Ed-farms Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Another vote for sprinter livery here. I want 2 or 3 easily and they do go quite high on ebay. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 With regards to the replacement bodies for the Strathclyde 156, what arrangements will be made for those like me who aren’t able to swap the bodies themselves? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted November 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2023 I have just had an Email to say the replacement Strathclyde 156 body's are now in stock John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 17:27, jbqfc said: I have just had an Email to say the replacement Strathclyde 156 body's are now in stock John Hi John, Well, that is some good news at last. I shall wait patiently for my email. I have 4 sets (8 body shells) to swap over so keen to get hold of them soon! Later, Stu from NRSW 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 My bodies have turned up sorry just a quick mobile shot the colours are a lot better they have supplied roofs but no glazing John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 The glazing is IIRC a clip fit and has to come to extract chassis, in theory easy enough to refit. The fun thing is the inter car corridor connection moulding that has a hair spring with it! I would take care with extracting the head lamp lightguides, I broke mine when making a royal mail unit! Robert 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 17:27, jbqfc said: I have just had an Email to say the replacement Strathclyde 156 body's are now in stock John Not heard a thing yet or had any delivery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 Hi Gang, After the prompt of a quick email to the Dapol sales address, I am pleased to say that I have now received the replacement 156 bodies. Will be a few days before I can clear the workbench enough to concentrate on the delicate task of changing all the fiddly bits over. I may take the opportunity to re-decal a couple with SPT logos and ScotRail ‘whooshes’ along with a re-number before I assemble them all back together. Thanks to Adam and Rob at Dapol for sorting me out. Regards, Stu from NRSW 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Looks like I’ll need to send a gentle reminder too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Hi Gang, Done two sets of the Strathclyde body swaps. All 4 cars are back together and seem to be running ok with all lights still intact. It is not a job for the faint hearted as some of the items, pick up wires especially, are a tight fit and you need to be careful not to bend the retaining lugs on the floor of the body. The light guides are incredible fiddly to re-fit but achievable. Getting the gangway, complete with hair spring back in place resulted in rescuing it from the floor a couple of times, but nevertheless, it got easier with practice. No real differences in technique between motor car and trailer, except that the seating on the trailer needs to be ‘encouraged’ forward to reseat correctly. The opportunity was also taken to remove excessive grease from the drive train. I’ll do the other two pairs once I have removed the decals ready for renumbering and rebranding as SPT with the whoosh once I find the correct decals. Anyone else done theirs yet?? Later, Stu from NRSW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Sadly my emails regarding this go unanswered. I really hoped it would be a smooth process but it appears not. I’ll try again later in the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 14:11, Stu from EGDL said: Hi Gang, Done two sets of the Strathclyde body swaps. All 4 cars are back together and seem to be running ok with all lights still intact. It is not a job for the faint hearted as some of the items, pick up wires especially, are a tight fit and you need to be careful not to bend the retaining lugs on the floor of the body. The light guides are incredible fiddly to re-fit but achievable. Getting the gangway, complete with hair spring back in place resulted in rescuing it from the floor a couple of times, but nevertheless, it got easier with practice. No real differences in technique between motor car and trailer, except that the seating on the trailer needs to be ‘encouraged’ forward to reseat correctly. The opportunity was also taken to remove excessive grease from the drive train. I’ll do the other two pairs once I have removed the decals ready for renumbering and rebranding as SPT with the whoosh once I find the correct decals. Anyone else done theirs yet?? Later, Stu from NRSW. Started mine. Tried pushing lights out with cocktail stick. Stuck in so tight that the cocktail stick just crushed itself inwards and no lights pushed out. In the end got frustrated and teased the inside with a screwdriver gently and one side of the light unit broke off and a red light snapped also. Also the body and the pick up wires are very tight and so far won't fit. All in all pretty frustrated. Put it down now to renumber a 26 which is far more simple!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 18 hours ago, JBM37404 said: Started mine. Tried pushing lights out with cocktail stick. Stuck in so tight that the cocktail stick just crushed itself inwards and no lights pushed out. In the end got frustrated and teased the inside with a screwdriver gently and one side of the light unit broke off and a red light snapped also. Also the body and the pick up wires are very tight and so far won't fit. All in all pretty frustrated. Put it down now to renumber a 26 which is far more simple!! 2nd car went better, lights came out with cocktail stick. All back together and working again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Bodies arrived this morning, so much better colour representation on these. Massive thanks to Robert for his help with the replacements. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Well, this is not going well. Started with trailer car and it stripped down not too bad, but no matter what I try, it won’t go back together. It’s going back in the tray and I’ll have another go when I have a bit more patience. It’s no wonder I don’t bother much with N gauge these days. Maybe I just don’t have the patience anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) Hi Glencoe; Admittedly, they are a bit of a pig to re-assemble but a bit of perseverance and occasionally having 3 hands helps. It looks like you have cut the chassis wiring and separated all the parts. It can be managed without removing the wires and requires the baseplate and seating to be turned and teased around the body. It may be that you might have sacrificed lighting as the wires are excruciatingly short already and may not be suitable for re-soldering. If you need some assistance in re-assembling, then DM me and I may be able to offer some assistance. Regards; STU from NRSW Edited December 30, 2023 by Stu from EGDL 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Unmotorised car done... Haven't had a chance to test it, but there were a lot of wires getting squished by the body clips. Hardest bit was getting the light guides back in. Spare exhausts would have been nice, as I have no idea how I got it off without breaking it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Motorised car done. Did not go as well as the other one. Light guides breaking all over the place and I eventually just gave up trying to get them back in place, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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