Hi Andy, hope you're keeping well? Could you repost the pictures please?

Thanks

Hi, doing well thanks. Just re-posted the photos  - although this one’s stalled out whilst I do other things. I’ll try and get back on it through the summer!

I keep meaning to get back to this and then other things get ahead! Still work in progress...

Change of approach I think. I managed to get some cheap Dapol bodies and started to do some of the grills. I have struggled with getting the cab profile right, but, the body should be fairly straightforward.

The prototype seems to have a join seam across the roof in line with the back of the cab doors. Given the amount of roof modifications required I thought this might be a way forward:

Prototyped:

One side and roof done - I need to add a little bit of detail (some rivets and the lugs at the bottom of the sides)....

I don't think I can do a decent fan grill and I am wondering what to do about the fan but that can wait until the end (it might mount inside on the Dapol chassis)

I can see these being very popular, and your printer working overtime.

This is one side finished. Some fine mesh will be required for the fan grill, I can't think of a way to make a decent print of one with that curve...

Maybe this is what an Accurascale advert could have been like!

Sleeper:

GBRF:

My second sleeper coming along

I just changed the roof fin aerial design after I found a better picture

Finished GBRF

Another sleeper on a Hornby chassis just as a mock up. 
 

That's looking great Andrew, it was a shame the Accura one never went ahead so it's good to see someone create one! Should look excellent with some Mk5s behind it.

I don't suppose this is something you'd consider releasing yourself as a conversion kit? Either way very keen to see how the Sleeper one comes out.

Cheers,

Sean

On 29/04/2024 at 19:55, Sean the Bob said:

That's looking great Andrew, it was a shame the Accura one never went ahead so it's good to see someone create one! Should look excellent with some Mk5s behind it.

 

I don't suppose this is something you'd consider releasing yourself as a conversion kit? Either way very keen to see how the Sleeper one comes out.

 

Cheers,

Sean

Hi Sean

Here’s a finished sleeper with the Mk5s. I’m happy for people to PM me if they want to give the conversion a go with my parts 

Taken a while to get here with this one as I decided to go full function lighting which meant a complete rewire of the chassis and the body. This has day, night, tails on both ends which can be also switched on and off on end at a time. I also added an EOT lamp.

Ready for decals and bogie paint: