Modelling resumed with Early Airfix - (now Dapol) non corridors
In a previous post called 'modelling again' I described the trials of detailing a pair of Airfix Inter District LMS non corridors (now made in kit form by Dapol), tackled just before a house move. Now having moved, some modeling has resumed in the midst of the necessary work after moving in. So first in the queue was the local train.....
Almost finished, I discovered that the underframes were the wrong way round on both coaches. This I found by looking at prototype photos in 'Modellers and enthusiasts guide to the Somerset and Dorset line' (Brian McDermott, pub. Patrick Stephens) photos on page 25 and 30. Not a quick job as reversing the underframe on each one meant that the bodies and the interiors needed cutouts in the floor at the reversed end to clear some Roco 40344 close coupling devices that I was trialling as inter set couplings at the inner ends of the set. (Because these were set at buffer beam height to clear the bogies they fouled the floor - I had already made the cut outs at the 'wrong' ends). Having done this they are back together and just need a coupling bar between to join the two. Outer end couplings are Dingham. Two photos show them with ex Bath GP Jinty 47465 posed on my test track.
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