This morning the mold for the cab ends is ready for the first casting pics later. Last night I was sucessfull in getting the 117 coaches I need for my 304 project so looking forward to starting that project soon.

Hi Dave

The 117 is completely the wrong profile for a 304. You would be much better using a mk1 suburban as a starting point as that would be spot on

Hth

Jim

Hi Jim I read somewhere about someone doing a similar conversion but filing the sides to match the mk1 profile. Is the profile of the mk1 suburban the same as the mainline stock or different ?

Hi Dave

Yep - the 302, 304, 305 and 308 family are all just Mk1 suburbans with cabs. For a while Replica sold Mk1 suburban bodies off pretty cheaply and you can probably get the cabs from DC kits

Cheers

Jim

Vinyls have arrived for the 312 EMU and look stunning....

Looks like that takes care of my afternoon then !

These vinyls were worth every penny as all the windows were pre cut so all I had to do was peal off and stick down! I still have a lot to do to the power car but as its the first to have the clear glazing fitted I decided to use it for the first vinyl fitting.

It might have been a pain in the rear to cut away the bodysides of the coach to fit the clear glazing but seeing how the thin glazing bars look on the windows makes it all worth while. Now I just have the other three coaches to do.