Bachmann 64xx to 74xx - 7427
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Having just sourced a replacement chassis to fit under my 64xx body that has been sitting in a parts box for the past few years, I have decided to convert it into 7427 (a Newton Abbot loco frequently used on the trip freight workings out of Newton Abbot.
The work:
The first step was to dismantle the cab and remove the autoworking gear from the buffer beam, while the cab was removed a crew was glued into position. Working on the cab roof lip was a lot easier on the rear without the rivet detail in the way. The screw reverser was chopped off the backhead moulding and replaced with a leaver reverser casting from the spares box.
This was followed by cutting off the corner between the bunker and cab rear, and replacing the missing beading with thin plasticard strip.
Next up the rear of the cab, I always thought it rather strange that Bachmann had separately moulded brackets above it, separately fitted lamp irons on the footplate, yet moulded on detail on the rear. This is made all the worse given the loco will spend a lot of time running bunker first. Anyway, the moulded detail was carefully carved off and etched parts from the Finney range glued into position.
With all the work done, the green areas were touched in with Phoenix paints postwar GWR green. For the buffer beams I mixed up a close match from a couple of shades of Vallejo red. (The black paint still needs to be touched in now that the other colours are dry.
It still needs to be fitted with the hand rails above the footplate steps, along with requiring etched number plates (and transfers). I must get some numbers ordered for this (and for 4707) ordered from Narrow Planet.
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