Blog- Lukasz's Modern-ish Blog - A class 37 or a class 37 or umm a class 37?

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Well as the title suggest the class 37 seems to have invaded my workbench with all four of the fleet making there way on to compare them a little. I am totally in favour of Bachmann's offering as I feel it's just nicer. I can't put my finger on it but something about vi trains finish screams toy at me.

I'm not gonna give you a review on the different locos but I've come to the point where all of them are at varying stages and I feel the need to assess work needed on them and work done on them.

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Having recently bought bachmanns old shell 37419 it's obvious that the moulding has come on leaps and bounds although sadly detailing hasn't. The model hasn't got lamp brackets or a MU socket and doesn't have snowploughs either(although the Bachmann ones are wretched and I really ought to get some Heljan 47 ploughs). I've snatched the Mu sockets off of 37428 which at some point will become a mainline liveried loco.

The photos show the difference between old and new 37/4 wise and highlight some problems the old loco faced.

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Also sititng on the workbench is the first of the birthday pressies to be weathered. With it's base coat of thinned white acrylic and a dirty roof with powders the railfreight VAA is looking close to what I want it to look like.

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While on the workbench I set up a little scene with a building that's being built for my layout(more on that later;)) and it's certainly given me a taste of things to come.

Just imagine a cold crisp autumn morning in 2000 and 37057 trundles past the small stabling point with a somewhat large amount of loco power than the usual 08 and odd 37. A line of soon to be stored 37's sit folorn in the morning sunlight as the MOD/stores move passes.

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Lukasz

 

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