Day 21 of 365 days of modelling

A big push with the 442 today. Paintwork details on the driving coaches being done but a few tweaks still to do. 8 bogies made up with two more pairs of side frames cast. These have now been fully assembled and painted, along with the motor coach chassis.

One of the trailer has also had its power doors fitted. Nothing more than strips of black insulating tape!

Wheels for the unit were also made today using the later Lima pizza cutter wheels. What? Say that again! Yes that right, all the trailers are running on Lima wheels. However they have been reprofiled and the axles swapped with Bachmann 26mm to replace the short Lima axles. Fortunately I had a few of these spare from a rewheeling of Jouef mk3’s last year. You see Jouef also used the same 24mm long axles as Lima did and it’s easier to change the wheels with Bachmann 12mm replacing the awful Jouef wheels and keep the short axles to avoid having to ream out the bogies. This unwittingly gave me the 26mm long axles for the 442 and now fitted with Lima wheels. This is why you should never throw anything away!