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Not 2HAPpy.. or a mystery in 2mm scale

Etched Pixels

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I picked up a box of interesting bits a while ago and in the bottom were some bits of etched EMU stuff and white metal. One is a BHE 2-EPB the other a bit of a mystery. The bag it was with contained a BHE 2HAP underframe white metal set, four sides and some what appear to be BHE plastic roof/floor/sides etc.

 

Only it doesn't seem to be a 2HAP because its shorter than Mark 1 length and the windows are wrong (no big windows) for a Southern 2HAP. It seems to be an SR species 2EPB which is intriguing because I've never seen reference to a kit of one anywhere.

 

Anyway I figured I'd build it but now need to work out what is is to get the roof and underwear right

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BernardTPM

There are no small windows above the doors either, so it's definitely not a Bullied Southern type. Perhaps it's meant to be a BR one, but the scaling is out; a lot of the later MTK etches weren't that well drawn!

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There are no small windows above the doors either, so it's definitely not a Bullied Southern type. Perhaps it's meant to be a BR one, but the scaling is out; a lot of the later MTK etches weren't that well drawn!

 

The BR ones all had the toilet in the middle did they not ?

 

Maybe its just ... wrong 8)

 

Correcting this - 2HAP apparently had the toilet so it is indeed a Mark 1 style 2EPB but with the scaling out so presumably MTK. Oh well that at least makes the underframe and motorising much easier.

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Actually, it looks like a 2 or 4-EPB Driving car. Seems too long for a 501. I'll check my drawings later to count the window bays.

 

ISTR the MTK / Fleetline EMUs are slightly under-length for the GF Mk1.

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501 doesn't have enough doors, Tyneside ones ditto. So it really does seem to be a Mark 1 style 2EPB from MTK or similar.

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