Jon Fitness Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) I soldered the mudguard edge to the main 'guard with a very generous fillet of solder, leaving some of the waste etch in position to help support the profile during filing to shape. After a good session with files/wet and dry and the scratchbrush I got the profile I wanted. I snipped off the waste etch and finished the corners off I had a good stare at my collection of Bolton PD2 pics before soldering the finished mudguard in position Next up, I wasn't happy with how the radiator fitted to the front; it's meant to be recessed a bit so it was out with the snips/files etc and create a recess for the rad to sit in. Cutting out the area where the rad fits made it very flimsy around the base of the windscreen so a backing was added about 1mm deep using some scrap etch and 1mm strip within the cab front area. Nice and strong now although it looks a bit ragged but it will tidy up with a few passes with a burr in the minidrill. Now it's starting to get it's "face"! I'll keep the radiator loose until the bus is painted and fix it on last. Keeps the painting process a little easier! Now I know where the radiator will sit I can fix the bonnet in (oops, forgot to phot where the top and bottom rad hoses fit, sorry Martyn!!) Hopefully I can start to suss out how to do the nearside mudguard tonight! More soon JF Edited August 18, 2014 by Jon Fitness 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) The nearside mudguard on a PD is quite a curvacious one, forming the shape of which I know I will struggle to get anywhere near! Typical PD front mudguard..... The parts supplied to make it in the kit produce a rather plain arch with a bit of a fillet on the radiator side. I made this up the same way as the offside except for where the fillet is. I added some 1.5mm brass rod under the joint to give me something to file into to get a radius. To achieve a slightly rounder profile I first filed the outer edge to round it off. I then superglued a strip of 40thou' plasticard over the main mudguard top section and filled the edges with green squadran putty. After letting it dry on a radiator for a few hours I then tried to smooth over the whole mess thing with some wet/dry paper and this is what I ended up with. It's a little nearer to the right shape and once fitted to the bus I'll be able to see if it'll pass muster!....hope it's quiet at work tonight! More soon JF Edited August 20, 2014 by Jon Fitness 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Words coming soon! P1070748 (800x600).jpgP1070749 (800x600).jpgP1070750 (800x600).jpgP1070751 (800x600).jpgP1070752 (800x600).jpgP1070753 (800x600).jpg Not blue ones I hope!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Not blue ones I hope!!!! Nah! I can only post pics from my home computer (works pooter won't let me ) and I ran out of time before coming out to work on a night shift. Now I'm at work I can use the work's pooter to edit the post to add the words (once I'm on my break of course!) JF Edited August 20, 2014 by Jon Fitness 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 I've now had a go at weathering the class 24. Not sure I've cracked it yet. There's a bit more work required on the roof before I'll be anything like happy with it. It'll do for now anyway as I need to get a bus finished... Time for one of these now Cheers JF 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Looks pretty good to me John...., it usually just needs a little restraint.... and consideration. Try it with the weathering too... Regards Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Digital Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I've now had a go at weathering the class 24. Not sure I've cracked it yet. There's a bit more work required on the roof before I'll be anything like happy with it. P1070835 (1024x768).jpgP1070836 (1024x768).jpgP1070838 (1024x768).jpgP1070839 (1024x768).jpg It'll do for now anyway as I need to get a bus finished... Cheers JF Looking very nice Jon. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Excellent reproduction of the glass and beer. Looks like you could drink it. Scale ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Very nice weathering on the Class 24 Jon, looks superb. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Excellent reproduction of the glass and beer. Looks like you could drink it. Scale ? Thanks, I've gone for the vintage 1940's era using a 2 part kit consisting of contemporary bottle contents and 1940's glass from C. Arbute-Sayl. It's of an indeterminate scale (no markings on the casting) but I fully intend to build a full rake of them over the next few days Cheers JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Very effective method which possibly could have knock on effects on body and mind. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) Took my 24 for a blast round the layout today. On the flat it will start just about anything with careful driving but the inclines up to the termini are a bit steep so this parcel train is about as heavy as I dare.... http://youtu.be/VbkYa-Hyxao (Not sure why it won't embed properly....) More soonJF Edited August 31, 2014 by Jon Fitness 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Tonight was bus night. Got the mudguard fitted and sat it on it's wheels to check it was straight. Because I've messed around with the body a bit I haven't got it quite as straight as I should have and the chassis needed a bit of abuse to get the wheels to line up properly and to level it up as well. Seems OK now. The roof is just plonked on and is another item that will need quite a lot of preparation before it's ready to fit. Looking more PD2ish by the day though! More soon JF 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Looks great Jon - Very nice. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 After a very odd start to the day (long story) I did a few more jobs on the PD2. Blended the rear dome and rear part of the body together with filler and lots of filing/sanding/scraping etc. Fitted the headlights and prepared the sidelights for fitting. Lengthened the roof casting by about 1.5mm to get it somewhere like lining up, soldered the nut rings to the front wheels, made and fitted an engine lube oil reservoir (a Bolton peculiarity, fitted behind the front mudguard against the bulkhead), fitted some indicators and a couple of handrails. There's still loads of jobs to do on it but I think the chassis unit/wheels, body and roof are about ready for some paint now. More soon JF 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've started getting some paint on the PD2 now. As I've chosen the most awkward option of the 3 Bolton Transport liveries, there's going to be quite a lot of masking off to do and waiting for paint to dry between stages! The most difficult bit will be spraying maroon into the platform area without it getting where it ain't wanted. This is roughly the livery