5th Jan 2010

The work on the chassis follows 4 main areas, Underframe, bogies, headstock and details.

The bogies is the easiest job, simply cutting off the Bachmann sideframes and replacing with Lima. To further improve the detail, I also removed the break shoes from the bogie frames to add separate items.

Underframe will follow the same procedure as in my Class 67 thread, photos will follow when I get round to gluing the bits together tomorrow.

Details are exactly that, the pipe runs etc on the sides + detailing to the body. I am using Martin (Pugsley)'s model as an inspiration, though given that I need to do 5 locos worth I wont be taking it to the same extreme level!

Finally the headstock, this is where I am working tonight. The Class 59/0 headstock is narrower than that on a 66, resulting in materiel needing to be removed from each side, along with the addition of the triangular plates at the top. Working from dimensions scaled from a photo and the width of the Lima body I have filed back the headstock to match the proportions of the prototype. WIPACs and lashing eyes were also removed. The next job is going to be applying a lot filler to tidy up the WIPAC location, and possibly removing the infill in the solebar from the Bachmann lights.

Unfortunately old RMweb appears to be broke, so cant go and find the photos of Martin's model that I wanted to check.....