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Lima LMS 42 ft CCT.

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Inspired recently by Alex (Wiggoforgold) and Dave (Max Stafford) I thought I have a go myself at modifying one of these CCT's using Bachmann LMS bogies as a replacement for the incorrect BR ones that Lima fitted.

 

The moulding is trypical Lima and is quite fine. Even the undeframe is reasonably detailed.I manged to strip off the paint using Mr Muscle oven cleaner. Moulded handrails were cut off, as well as the roof vents and buffers.

 

Paul Bartlett's site came up with a suitable victim to model:

 

http://paulbartlett....7fad5#h19f7fad5

 

This example has additional strapping on the body sides. I made this up from Microstrip. Buffers and roof vents came from MJT. The buffer heads were filed down as per the prototype.

 

I sprayed the shell with Halfords white primer, then pre-shaded the panel lines and the roof with Tamiya NATO Black. I used Valejo Carmine acrylic for the crimson. The ends were sprayed with Tamiya NATO black as well and the roof was sprayed with German Grey. A coat of Klear sealed this all in.

 

Decals were from an old Woodhead sheet I've had for years. These are lovely to work with and they were fixed with Klear. It's a real shame they're no longer available.

 

I replaced the moulded brake wheels with etched examples from Mainly Trains-soldered to some wire.

 

I then used a watery mixture of Valejo Black and Flat Earth to cover the sides and ends. This was then removed with a wet cotton bud. The underframe received a few passes of Tamiya Flat Earth/Nato Black mixture, before everything was blended together with Valejo matt varnish.

 

Bogies were fixed on with some Wickes nuts and bolts (6 BA I think?). Packing was with washers to achieve the correct ride hight. The Bachmann wheels fouled the underside of the chassis so i replaced them with Romford 14mm ones I had spare.

 

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This has been a lovley little project over the festive period and certainly adds some variety to the NPCS.

 

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Invicta

Very nice- I've always liked the Lima LMS 42' van as a model, and it really does scrub up very well with a little work- I really must get round to tackling the bogies on mine

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wiggoforgold

It does look nice. The Lima model is dimensionally pretty good. Before I did mine I compared it wioth the LMS society drawing in the Railway Modeller (about October 1964 I think) and found it pretty close. The big letdown was the bogies and the Bachmann ones are a good idea.

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BlackRat

Got a few of these knocking about somewhere, this makes me want to dig them out and do them up, very nice indeed!

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You've made an excellent job of it but frankly, from yourself I expected nothing less!

These old Lima 42 footers really do polish up into a very nice layout model.

That reminds me, I do have a couple of parcels vehicles to finish off for my 'Elvis era' parcels and the nice new B1 to haul it!

 

Dave.

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Blimey Dave, Thankyou! Though your version and Alex's inspired me to have a go at one. Nice model to work with. Look forwards to your next instalment too.

 

Cheers, Mark

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