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  1. o.k. , I know we are in 2022 , but I have no interest in dcc , most of my stuff is 30 plus years old , i don't count rivets , and I love the fact that most XO4 motors will see out my lifetime , . personally I was dead chuffed with how this came out , a broken Triang Jinty , a cheap Airfix Prairie kit and a set of plates from Narrow Planet , total cost including postage was around £10 . cheers , Roger
  2. A lot of things apply again from my first review which I am sure I don't need to repeat again . This is my review of the OO gauge BMR diesel shunter body kit and the castings are again just as good with just major flash on th buffers and steps .. Again remember that the model is sold as a freelance shunter and not a scale model , although it is a good model of a 040 Fowler which is great for a industrial , or possibly a model of the British Railways departmental loco's .. Again I have chosen to do/ use , is my view , the choice is yours if you want to change , add parts etc . For this build , I wanted to modify the original kit and BMR kindly supplied a extra set of steps. Before assembly I removed the cab door handles and extended the four front windows downwards .The cab sides then had the door aperture cut out and new extended cab doors made . The body was then built , but with the new doors added and the cab steps mounted to the footplate and extended cab doors and finally another set of RT models [ 4slpo41 Sentinel 24" head £2.60 ] buffers and four cabside handrails made from staples and a vacuum cylinder placed at the front of the cab made from a cut up oral syringe and microstrip straps . The body was then primed , painted, glazed and lettered as a "extra " departmental loco number ED8. I had to do a bit of modifying during the build , as the cab was a bit larger and did not meet up with the holes in the footplate , but it was dead easy to do . I did think about squaring off the cab windows and filling the footplate and leaving off the front and rear steps , but decieded not to. I am sure that those who wanted to could do all this and knock up the correct Fowler radiator . Again the kit itself was a pleasure to build and I would not hesitate to recommend this and other BMR kits to anyone , Many thanks BMR for these fun and budget kits , in time I hope to add another of these , for a NCB loco , another Yorkshire and a tram loco .
  3. Hi all this is my first post , so I hope it,s in the right place, here is my review of the OO gauge industrial diesel shunter body kit . Just a few points , I sadly struggle a lot with my hands , so for a more nimble modeller the results would be better than I can achieve, but I am more than happy with my loco. BMR have designed these loco's to fit onto the Hornby 040 chassis , which is reletevly cheap , but is a bit too long and wide , which translates to having to make the model a bit larger than scale , but remember that the model is sold as a freelance shunter and not a scale model , although without a doubt it is a great model of a Yorkshire 040. What I have chosen to do/ use , is my view , the choice is yours if you want to change , add parts etc . On opening the kit , I was well impressed by the main castings and with a bit [very little ] of cleaning up did a dry run and all looked well . After making sure the footplate fit the chassis easily , I filed the detail off the side lockers and slightly drilled the one nearest the cab for the fuel gauge.The body was then built apart from the buffers , rear handrail , cab roof & radiator , with the added step for the cab door and four sandboxes made from about 20p worth of microstrip and then after priming the body , everything was painted. I could not get on with the buffers , which with the steps [ easily cleaned up ] were the only parts with a lot of flash. Also I find them a bit small for a shunter , so I ordered a few sets of buffers from RT models [ 4slpo41 Sentinel 24" head £2.60 ] and fitted those and then used Fox/Railtec chevron and number transfers , which were then varnished . The cab was then glazed , rear handrail fitted and finaly the roof , which I used thin plasticard to make, prefering it to the kit roof supplied . And there you have it , my own built model of a class 02 shunter , which to me looks the part and looks better in real life normal viewing distance than in the photo's . The added parts and £1 shop 10 for a £1 superglue[ not including paint and transfers] cost me less than £3 , the kit itself was a pleasure to build and I would not hesitate to recommend this and other BMR kits to anyone , Many thanks BMR , Roger
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