Gresley coaches - quick conversion
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A few months back I was tempted by a pair of Hornby coaches while in Model Junction in Bury St. Edmunds. I had a rake of 3 old Bachmann suburban coaches in BR Blue but these weren't really suitable for my period and move to a less urban setting.
I was prepared to re-use the Bill Bedford sprung bogies from the Bachmann set to go under the Gresleys. The shape isn't quite right but you can't really tell. While wandering around Scaleforum I had looked to see if anyone had any Gresley bogie sideframe casting, but I couldn't find anything anywhere near as good as the Hornby plastic mouldings. On Friday night, with some trepidation, I took a piecing saw to the bogies and was able to cut the frames off without too much damage. The foot steps are very fragile but I managed to only break one off which I was able to reattach. I had to take a burr to the back of the moulding to make space for the pinpoint bearing to move up and down.
The moulding was stuck onto the bogie unit with Evostik and the complete bogie repainted. I was able to fill the rather large hole in the coach floor with various plastic tubes and some epoxy prior to screwing the bogies back to the body.
Given the quality of these coaches there really isn't a great deal more to do with them. I'll give it some slight weathering at some point but I'm very pleased with the results so far. The second Lavatory Composite will get converted over the next few months. It looks rather nice with the J15 and the rake will look very suitable behind the E4 once that is finished.
The E4 is currently in the paint shop. The primer has gone on and so far so good.
David
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