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Class 3 Mogul - A Viable Project?

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The Class 3 tank engine sitting on my shelf gathering dust has been bugging me for some time. A somewhat impulse buy when I happened across Trains4U whilst around Peterborough with work.

 

I didn't need it to complete the collection, I have my old faithful Triang/Hornby example that was really what got me "into" BR Standards.

 

So, about that gap in my collection - the Class 3 Mogul 77xxx. Recent eBay bargains brought me an Airfix 76xxx kit and a Bachmann BR2 tender for less than 20 quid. So, I took the tank engine apart to see how much work it really would be to marry the bits together ...

 

here's the chassis with the boiler resting on top

 

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and a shot of the boiler on it's own

 

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Quite a bit of work, hopefully the missing bits of boiler/firebox can be constructed from the Airfix kit, we shall see.

 

There's also a dirty great groove along the boiler where the side tanks fitted in and even little holes to fill where the tank strapping located :stinker:

 

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Nothing is set in stone yet, the 82xxx can be reassembled good as new at this point if I decide it's not a go-er. In that case I guess it's either a DJH kit or wait for Bachmann ......

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  • RMweb Gold
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having looked at Beattie's drawing at lunch I think the washouts might be a touch high too, probably to clear the tanks ...

 

Then again, it is a Beattie drawing :lol:

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Dukedog

Hi Ian,

I can:t help with the project but maybe you could help me?

How does the body come apart?

I have removed the chassis, removed the two screws under the cab, bunker and smokebox saddle but it won;t open.

What is the secret or have I missed some thing.

All I want to do is add crew and glazing.

 

Hope you can help

Cheers!

Frank

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slip a scalpel or similar between the cast metal and the thin bunker sides, they are glued on with a small amount of what could be cyano, they pop off quite easily then the whole lot comes apart. The bunker section is seperate from the tanks/cab. Be careful though the plastic is paper thin once it's all in bits!

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Think it's worthwhile noting that the bits of the 82000 are still sitting in the storage box from 2011. I guess I'm still waiting for Bachmann LOL

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