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Had a set of headcode etches laying about from a 37 project a while back and thought it would be rude not to use them. They fit the hole very well after removing the centre pillar. Had to use a small bit of filler where the pillar was removed. I removed the little grab handles whilst doing the work around the headcode recess. I think though the whole yellow end will need a re-paint now which will be fun masking over the nose side grills. I might do this as 45022.

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That will look different.........but...........I hope it is not my eyes but is that headcode box just a little down on the left?  Of course it could just be up a bit on the right  :derisive:

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Yes I noticed the body is leaning slightly.............

 

I wish there would be some decent shows down here in the far flung places!  Bristol the closest and still over three hours away...........makes for a long day.

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Your eyes do not deceive you chaps it got me worried when I saw it in the picture. I found the bogie support + piece is broken on one side, so much for the new packing! Howe's now have the spare spruces in now so it will get sorted.

 

Don't ever worry about pointing things out as I might not have noticed things either.

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Another little project I am working on is an upgrade to one of my Heljan 33's. I have had most of the castings for quite a while but just never got round to doing this work. Anyway I recieved the last couple I need from Laurie last week so have got on with it.

 

Don't look much different in this shot I have to admit.

 

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New cast steps. Small grab handle added on solebar under door handrails.

 

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Moulded airlines removed and replaced with .7mm wire.

 

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Handrails replaced with lost wax castings.

 

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Frame added on end of battery box.

 

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Exhauster silencer added from solebar.

 

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Airline casting and .7mm wire added.

 

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Lost wax windscreen wipers to straighten the blade up and move it closer to the pillar.

 

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New separate speedo castings.

 

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Another little project I am working on is an upgrade to one of my Heljan 33's. I have had most of the castings for quite a while but just never got round to doing this work. Anyway I recieved the last couple I need from Laurie last week so have got on with it.

 

Don't look much different in this shot I have to admit.

 

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New cast steps. Small grab handle added on solebar under door handrails.

 

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Moulded airlines removed and replaced with .7mm wire.

 

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Handrails replaced with lost wax castings.

 

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Frame added on end of battery box.

 

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Exhauster silencer added from solebar.

 

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Airline casting and .7mm wire added.

 

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Lost wax windscreen wipers to straighten the blade up and move it closer to the pillar.

 

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New separate speedo castings.

 

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Ahhh, that's the outcome of what I watched you fettling at Reading, very nice.....suffice to say that all of those tweaks really take the model (even though not perhaps directly noticeable at first) into another league. Superb!

 

ATVB

 

CME

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I have done the Heljan 33 upgrade and am still faffing about slowly doing upgrades to 3 Heljan peaks which will all need weathering when finished. So I had a break this afternoon and put this transformer together from Andy Duncan. Will make a nice but heavy load when painted.

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If it were a new transformer, then most likely the porcelain insulators would be in a separate crate, and possibly the breathers capped off, and header tank a separate item, to be assembled on site.

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Hi Brian,

Nice work on the class 33. is it possible to get the extra detail bits from  JLTRT or were the bogie pipes etc from your spares box?

 

Really like 45137 I think that and 45111 were the last to carry their nameplates. 

 

Cheers Peter.

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is it possible to get the extra detail bits from  JLTRT?

 

 

I asked them about spare parts at the Reading show and they said just drop them an e mail and they would see what sprues are involved and quote.

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I asked them about spare parts at the Reading show and they said just drop them an e mail and they would see what sprues are involved and quote.

Thanks, I need to order their Air tank kit for my class 26 so will ask them when I do that.

 

Cheers Peter.

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Thought it was about time I finished this POW Sides milk tanker. Had to do a little addition to the bottom of the access ladders as they are mounted slightly outside of the solebars so they pass over the diagonal support rods. The tank is to be painted white with an orange lower third as per St Ivel so this needs painting and masking before instalation. It does, only just, slip into place between the steps.

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