Hi again...
Sounds daft doesn't it? Of course they were all green/brown stripe in the '60s, weren't they? Or were they? Does it matter?
Such a simple question, but oh so difficult to find the answer. Butterley has restored M79900, the sister unit latterly known as 'Iris', and there's a bunch of really great photos on the web (such as here and here). Current upholstery is blue, but long research found several useful pics of the exterior in colour, but the few interior shot
Hi!
Last time I set out the stall so to speak. So I thought I'd reveal a little of the motor bogie troubles encountered along the way.
In them olden days, MTK offered a motor bogie kit as an option to add to their DMU kits. It was set of plastic and copper parts which went together to make a 4-wheeled bogie with electrical pickups. In fact it was much easier to assemble than their coach or DMU kits! Add an X04 or a Romford motor and bingo! a pile of useless junk . This unit may
Returning to the hobby after, errrm, 25+ years, a rummage through old boxes revealed a few unmade kits. "What a great way to spend those dark winter evenings", I thought.
I chose the MTK Derby Lightweight Single M79901 because I'd not attempted a DMU before and it would be summat small to fit into a simple end-to-end layout. Some construction progress was made, but nothing fits, the parts are poorly made, the air was often blue , and then the days lengthened - everything slowed to a
