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Excellent work. I can supply a full set of castings for this model if you're interested? Buffers, springs, axle boxes, stove chimney and brakes.

 

3 hours ago, 5&9Models said:

Excellent work. I can supply a full set of castings for this model if you're interested? Buffers, springs, axle boxes, stove chimney and brakes.

 

Thanks for the offer - they're all printed at the moment, but I know some people will want to replace those bits, especially the axleboxes for EM/P4. Have you got a website link I can direct people to if they're interested?

Edited May 12, 2020 by TurboSnail

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Woohoo!

 

Referring to Plates 147, 148, and 150 in Southern Wagons Vol. 3 for as-built condition (which is of course my interest) I note that the door panel is plain - planking appears only in SR days, plates 152/3, though it might have come in with addition of diagonal door bracing, as in the 1921 photo, plate 151. I hope you've made the torpedo vents different sizes, per the caption to plate 147?

 

There's some lovely handrail work needed to complete the model and as for the bevel gears for the handbrake linkage...

 

You say the CAD file is at the limit, so I won't mention chamfering...

Edited May 13, 2020 by Compound2632

As ever it just needs reducing to 'N'