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With all the p1ss farting about you have had to do with basically 85% of the model to get it how you want I can say now I'd be much happier building a kit. Would be a lot quicker.

 

Good effort and work though.

There is no black 5 thou as far as I am aware. I suspect what you had was 10 thou.

Some extremely delft surgery there Tim, very cleanly done which is a vast improvement.

There is no black 5 thou as far as I am aware. I suspect what you had was 10 thou.

Thinking about it, you may be right. I compared it to what I thought was a bit of white 5 thou!

 

Either way, the material chosen was the correct thickness/depth for the task in hand.

It’s a real shame the original plate isn’t easier to remove to reuse. I’ve been considering changing the number plate on my recently purchased 58xx by asking narrow planet to make me a set slightly larger than the current plate to sit over the top......however my plates sit slightly proud of the body so that’s probably not an option

 

When you say “about” 3.8 x 7.8 were they actually 3.795 x 7.795?

 

The end result speaks for itself! a job well done, very impressive

...and now to play with it on BS!

When you say “about” 3.8 x 7.8 were they actually 3.795 x 7.795?

Thanks for the kind comments.

 

I fear it might have been 3.8175 x 7.80075, but I forget now.

I've been adding a bit of the buffer beam 'furniture' this afternoon, including making up some modified Smiths screw-link couplings.

 

I always go for Smiths coupling hooks these days, because their overscale size makes them easier to use under exhibition conditions and besides, I don't think they look that bad.