Easy Build 121 DMU kit

[RICHARDCHAPMAN]

Well just good morning to all. Im looking for some information/feedback from people who may have built one of the Easy Build 121 units.

Ive seen a few other items built up several years ago but have no knowledge of their quality,finish etc.

 

So....Quality of components.

        Fitting of parts

        Any issues with above that has to be altered.

        Motor bogie....how well does it run.

        If the builder wished to fit marker lights/destination box light any issues in doing so especially using DCC.

 

As most kits people purchase stay unbuilt for some time I just wanted to make sure of the product as a whole before a possible purchase and putting away.

Any help,info or pics would be gratefully received.

thankyou

Richard

 

 

 

 

 

 

[muddys-blues]

Hi Richard, the kits are pretty good & with care and patience make up into a nice model, also if you like doing the little extras like painting the interiors and fine details correctly it pushes the model further up the “that looks nice scale@

 

The only niggle is that Shawn who supplies the kit, uses the same extrusions as his MK1 Coaches, so the body side profile for some of the DMUs is not protypical, they have a curve in the outer profile, where in reality you should only have a curve at the tumblehome and a straight profile on the upper section past the windows, but that said it isn’t really that noticeable, and if it does niggle you too much you could always run a sander over the sidesbefore building it.

 

The biggest boon I find with Easybuild Kits is if you are stuck or have a problem with any of the parts you can always contact Shawn, he is a very helpful Guy and his customer service is tops.

 

Hope this helps ?

 

Best regards

Craig

[RICHARDCHAPMAN]

Hi Richard, the kits are pretty good & with care and patience make up into a nice model, also if you like doing the little extras like painting the interiors and fine details correctly it pushes the model further up the “that looks nice scale@

 

The only niggle is that Shawn who supplies the kit, uses the same extrusions as his MK1 Coaches, so the body side profile for some of the DMUs is not protypical, they have a curve in the outer profile, where in reality you should only have a curve at the tumblehome and a straight profile on the upper section past the windows, but that said it isn’t really that noticeable, and if it does niggle you too much you could always run a sander over the sidesbefore building it.

 

The biggest boon I find with Easybuild Kits is if you are stuck or have a problem with any of the parts you can always contact Shawn, he is a very helpful Guy and his customer service is tops.

 

Hope this helps ?

 

Best regards

Craig

Hi craig. Thankyou for your observations with regards to the kit. If you went down the road of sanding the sides to gain a correct profile.Do you loose any of the door detail etc and thus have to replace or are the doors a separate item.

Do you happen to know anything of the running qualities?

thanks Richard

[muddys-blues]

Hi Richard, the door shut lines are moulder / scribed into the bodyside

 

When you get a new model you have sand the door shut lines to remove the flash, and the instructions say to reactive them after this process, so it wouldn’t matter when you sand down the sides a bit. But have a look at the sides and see if you find the profile noticeable.

 

There are a few EB kit builds on this forum, and some on EB website, they are for other classes of DMU as well, but the build process is the same criteria for most of their models.

 

I have built 3 of their motor bogies and found them all to ok runners and quiet, others have had problems saying they are noisy, and other modellers have found them to be ok as well.

 

Best regards

Craig

[Happy Hippo]

A friend of mine bought a 121 at Kettering last year.

 

It is a great kit for the price.

 

His only niggles were:

 

It is a very noisy motor bogie and it needs a bit of weight and 8 wheel pick up to keep current flowing.

 

He found the resin parts difficult to stick together. (He is a very experienced and able modeller, so it wasn't for lack of knowledge.)

 

The finished unit looks good and runs well, albeit it still a little noisy, although I suspect that is down to the body acting as a sounding box.

 

Some experimentation with some sound deadening foam is called for.