Arun Sharma Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Currently at the stage of design completion with individual components being printed prior to going off to be used as masters for 7mm scale resin cast kit, is a London Transport [Greenline] RF single decker. This is a standard 30ft length production vehicle as opposed to one of the first twenty five built which were rather shorter at 27ft long. It will be in almost as built condition with trafficator "ears" rather than semaphore arms and not one of the late '60s modernised ones with the rather ugly double headlamps. An alternative cab without doors [+ a couple of bench seats] has also be designed so that eventually any crew-served RF used by any of the three main operating areas [Greenline, Country Area & Central Area] can be built from the kit. Enthusiasts will be aware that one-person operated vehicles [with passenger doors] were fitted with a modified offside cab that contained a small emergency door for the driver and were thus subtly different from the standard vehicle. Hence OPO vehicles can't be built straight from this kit. Wheels are white metal and small parts such as driver's cockpit detailing, trafficators and mirrors are lost wax castings. The remaining parts will go off for printing shortly and hopefully the kit will be available from Radley Models sometime in the next three months. As a taster, the cab variant with passenger doors is shown in the att picture. The cab will be on display at the Southampton MRS this coming weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Almost all of the RF coach components are now drawn and printed at 16 micron resolution and just awaiting creation of a suitable moquette and route destination transfer set. A picture of the body and cab together is attached. The slightly rough appearance is due to the first coat of grey primer having being rubbed down and it not yet having had its final coat of primer. The primer/sealing coat is a necessity for CMA as it highlights any areas where the mould may get trapped in a gap. Additionally these cyano-acrylic masters can interfere chemically with the setting of silicon rubbers and thus have to be masked by primer. The other reason of course for the primer is that the material is translucent as printed and therefore become difficult to see if/where any filling or sanding of ridges is required. The kit should be available from Radley Models in a couple of months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 16, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2016 That looks really nice and will certainly be appreciated by 7mm modellers. Really frustrating that buses tend to be 1:50 rather than 1:43. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Thank you for those kind words. I have no idea why 1/50th was chosen for buses and commercial vehicles as 1/43rd [or 2xHO] has been around for a very long time. However that's the way things are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted April 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2016 Excellent news! Growing up in Slough in the 60s and 70s, I regularly travelled on the real thing and have wanted one of these in 7mm scale for a long, long time. Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted December 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2016 Almost all of the RF coach components are now drawn and printed at 16 micron resolution and just awaiting creation of a suitable moquette and route destination transfer set. A picture of the body and cab together is attached. The slightly rough appearance is due to the first coat of grey primer having being rubbed down and it not yet having had its final coat of primer. The primer/sealing coat is a necessity for CMA as it highlights any areas where the mould may get trapped in a gap. Additionally these cyano-acrylic masters can interfere chemically with the setting of silicon rubbers and thus have to be masked by primer. The other reason of course for the primer is that the material is translucent as printed and therefore become difficult to see if/where any filling or sanding of ridges is required. The kit should be available from Radley Models in a couple of months. Any progress on this kit? I have looked, but cannot see it on the Radley Models site? Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Rich - The kit has been out since Telford at least. However Phil Radley's website can be a bit flaky on occasion and probably isn't updated as frequently as it could be. Best to give Phil a ring on 01425-479377 [Ringwood, Hants] or e-mail radspg13@aol.com The kit was described in the last but one Railway Modeller in the Telford review pages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted December 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2016 Rich - The kit has been out since Telford at least. However Phil Radley's website can be a bit flaky on occasion and probably isn't updated as frequently as it could be. Best to give Phil a ring on 01425-479377 [Ringwood, Hants] or e-mail radspg13@aol.com The kit was described in the last but one Railway Modeller in the Telford review pages Thanks for that. I'm looking for 1950s/early 1960s o gauge bus models, so that could be ideal. I'll get in touch with Phil over the next few days and see whats what. If anyone can suggest anything similar 1:43 or 1:48 scale, even die-cast would be fine. There seems to be very little about. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Bird Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Thanks for that. I'm looking for 1950s/early 1960s o gauge bus models, so that could be ideal. I'll get in touch with Phil over the next few days and see whats what. If anyone can suggest anything similar 1:43 or 1:48 scale, even die-cast would be fine. There seems to be very little about. Rich Tomica used to do a 1/43rd scale RT. They turn up on eBay from time to time (often described as Routemasters!). It's a bit crude but might provide a starting point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2016 Tomica used to do a 1/43rd scale RT. They turn up on eBay from time to time (often described as Routemasters!). It's a bit crude but might provide a starting point. Cheers thanks. I'll keep my eyes open. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Tomica did an RM as well, but in H0. I'd have thought both would have been more popular if they were both 1:43. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted December 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2016 Cheers thanks. I'll keep my eyes open. Rich The Ixo hachette 1:43 RT isn't bad and is now joined by a Bedford. Usually examples on e bay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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