Once again I have used a set of TPM etched overlays on a Dapol B-set donor body. This one was slightly more involved than the previous full-brake I attempted due to the extra parts present on the prototype. The sides and gangways come with the kit from TPM. The roof vents are Ultima. The cooker hood was fabricated from a bit of left-over NS from the etch. The propane cylinders are 3mm styrene rod.
The coach is nearly finished although I might attempt some work on the interior. I won't be try
I am currently working on 2 more N gauge GWR K40 full-brakes. Once again these are TPM overlays on Daol B-set coaches. I am quite pleased with the one in GWR livery as this is the first time I have done such a complex livery. Lining is courtesy of ModelMaster and the lettering by Railtec Models.
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As has been noted, the new Hall from Dapol leaves a certain amount of room for improvement. Whilst it is a huge improvement on the old Farish model, it is let down by an annoying number of small detail errors. Over the course of the autumn, I plan to try and rectify some of these. So far I have identified the following problems with Gossington Hall (lined black, early crest) that I think I can fix.
1. Wheels too shiny
2. Missing fire iron tunnel
3. Blue spot for weight, should b
This is my second attempt at producing an ex-GWR K40 full-brake from the TPM kit and a Dapol B-set as the donor. My first effort can be seen in my earlier blog and was finished in plain Crimson. I was fairly happy with my first attempt but I was sure I could do better having had a bit of practice.
This time I completed the full assembly before painting rather than trying to paint each part separately first. I found in my last effort that is was too easy for glue to spoil the finish. Secondly
Yet another item rattled off my UFO pile. I have just finished repainting a pair of Dapol B-set coaches into early BR unlined crimson. It has always struck me as odd that neither the B-set nor autocoach have ever been offered in this livery despite it being standard and remaining common into the 60s.
The repainting was not too hard as the bodyshell detaches and the glazing pops out without too much effort (wouldn't like to do the same job on the Farish suburbans).
The only tricky part wa
The body is finished and the buffers have been added. I have also finished the chassis with the new battery boxes and bogie sideframes in place. All that remains to be added are the etched nameplates and headcode discs. Below are my first pictures of the body married to its chassis.
I am really plased with how this has turned out overall. The buffer beam looks a little on the bright side so I may tone this down slightly with a bit of weathering or get some hoses etc to clutter it up a
The D600 kit is designed to fit on a standard cloass 47 chassis. This makes life pretty easy on fitting, it is also a good compromise as the D600s and 47s were close in length (certainly close enough to make the difference neglidgable in N gauge).
The kit also contains resin parts for the battery boxes and underframe detail. However one part stands out as being very different and that is the bogie sideframes. The D600 bogies were heavy cast affairs and were old-fashioned even when new. The c
I have now added the numbering and red route availability dots to the cab sides. I have also drilled out the holes for mounting the buffers (thanks to Bernie at TPM).
The numbers are fox tranfers from the Warship slide. I first applied the numbers for D800 and allowed them to dry. I then carefully sliced out the 8 digit and scrapped it off with a cocktail stick. I applied a coat of Klear to seal it and then added the 6 from elsewhere on the sheet to give D600. I have ordered nameplates for D
The D600 is coming along quite well. I have now added body lining and late BR crests courtesy of Fox transfers. I applied a coat of Johnsons Klear before and afterapplying the transfers and there is no trace of the backing material around the transfers.
For the lining I first applied masking tape just above where I wanted the line to be. I then simply applied the transfer and brushed up up against the tape to give a nice straight line with no trouble. I recommend this method to anyone who ha
Once the body colour was satisfactory the masking tape was removed. I then painted the silver window frames with acrylic silver paint, a fine brush and a very steady hand.
I glazed the windows with Micro Kristal Klear. This clever stuff is rather like thick PVA. You paint the inside of the frames with it then draw a thin skin across the window apperature. This then dries clear to give a wonderful flush-glazed finish. I am very pleased with this stuff and will be using it again in the future
This is my first attempt at a modern image kit in N gauge (if you can call a prototype over 50 years old "modern" ). The kit is a western region D600 Diesel Hydraulic made by Carl Pelpow of "It's N Gauge". The kit comes as a resin bodyshell with etched details that is to be fitted on the older Bachmann/Farish class 47 chassis.
The bodyshell is fairly good although it benefitted from a couple of evenings smoothing and filling. Once I was satisfied I primed it with Halfords grey car primer. On
