion)
- Large fixed windows
- Medium fixed windows
- Small fixed windows
- Bodysides for guard's compartment
- Inner and outer plating for corridor connector
Here are some close ups of the large hopper window, this has come out really nicely I
Just this week, I took delivery of my first bash at laser cut windows. They turned out really well, and at 30 Canadian dollars for enough to re-window the whole CEP, were not too expensive. I used a local supplier here in Toronto called sawdust and noise, friendly and prompt service (usual disclaimer applies - no affiliation!)
One problem however was that as a newbie I forgot to take account of the kerf (the width of the laser beam when cutting the material) which has made them ever so
Thanks for the feedback - here is the latest version of the artwork (note, the images are not in scale with each other):
The large hopper vent has now been changed to match the photo that Tom supplied more closely. Unfortunately the lines are too small to etch a very thin line to represent the join in the window segments, so I have left this as a half etch. Some other photos do show this as a slight indent, so this is a bit of a compromise.
However I could also see that there is a "
Hi Everyone
This is a follow-on of the help and questions thread that I started to discuss converting the Bachmann CEP to refurbished condition.
Having explored a few options I have decided to explore an etch that would assist in the conversion of windows and a few other things.
I have done some more work on the etch and simplified the design a little. Here is how the windows look now:
And here is the "stepped" sheet. I have also included:
- Headlight
- "Cladding" for the
Hi Everyone
First OMWB for me on RMweb after lurking around the forum for a while incognito!
So, I‘m in the process of building my layout after a hiatus from the hobby. As a kid, I had a couple of those chunky metal colour light signals on my layout and decided I wanted something a bit more realistic this time (managed to finally expand my budget beyond 90 pence per week!) I am planning on modelling a modern image terminus with a complex approach so theatre indicators were a necessity
