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Buffer beams fitted and roof detailing commenced.
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Darius
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For scribing I use an Olfa P-Cutter.
For flat surfaces I use a steel rule as a guide and for curved surfaces - such as coach roofs - I tape plasticard to the surface to act as a guide.Cheers
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Chassis completed.
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Basic body and chassis construction completed.
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14 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:
But just right for Chigley. The contemporary primary school generation will be retiring fairly soon.
Already have :)Cheers
Darius
Time flies by when I’m the driver of a train…
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Made a start on the other motor coach.
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Interior constructed using plasticard - timber joints scribed on.
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Details added and painted. Homemade decals applied. Glazing fitted.
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I built this Translink (Northern Ireland) CAF3000 unit a few years ago using CMAC bodyshells on modified Bachmann Class 170 chassis.
And this Class 325 unit using the CMAC bodies, bogies and chassis.
The CMAC bodies are very well rendered and easy to work with. Many of the kits come with underframes and bogies.
Highly recommended if you have kit building experience.
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Darius
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Pick this one out of the line up…
I can see two driving coaches amongst the various units but no sign of the centre cars.
Cab masking could be better but it may be down to the quality of the resin cab casting.
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Did some painting yesterday.
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I used Airfix Mk2d coaches for conversion to the Manchester Pullman coaches a few years ago. From memory the chassis has tabs at each end that engage in slots in the plastic corridor connectors. There are also clips on the chassis sides that engage in tabs on the window glazing strips. To remove the chassis you need to remove the corridor connectors and pry the coach body sides away from the chassis so as to disengage the tabs.
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Bought from UK model shops 😀
Thing is, I don’t model O Gauge 😳
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20 minutes ago, ColinB said:
Without Dapol telling us which models they are it is a bit difficult to know what is going on.
Going by previous posts on this thread the products in question are Dapol O Gauge steam locos from a seller based in China.Cheers
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Probably little chance of redress in China. It comes down to the morality of the purchaser. Buy cheap from the eBay seller, telling yourself that is ok to do so because it’s Dapol’s fault for manufacturing in China, or buy from legitimate traders.
The analogy is buying knock off goods from a bloke in a pub car park.
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4 minutes ago, John M Upton said:
Oh yes, very informative!!! 🙄
Actually it is - the eBay sellers are based in China as stated on their eBay pages.
There is a similar issue about Murphy Models Irish locos being sold on eBay directly from China.
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That 44 looks superb. Very well done!!!
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Darius
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Quite right. I have been involved in a lot of work at Heathrow in the past 30 years. The older terminals T1 and T2 had restrictions on the allowable floor loading which made successive refurbishments “interesting”.
This shouldn’t be as much of an issue with the new terminals T5 and T2 although the floor structure capacity will still need to be checked.
Furthermore you can’t just take out 50% of your search lanes in one go or the passengers will be slightly more vexed than Michael above.
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Darius
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Some rtr 1:18 GT40s…
…and a slightly smaller one.
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Assuming that the photo shows the total number of parts that you have, the side illustration on the printed card gives a useful guide.
- The sides go together with the cabs at the outer ends.
- The cab fronts go on the front.
- The three roof parts go on top: the rightmost roof part in the photo is the central one; the other two are on each end with the sloped edge being the cab end.
The plastic bogies shown in the photo are coach bogies (possibly Lima) and will be of no use as the axle centres won’t match those of the cast white metal bogie sides provided with the kit.
Does your kit come with a chassis or are those the only parts that you have?
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Darius
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Just received the email at 20.01.
1/10 - could do better.
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Good for you, Phil. Looks like the roof and sides are pressed aluminium sheet and the ends are white metal, which is an MTK construction type. MTK often supplied decals for the door edges. MTK usually made the roof and sides from one continuous sheet rather than three separate parts though.
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Absolutely superb photo.
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Darius