roger the bodger Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 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 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted June 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2020 Hi, First, welcome to the craziness that is RMWeb. I saw this on the website, but it looks so much better in your built example. Nice job on the chevrons, too. Regards, Alex. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 6 hours ago, roger the bodger said: 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 Not bad. Looks rather nice. Me, I am taking one of their kits and making it a freelance toy-like mainline diesel locomotive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dickerson Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Is that a modified version of their Fowler-like centre-cab shunter I spy in the background? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger the bodger Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Hi Mark , yes it is , see my 2nd post for a write up and more photo's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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