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A Quick Update

Pugsley

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I dunno where time goes these days - one minute it's Christmas and the next it's Easter! Still, I can offer a quick update on the 37 project - it is structurally complete and painted, with a few little bits to add before the weathering commences in anger. This is how it is at the moment:

 

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The biggest problem at the moment seems to be a ride height problem at the No.1 end, this is currently riding some 2mm too high, which although it doesn't sound a lot, is enough to make it look a little odd. I'm not quite sure what's causing that at the moment, but I'm hoping it won't be too hard to sort.

 

Some of it has been weathered though:

 

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I had to do the fan before fitting the (rather nice) Shawplan grille, otherwise there was no way of doing it later.

 

Tom - This is about the best I could get of the ripple effect now it's painted. I think I could have done it a bit more now, as the paint has increased the subtlety of the effect, but it's a very fine line to overdoing it!

 

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Edit - Image upload now working!

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Hi Martin,

 

This is such a nice locomotive. The painting is excellent. 

 

Now stop tempting me to model North Road station circa 1992! 

 

Regards,

 

Nick

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James Hilton

I hope you manage to sort the ride height out easily Martin - it's a lovely model, and I think we're all very excited to see what you make of the weathering on the beast!

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tomstaf

Hi Matin,

 

Looking good but the ride height makes it look odd. I'm sure you'll sort it asap. I think I can see the rippling - 3 vertical lines roughly inline with the body to roof grills?

 

I'm looking forward to seeing it weathered. Are you putting the ploughs on?

 

Cheers

 

Tom

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Pugsley

Yes, those 3 areas are part of it. There is more, but those bits show up best in photographs.

 

The ride height is now more or less sorted - the adjusting screws needed, erm, adjusting. I'll stick up another photo a bit later to canvass opinion, but I think it's more or less right now. I hope so, as adjusting it further is going to involve milling!

 

Bizarrely, it needs a little weight in one end to bring it down a bit, whereas the other end is fine.

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