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Happy New Year Steve. I like the BR brake van conversion. I'd thought about doing the same conversion to create one of the unfitted CLC vans. Was shortening the stepboards straightforward and did you consider filling in the door windows in the cabin?

 

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Happy New Year to you as well Simon. Shortening the stepboards was reasonably straightforward, simply snipping away the unwanted bits and some careful measuring of the stepboards themselves. Slight more difficult was removing the rear lip of the stepboard from the ends of the solebars. I did this using a piercing saw but a small portion around the spring hangers remain. I didn't consider filling in the door windows, there seems to be quite a bit of variation and, as it is not too visible, I didn't give it much thought - the roof isn't fixed, so there is still time to look at that area and make a decision.

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I've just realised that I didn't post any updates on the Gresley repaints. There is still quite a bit of detail painting to be done but they are lined out and decals have been added. Here is the Minitrix Composite Brake as it was a couple of months back.

 

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I'll see about finding some time (and inclination) to finish these this month!

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Thanks guys and a happy New Year to both of you.

 

Jerry, the teak is a variation on Mike Trice's method using oil paints. First paint a base colour; I've found a tan or light brown works best (the Minitrix coach was left in its plastic state).  The oil paints are Windsor and Newton oil colours. I use:

 

- Yellow Ochre

- Raw Sienna

- Burnt Sienna

- Burnt Umber

 

Tiny dots of these colours are put onto each panel and then blended in using a decent OO brush. By varying the amounts of each colour, different hues and effects can be achieved. I've been aiming to recreate the look of an unvarnished coach at this stage, basing the colours on an GNR coach that's been under restoration at the NYMR over the last few years.

 

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Once dry (I leave it for 48 hours before tackling the other side and letting that dry), I apply a coat of mix of Tamiya acrylic gloss varnish and clear red to seal everything in (acrylic so it won't react with the oil paint) and replicate the effect of the 20 or so coats of varnish the real things received. Then decals, lining, etc can be applied before sealing with a satin varnish. The above photos are really cruel, showing all the brush strokes, but this isn't noticeable once dry and varnished.

 

I will be at Stevenage, but advanced warning that I've found that I've still got a problem with my CAD program crashing so I've not been able to design or print anything new.

 

 

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An ex-GNR Dia. 248D Third is also underway.

 

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Just how short this carriage is really shows when compared to a Dapol 61'6" Third.

 

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I've got some bogie etches and underframe bits to hand and will see about making them up this week.

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Feeling encourage by the success of the two coaches, I started to design the next one.

 

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This will be Buffet Car no. 41552 which, along with the Dia 248D will form part of my five coach Cambridge Buffet Express set. The real coach was converted from an ex-GN open third in the thirties and lasted until at least 1959.

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Thanks guys, I guess that we are all our own worst critics! :laugh_mini:

 

The Dia 248D has had the decals applied and the underframe gubbins painted this morning.

 

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I've still got to thread the truss rods and paint them as well as finished off the bogies, but I think it is coming together ok.

 

I've also test printed the buffet car.

 

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You can see my method of printing a skirt to support the underside of the coach as well as the bulkheads and window skirts that keep everything square while printing. All of these will need to be removed with careful scalpel work and sanding. The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that I forgot to add the door hinges - there's always something!

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After about an hours work, the Buffet Car has been released from its support skirts.

 

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I'm amazed that I didn't break anything. For those who are doing their own printing, the main skirt was 0.4mm thick, while the window skirts were only 0.2mm.

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I knocked up the CAD for the Buffet Car frames/interior this morning.

 

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As the Cambridge service was also known by its nickname 'Beer Train', I thought representing some beer bottles on the tables was appropriate! :laugh_mini:

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Thanks to Mike Trice in identifying some inaccuracies on the Buffet Car. These have now been corrected.

 

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I've also spent some time filing 2mm MK1 buffers into something a little more representative of the GN/early LNER types.

 

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The unaltered MK1 buffer is on the right and the filed one on the left.

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5 hours ago, richbrummitt said:

I know nothing about LNER coaches. Should it have some ventilators or other additional roof detail? 

 

It looks very strange, doesn't it? This is correct as ventilation was provided at the cant rail only on this diagram of coach. I've found a couple of photos of D. 248Ds in mid 1950's condition in Michael Harris's 'Great Northern and East Coast Joint Stock Carriages'. No roof vents are fitted on either, which set my mind at ease about this. Between the Buffet Car and two ex-GN Brake Thirds (which were fitted with skylights at the brake end), there will be enough roof interest in the rest of the rake to make up for this third.

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