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North British D6123 Paint

Pete Piszczek

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I am very glad I took the time to make more changes.

 

The body is in the home stretch now, detailing has begun again, a touch-up will be needed, but she's getting close to right... B)

 

The nose end door is a scribed outline with a centre scribed divider. Four hinges are really the only prominent feature of the door, bits of plasticard have been glued in place to represent the hinges. The door etch that had been previously applied looked nice, but it did not resemble the prototype doors...

 

There were a couple of body side grill hinges that got in the way of the sherwood green stripe. These have been removed as has the heavy rain strips over the cab door. It will be easy enough to touch the paint up.

 

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The etched bits that had been previously applied were drawn across some fine sandpaper and reapplied to the nose. More often than not on the prototype, the head code disks were folded the wrong way exposing the light fixture underneath. Without a suitable casting to simulate the light fixture, they are all closed the right way on the model. The etched brass circles that represent the marker lights are passable, but it would have been nice if something better was available...

 

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Guest jim s-w

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Hi Pete

 

The Shawplan headcode disks are much more detailed.

 

HTH

 

Jim

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Pete Piszczek

I haven't had an opportunity to try to the Shawplan head code disks. They must have the hinge detail that's visible on the open face? Will have to order some...

 

Actually my whine in the post above regarding the "etched brass circles" referred to the smaller marker lights. They really don't match the keyhole shape on the prototype at all. They'll pass muster, barely, once I drill them out and put some fiber in the center...

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Is it just me that can't see your pictures in this thread?

 

I can't see them either. They seem to have gone missing. :(

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I can't see them either. They seem to have gone missing. :(

 

They were linked to the old forum and were temporarily lost with the switch to the new server. Andy seems to have fixed things though! :icon_thumbsup2:

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Guest Max Stafford

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You've gone quiet, Pete. How are you getting on with this top notch project?

 

Dave.

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