RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2017 Well done. I noticed the kadee couplers between the bogies of the leading motor coach and 1st trailer, good idea as they are less likely to come apart. I would remove the curved dropper bar from the couplers as that will minimise the risk of them catching on points. I had that happen on my 6 car pullman unit I mentioned earlier today. 1 of the couplers mounted at 1 of the cab ends of the unit caught a Y point and derailed the driving coach completely. After that I started removing the dropper bar from all my kadees and have not had anymore derailments. I have already trimmed most of the Kadee coupler drop bars apart from one you see in the photo, which is in the NEM pocket that slots into the Bachman motor bogie and sits a wee bit lower than the other Kadees. The others are in the Kadee "black boxes" and are screw-fixed to the bogies. Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2017 Still an excellent piece of work no matter how the couplers are fitted. Many thanks - I'm really enjoying building this kit Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2017 Driving coach chassis primed and painted satin black. Body shells primed. Some minor filling and clean up required. Cheers Darius 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Coming together very nicely Darius - I'm enjoying this build nearly as much as you are! I'm impressed at how square, straight and level you've made the coaches - having built a fair few DMUs from MTK 4mm and Westdale 7mm kits (the latter effectively being higher quality MTK-style kits) in my time, it's a lot harder than it looks to get the results that you're managing to achieve in double-quick time. Looking forward to the next instalments. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2017 Coming together very nicely Darius - I'm enjoying this build nearly as much as you are! I'm impressed at how square, straight and level you've made the coaches - having built a fair few DMUs from MTK 4mm and Westdale 7mm kits (the latter effectively being higher quality MTK-style kits) in my time, it's a lot harder than it looks to get the results that you're managing to achieve in double-quick time. Looking forward to the next instalments. David Thanks David. The NNK brass bodyshells were supplied individually wrapped in tissue and, most importantly, were not supplied slotted together (like MTK aluminium bodyshells) and so were not distorted. The brass is quite thin and so is easier to fix to the white metal ends. I also did a lot of trial fitting and put marker lines across the joints once I was satisfied with the locations so that the ends could be fixed with the proper alignment. Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
croydon junction Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 why is the chassis block still in the chassis? Isn't the driving vehicle heavy enough on its own? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2017 (edited) why is the chassis block still in the chassis? Isn't the driving vehicle heavy enough on its own?I'm not sure I understand the question. If you mean the gray coloured metal block, that contains the motor that powers the motor bogie and it is required to be fixed to the chassis for the motor bogie to push the train along. Without it the chassis and body shell are not that heavy. Darius Edited May 26, 2017 by Darius43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 27, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2017 This is looking good. Did these units have the same lovely brown and green seating that the 313s and 315s had in the 80's? hmm lovely... https://www.flickr.com/photos/54701885@N03/5950674671/in/faves-84026478@N03/ Excellent picture that brings back memories - and will be used as a guide for the painting of the interiors Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Excellent job with this, thanks for sharing the photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 28, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) Painting started. Cabs first, followed by the rail grey. Left to dry overnight and then masking applied for the rail blue coat. I removed the brass wire "eyebrow" rainstrips above the doors to make masking easier. They will be re-applied after painting. Cheers Darius Edited May 28, 2017 by Darius43 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Another fan of halfords spray cans I see. Would that be Vauxhal mustard yellow for the front? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 28, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) Another fan of halfords spray cans I see. Would that be Vauxhal mustard yellow for the front?Guilty your honour The Rail Grey and Rail Blue are Phoenix enamels thinned and airbrushed, however. Cheers Darius Edited May 28, 2017 by Darius43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 28, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2017 Masking removed. Paint stays on...phew. Cheers Darius 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Wow - you don't hang about. This build just gets better and better! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 28, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2017 Made a start on the "face"... Plan is to leave the paint to dry overnight and then seal it in with Klear before masking and painting the black surrounds to the cab windows tomorrow 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) Face on Cheers Darius Edited May 29, 2017 by Darius43 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 you've done a really good job on that and painting it up brings it to life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Darius Super job there, I bought a Nononsense/MTK Bristol railcar to build (having built a MTK Wagon Basher years ago) from Alistair some years ago. Yesterday I got a Highlevel Pacemaker assembly to drive it. Having an extension built at the moment so everything is packed up at the moment, but your thread gave me the momentum to start the project Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, Darius, that looks very good indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2017 Trailer coach progressing Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2017 you've done a really good job on that and painting it up brings it to life Darius Super job there, I bought a Nononsense/MTK Bristol railcar to build (having built a MTK Wagon Basher years ago) from Alistair some years ago. Yesterday I got a Highlevel Pacemaker assembly to drive it. Having an extension built at the moment so everything is packed up at the moment, but your thread gave me the momentum to start the project Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, Darius, that looks very good indeed. Thanks guys. I'm really happy with how things have turned out so far - this has been a lot smoother to build than the last MTK kit that I built. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Excellent thread , dare I ask what body filler is your weapon of choice ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37038 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 The speed with which you've progressed is astonishing! Will you start searching out more MTK kits now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) Ready for priming Cheers Darius Edited May 29, 2017 by Darius43 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2017 Excellent thread , dare I ask what body filler is your weapon of choice ? Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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