My first train class conversion project now (sort of) complete. After having the cabs for over a year, last month I finally got a Class 170 to convert into a 172. It isn't the best conversion project ever as there are lots of inaccuracies in the project but maybe I will fix those one day. I couldn't get lighting in the train as I kept on blowing the decoder when trying to add lighting (whoops).

The materials I used to make this were:

Electrostar cabs from a certain ebayer.

LM 170 from ebay.

Bachmann Class 170 DMU Chassis from RMWeb Classifieds (as the one from ebay was poor running)

Model Filler

Bin Liner (for windows, if anyone knows a better material for windows which can be cut using normal scissors i'd really like to know)

Not the best conversion but I really wanted a 172. It will do until a main model manufacture makes a 172 which will probably not be for quite a few years. This is my first RMWeb blog entry because I just wanted to post this somewhere on the internet.