37403 Part 4 - job done.
Goodmorning
I had a nie day out to DEMU showcase Yesterday - and got 37403 done just in time - It spent the day on the DEMU class 37 display - and the fuel tanks didnt fall off once! - theyre just a push fit at the moment - they fell off once it got back home
I found some numbers for the '403' on the noses , after carefully cheking all my transfers I used some RES numbers - the font isn't quite right but they look a far match for the size. The last jobs were to paint the handrails white , and paint the kick silver kick plates below the cab doors .
Just before boxing the loco up for the show , I noticed it was sitting slightly higher at one end - (One of the first jobs I done on the model was to lower it - but modifying the bogie towers) I took the loco to bits to see what was cuaing it - It turns out one of the cab interier mouldings- which are glued into the chassis casting, was push down further than the other - the underside of this was touching part of the bogie tower. 30 seconds with a file cured this. and it was job done!
After all this , I've still not run the loco , ever, so will have to test it at some point
Heres some quick piccies taken yesterday before we set off on the 330mile round trip to Showcase
a close up of the working hand-brake 'on' - stops it rolling off my desk
This year was my second visit to Showcase - 'Diesels In the Dutchy' would have to be my all time favorite - Castle Cary was interesting too - Its somewhere I've always thought would make a nice model.
The sum total of my shopping at the show :
any book with a '50 on the front - ill buy it
tfn
Jon
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