No Holds Barred - Addendum to my last Pullman Blog
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First a view of my completed version of the Tees Tyne Pullman:
I would say that the Deltic hauled train with a mix of Bachmann saloons and Hornby brake coaches compares favourably with this early 1960's view of the down Yorkshire Pullman passing Hadley Wood - with all grey roofs:
As I suspected my attempts to cut and re-glue the Hornby R8220 couplings using instant glue were less than satisfactory. The couplings are probably nylon and need a more specialist adhesive. However the 'instant' glue was sufficiently strong to hold the two pieces in place whilst I drilled a 0.5mm hole through the joint. I should add that for those of you like myself without workshop facilities it is perfectly possible to drill small diameter holes in plastic using a large Black and Decker type drill. I wrapped the 0.5mm drill piece with masking tape to enable it to be gripped by the large out of scale chuck. I used the same type of tape to hold the coupling to a piece of scrap wood whilst drilling.
I then 'borrowed' one of my wife's brass dress making pins and crimped this down to fix the two parts of the coupling firmly into place. The brass pins are easily bent. The more usual steel dress making pins are much more rigid and not at all suitable.
What about a Deltic to haul the train? It would have to be Bachmann, perhaps '˜17', Durham Light Infantry. But '˜Oh Dear', which one came off eBay?
Actually both came off eBay but one went straight back to the seller. Incidentally I will just mention that both models are still available (July 2012) 'new in stock' from the Deltic Preservation Society.
I guess the Bachmann Deltic has been in production for a number of years and it will already have attracted numerous comments. I like the feeling of power from the six axle drive. I was slightly bemused by the 'out of gauge' leading axle on each bogie which is presumable necessary to get all three driven axles round sharp curves. I am not sure whether it is a design fault or simply a reflection of my impending old age, but on removing the body shell on a newly bought model one of the light bars fell out. Worse still one of the 'pins' that form the actual lights had broken off. I did manage to re-attach the broken pin using MEK / Butatone but I was not completely happy with the result. The picture above shows my repair on the right together with the replacement on the left as received from the manufacturer - assembled back to front! Quite easy to fix but one wonders how the ladies in China manage!
The sun is out, the rain has stopped and there are strawberries to be picked.
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