RSS Fetcher Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 <p>Today I have been trying to tidy up the workshop today (which has become a total state over the past few months).<br />As part of this I have been trying to sort out unfinished projects, one of which was the D14 break van needed for my workmans train on Brent.</p><p> </p><p> After painting it last year it has sat waiting for final fittings. So today I set about adding the very nice castings for the grab rails and door handles. Along with a tidy up of excess glue on the glazing.</p><p> </p><p> <br />Really impressed with the castings, so much nicer than working with the flat etch version. This is currently about the limit of my modelling working with PVA, my eyes need longer to fully heal before I will expose them to the fumes from solvents / paints.</p><p> </p><p> <br />It now needs buffers and the roof gluing on, the former I cant do at the moment as it means soldering the etched buffer heads onto the shafts (solder fumes seem a bad idea for a while!). The roof is more problematic as it is not a great fit, it is the one part of the Slaters design that I really dislike. I much prefer to build coaches as a unit of sides / ends / roof with a sperate floor so that you can get back in after building.</p><p> </p><p> <br />The final area that needs work is the chassis, there are 2 prongs either side of the bogie which connect to a beam under the frames. The problem is that with them fitted it interfears with movement. I am thinking of chopping down the length to allow free movement.</p><p> </p><p> <br /><br /></p><div id='attach_wrap' class='rounded clearfix'> <h4>Attached thumbnail(s)</h4> <ul> <li class=''> <a class='resized_img' rel='lightbox[21198]' id='ipb-attach-url-1039721-0-91948200-1534346457' href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2018/blogentry-54-0-50337400-1534344352.jpeg"title="F2A6564A-9F60-484D-8813-F18CB45A2BE1.jpeg - Size: 269.35KB, Downloads: 0"><img src="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2018/blogentry-54-0-50337400-1534344352_thumb.jpeg" id='ipb-attach-img-1039721-0-91948200-1534346457' style='width:800;height:390' class='attach' width="800" height="390" alt="Attached Image" /></a> </li> <li class=''> <a class='resized_img' rel='lightbox[21198]' id='ipb-attach-url-1039722-0-92961500-1534346457' href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2018/blogentry-54-0-52375300-1534344362.jpeg"title="21362242-0755-4C7E-A364-B0C1E22F3093.jpeg - Size: 276.43KB, Downloads: 0"><img src="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2018/blogentry-54-0-52375300-1534344362_thumb.jpeg" id='ipb-attach-img-1039722-0-92961500-1534346457' style='width:800;height:391' class='attach' width="800" height="391" alt="Attached Image" /></a> </li> </ul> </div> View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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