I want to arrive at but without the horrible painted radiator. More soon hopefully JF 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Along with all the other minor cock-ups I've made, I forgot to check whether the emergency window upstairs at the back would fit in the recess it was designed for. You sort of presume these things . Even after trimming it as small as I dared it wouldn't fit in so I cobbled one up from 10 thou' plasticard. As it will be cream/ivory I made it from white. A bit of tidying up and it should be ok. I've done my usual trick with the cast headlamps which is drill a 1mm hole fairly deep into the bowl then a larger drill just deep enough to create a dish shape. This will have a blob of 5 min epoxy dripped in and allowed to settle to create a glassy "lens" effect with the smaller hole looking like a bulb. Worked for most of my 4mm buses so should be OK in 7mm. With the main basic colours on I can now get on with the glazing. I've already glazed the destination apertures and the actual blinds I'll print up on the computer. Hopefully, if I can still get in once the seats are in I'll do a selection and then I can swap the blinds around to vary the routes, holding them in with a bit of blue tack. Once the cab glazing is done I'll be detailing that as best as access will allow! More soon JF Edited September 13, 2014 by Jon Fitness 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 It is coming on nicely. Are you going to paint the beading maroon too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 It is coming on nicely. Are you going to paint the beading maroon too? Thanks Pete. Yes the beading will be "marooned" using my trusty home-made lining pen if I can still get it to work (ground down hypo needle soldered to a bit of brass, total cost 38p 14 years ago!). It will probably be one of the last jobs as there is till a lot of "handling" needed and I'd only damage it if I did it now. JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Work trundles on steadily with the PD2. I have totally glazed the vehicle now using 10 thou' clear styrene rather than the material supplied. The reason for this to make it a little easier to construct the representation of window vents from plasticard but that's a future job! With the cab glazed I could now fit the interior. Due mostly to my lack of forward planning it's a right old job to fit the cab out. I almost decided to take a cutting disc to the mudguard to make life easier but decided I would probably end up making a mess of it so I just fitted what I could. Here's the cab and controls. I also made a couple of switch boxes from plasticard and stuck them in first then it was slide/twist/poke/prod/swear/get it almost right/glue it in and hope for the best. Before I fitted it I stuck in a representation of the license discs and a depot allocation plate (B=Bridgeman Street) but the discs came adrift and disappeared! More soon JF 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Next up was the destination blinds. These were sized up and printed using UKnumberplate font on MS Publisher, printed onto plain paper and stuck to 10 thou black plasticard. They were then cut into slips that could be placed behind the apertures and retained with a bit of blue-tac.. The front ones are swappable using tweezers, the rear ones possibly but the side one would be trapped in by the seats so I just put a BOLTON there which sort of covers all. The yellow/black letters are depot allocation plates which were bolted to the cab by the N/S window. Bolton had 3 depots; A is Shifnall Street, B is Bridgeman Street and C is Crook Street. (All of which have now gone!) Next jobs were:- Upstairs seats and modesty panel Handrail across front window Side lights Radiator and registration numbers Get the chassis under it (still a few alignment issues!) So here's where we are up to today... Not looking too shabby! Next jobs will be Window vents final painting and detailing. Paint mudguards black Paint rear platform and add pole Mirrors/wiper Maroon beading, Paint indicators and rear lights dog rails etc etc etc (there's probably loads of things I haven't thought of yet!) Then it will be time to work out how to get some transfers made up. Me and Crafty Computer paper simply no longer get on so I may ask one of the smaller transfer companies to do a proper job for me. More soon JF Edited September 17, 2014 by Jon Fitness 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Jon, I was wondering what you were going to do about Bolton Corporation crests. As an exiled Boltonian I've really enjoyed following your thread, many happy memories of riding PD2's on the 34 route to school (and even happier ones going home!). I fancy building a model of the Bolton gasworks Sentinel loco 'Gradwell' which had the Corp'n crest on the cab sides but wasn't sure if the transfers were available. Didn't Corgi or someone do a Bolton bus with the correct crest a few years back or am I imagining it? I guess it was 1:50 not 1:43 though. Thanks for the thread. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Ray, Nice to hear from a former Boltonian! I think the only Bolton buses done by Corgi/EFE were 1:76 (and only in the early livery with a poor approximation of the fleetname/crest).I have a selection of scrap panels from my own full size Bolton bus with fleetnames/crest on so I'll probably photograph them and get some transfers made up. I'd like to see the Sentinel though! Cheers JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes, you're correct ,I was wrong about the scale. Whilst looking around for the model I found an image of the crest on Flickr that might be useful. The gasworks Sentinel later went to the Whittingham Mental Hospital Rly and I rode behind it there shortly before closure (and scrapping). Meteor Models do a kit in 7mm but there are some serious errors in it so I'm waiting to see if RT models do a 7mm version of their excellent 4mm scale kit. Anyway I've taken your thread way "off topic" now so, cheers. Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Spoons Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hi Jon, Back from our hols, and real life has gotten in the way of my modelling; a new car bought, and planning decorating too.... Looks like my L3 trolley project will not be happening immediately, but I'm glad I dropped by today and caught up on your progress! Your bus is coming on very nicely and likewise the Class 24 weathering; You have certainly captured the shape and 'Leylandness' of the bus and I think I might get myself the Cornell London HR/2 1/43 brass tram kit, now the burns have healed from my Terry Russell E/1 build, and the emotional scars I inflicted on Mrs. Spoons during my trolleybus build are mending nicely - unlike the red paint spots on the kitchen surfaces...... Looking forward to seeing the bus completed and 'fully dressed' Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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