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Time Travelling Equine Transport - Back Dating and Detailing The N Gauge Lima Horsebox - Part 3.

richbrummitt

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It's been a while due to reducing this sprawl

 

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to something that was presentable. There was a concession to keep one desk for now (by the window) and so I have this week finally manage to squeeze a few useful hours furthering the odd project not currently mothballed.

 

The horse boxes had a number of parts made or cut from the frets with the potential for loss when packed and I wanted to get them fitted. I had originally planned to finish these for next weekend and am now on a promise to myself to get them ready for mid-November.

 

I've managed to get the buffer beams laminated and fitted along with the buffers, whitemetal castings, steps (why must NPCS have so many steps?), and brake rods. The chassis are now very nearly ready for paint with only couplings and vacuum pipes now required to complete.

 

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You may notice a small improvement in the close up photography? I treated myself to a 4x macro 'filter'. The man in the shop suggested this was the most cost effective way of photographing small items whilst retaining a decent depth of field that is not evident in the next picture.

 

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Much work remains to finish the detail on the body; not limited to the emergency cord detail and the handrails on the end with steps.

 

Finally a reminder of how far I've already come...

 

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Good to see you posting again Rich. Watch out for that 'nearly ready for painting' stage though - my projects usually have a habit of getting stuck there. If not, then they get stuck at 'painted but a few last bits to add'.

 

Regards, Andy

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I really like the model of a typical railway modellers workshop, delightful clutter.

 

The boxes look well, I look forward to seeing them on Lambourn, ( and will have to convert my rather heavy, unconverted Lima jobs!

 

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richbrummitt
Good to see you posting again Rich. Watch out for that 'nearly ready for painting' stage though - my projects usually have a habit of getting stuck there. If not, then they get stuck at 'painted but a few last bits to add'. Regards, Andy
Cheers Andy, I've got less stuff nearly finished/ready for paint than I did but the pile on the shelves remains. As I get older I'm getting better at finishing things.

 

I really like the model of a typical railway modellers workshop, delightful clutter.The boxes look well, I look forward to seeing them on Lambourn, ( and will have to convert my rather heavy, unconverted Lima jobs!Richard
I thought I captured the workshop well. Much of the room is full of boxes now! I hope to finish these an three alien boxes for November. The bodies are good, apart from the ends. The most obvious bad part is the roof. The chassis is heavy, as you correctly identified. After a momentary lapse of self control during a visit to eBay recently I have another three, so perhaps I ought to make this easier and design a replacement chassis etch.
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Typical having done the hard work you now think about a replacement etch. The difference does really show Rich.

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Typical having done the hard work you now think about a replacement etch. The difference does really show Rich.

Don

 

I thought about it before. At that time I only had these two to do. At least two other people have expressed a requirement for such an item and now I have 3 more myself...

 

That said I'm not sure how much of it is sensible to etch and what the time saving would actually be given the time involved in creating artwork. It's all the steps and wire bending that takes the time.

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