47016 Respray
Entry posted by The Fatadder in 1998 Locos
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As is often the case over the summer my motivation to get on with any modelling has rather taken a battering, the loss of the exhibition circuit hasn’t helped given a decent show would normally reinvigorate the modelling mojo. There are still a number of in progress projects which have been sat on my workbench since June, mostly awaiting me finding a way to fix my CAD computer so that I can run some needed parts through the cutter…
But the past few nights have seen a return to modelling, first up being an attempt at finishing off an Express Models lighting install on a Bachmann Voyager (220001 fitted with etched plates). Which got to the point which it needs the second accessory decoder installing at which point I realised I don’t actually know where it is! Likewise I seem to have miss placed the OO wheels which I wanted to reinstall before listing the completed model on the Classifieds…
Moving on to the real focus of this blog, I sourced a Vi Trains class 47 body off ebay for a reasonable £15 (trying very hard to forget that most of the other 47s in my fleet were only about £40 for a complete loco in a Hattons clearance several years ago!) My freight class 47 fleet is a little light with just 47338 in Distribution and 47768 in RES). My long term plans call for a further pair of freight 47s, another in RF Distribution (for which I need to source a Bachmann shell which will likely end up on a rebuilt Bachmann 57 chassis) and 47016 in large logo grey. I was (and still am) tempted to do I K Brunel in GWR 150, but never found a 1998 photo of it in the south west to justify the build. One day I will end up finding a cheap donor model….
47016 was chosen given that it gives an interesting livery option, was photographed multiple times working in Virgin XC service in addition to the usefulness as a freight machine. Upon arrival, I removed the printed BR logos / numbers from the large logo blue body and immediately repainted into large logo grey. Transfers have been added from Fox given that I had them to hand, before reassembling (and loosing the marker light lenses in the process). The body now needs a nameplate (the other side will have the outline added as part of the weathering), correct buffers, handrails, and a new chassis. The latter is a little more involved, with the plan being to fabricate my own chassis block from brass which will be fitted with a pair of Heljan bogies & motor (which came from a mazac rotted Heljan 47) along with the twin battery box underframe casting from my scrap box. (For photos it is currently posed on the chassis from 47768, hence the incorrect details). Eventually it will also be retrofitted with a pair of Extreme Etchings roof grills to match the rest of the fleet.
The orange cantrail line was an attempt at using a pen to add, having had success lining coaches with a similar method. It was not completely successful and will need redoing...
Edited by The Fatadder
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