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I recently purchased a BR blue Bachmann 08 from a certain on-line auction website for a very reasonable price, and I have now set about detailing and re-numbering it.
Originally it was numbered 08 763, with depot plaques on the body sides (applied by the previous owner) and the cab handrails had also been painted sliver. This wasn't really a problem as I planned to replace the handrails with wire ones anyway. I also intend to add the various pipes and details of my chosen prototype; 08 850.
You may ask why I would pick said loco, as it was a Southern shedded loco under BR and has the extra air pipes mounted high up for EMU stock, but it is one of the 08s based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, and I already have a number of photos of it (I knew they'd come in handy one day!) and I have toyed with modelling part of the NYMR several times, and so a loco based on it would be a logical thing to have just in case I ever do!
I made a start on the bodywork yesterday morning, and the following photos show the current status.
Intercity logo, numbers, depot transfers and handrails have been removed, and the lifting eyes on the engine roof compartment have been drilled out.
I intend to pick up the various bits and bobs I need at the York show on Sunday (pipes, wpiers, decals and handrail wire) but the biggest problem I have is the raised air pipes as I'm not sure of anyone who manufactures them, if indeed anyone does. I should be able to scratch-build them, but was wondering if anyone knows of a manufacturer of them at all?
To give you a better idea of the loco I'm aiming for, here are a couple of my photos of it at the 2009 diesel gala, sitting at Grosmont shed.
I need to remove some of the light fittings and wire runs too, but hopefully I can do that without needing a full repaint (famous last words!)
Again, I'd be most grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction with regards the upper air pipes. The A1 products should suffice for the bufferbeam pipes, windscreen wipers, and hopefully an air horn.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and for reading!
J
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