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grahame

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Having got N'spirations3 off to the printers I can now get back to some modelling projects.

 

Yesterday I started to convert a three axle Hong Kong KMB Wright Eclipse bus in to a British style 2 axle LT/Arriva version. It seems to be going okay so far;

 

 

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I've also selected one of my Q1 locos to have a bash a weathering with weathering powders. I need to find some decent colour pics of them to work from. I seem to remember Missy having produced a very effective really work stained version and hope to get somewhere near as good.

 

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grahame

I purchased a couple from Bob's (of this parish) N-Train ebay shop. I noticed that he had them on sale at TINGS (leamers). They're made by Cars Workshop.

 

G.

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DonB

Knowing even less about buses than I do about modern Diesel locos, I looked up the 3-axle prototype on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_B9TL

The data panel says 3-axle chassis is 12metres long while 2-axle is 10.3 metres long, so I assume that your conversion was a (simple?) cut and shut?

Neat looking job!

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Steadfast

Interesting project Grahame! I've been meaning to get one and do the same (albeit in First white blue and pink) for a while - nice to see the conversion works!

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