RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Barry O said: I try to make it correct.. as in the sides should not be stuck outside of the roof line Mike I take it you dont bother? Darius and I seem not to be the sort of coachbuilders you should be associating with! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 11:07, Darius43 said: Painting completed and ready for lining and numbering. Cheers Darius Great paint job, what paint type/ colour did you use please, is it red direct on a grey primer coat, or did you do a red undercoat as well? Trying to figure out a way to match Mainline/ Bachman red so repainted coaches match. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 12, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, DavidCBroad said: Great paint job, what paint type/ colour did you use please, is it red direct on a grey primer coat, or did you do a red undercoat as well? Trying to figure out a way to match Mainline/ Bachman red so repainted coaches match. Hi David, I used Phoenix paints BR Maroon (Dull) enamel, as opposed to an LMS red, thinned for airbrushing. I used white primer over the initial grey etching primer on the coach sides as grey tends to “darken” red/yellow/blue paint applications. I applied two coats of Klear acrylic varnish (aka Pledge floor polish) to the sides before applying the lining and decals. Cheers Darius Edited March 12, 2021 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 27, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2023 Pictures restored - hopefully not to the botherment of BarryO. Cheers Darius 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2023 Agree with Barry O. Takes a bit more time, but cutting away the whole top of the donor coach side (leave a strip along the bottom but file it down the same turn-under shape), filing down the ends' edges a tad and fitting a strip of Plastistrut on the underside of the Roof Cantrail, about 0.5mm in, gives you an overlap of the Cantrail when the new Brass side is stuck on and sits 'under' the Cantrail. Bit of a faff but looks a hell of a lot better. However, do what suits you best. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 5, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) There is a limit to how much you can hack these coaches to bits without them falling apart completely. A simpler solution might be to widen the roof cantrail using micro strip so that it just extends beyond the brass side. Cheers Darius Edited March 6, 2023 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgj Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 I used microstrip to form the cantrail on my similar conversion. The only trouble with this conversion is that the BG is too narrow for this coach. Should it not be the same width as other LMS passenger stock? The Comet Stove R I built is too wide and should be the width of the BG! Put me right if I am wrong. Dave 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Looks amazing. I have now assembled most of the bits to produce an LMS restaurant triplet, using a Mainline BG and three Replica TTO bodyshells for the two open coaches. I am interested in the use you made of the Olfa cutter; I will try to find one before I get started. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Are you the chap who did the Buffet the was recorded in an article on BRM? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 15/03/2023 at 22:38, davidw said: Are you the chap who did the Buffet the was recorded in an article on BRM? Yes, it was I. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Thanks for your advice Darius. I have finally started work on mine, along with its companion TO. The RFO is still lurking in its component parts, but hopefully getting this far means that I will stop procrastinating and get my triplet set built, just in time for Hornby to bring out a version from their Coronation Scot tooling… The door hoods will be added separately in future! Paul 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2023 19 minutes ago, exet1095 said: Thanks for your advice Darius. I have finally started work on mine, along with its companion TO. The RFO is still lurking in its component parts, but hopefully getting this far means that I will stop procrastinating and get my triplet set built, just in time for Hornby to bring out a version from their Coronation Scot tooling… The door hoods will be added separately in future! Paul Hi Paul I have the reverse situation, my RSO (layout set post '56) is still in component parts. Here are my "I have started so I might finish" models. Kitchen car, kitchen side. Kitchen car corridor side 65ft RFO . Cut and shuts from railroad/old Hornby LMS coaches 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 RFO bodyshell assembled. The roof join was a pig, which is why I was procrastinating in the first place. I need to build an underframe too, although I do have an interior! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 The triplet has now had the bodies painted with Halford’s aerosols and the roofs done with an old tinlet of Humbrol from the 1980s. The black bits, touching up, lining and glazing and the interiors to do, all before going back to work on Monday! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Further progress, but please excuse the mess behind. All three of the triplets have been painted and lined. Made up numbers applied (what were on the sheet…) and varnished. Tidying up to do, along with door and grab handles, before glazing and assembly. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Edited August 5, 2023 by exet1095 Text vanished - I’ll try editing it again. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Apologies, the text for the three images above vanished… Whilst building the triplet, I dug out an old Airfix LMS composite which I bought for a song at Scaleforum some years ago. It had Comet sides in the box, and the body had been butchered in preparation for an assembly which never happened. It had Bachmann LMS bogies, with couplings and end stretchers removed; and P4 wheels jammed in. The lack of couplings was an issue, and having failed to bodge a CCU under the chassis, I bent a piece of scrap etch up, drilled the Roco CCU and a Hornby coupling, and soldered it all together with a Triang track pin as a rivit. It seems pretty solid… Just the last bits of detail to add, the roof to fix on, and then I have something to match the triplet… Finally, Darius, I hope you don’t mind me hijacking your thread in this way! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 The Kitchen Car glazed and assembled. Door and grab handles still to be added, and the paint needs to be tidied. Glazing from John Lewis packaging, Avery labels to white out the kitchen and corridor windows, with micropore for the staff lavatory window. Percy’s not sure what he is expected to do next… 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 The RFO has now been glazed, with sniper tape curtains and a Replica Mk1 FO interior cut and shut to fit. Again, tidying and handles to be added. The RTO still awaits an interior and glazing. Nothing here to hand so it might be a few days (hopefully, not years!). Again, thanks for the inspiration. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 The RTO has been glazed and an interior cut and shut from the moulding from a Replica TSO. Just the handles and a bit of paintwork tidying to do. Trouble is, I need some more matching Stanier stock now. The next project is a cut and shut of an old Mainline 57’ CK with a section of matching BTK side inserted to make a Period I TK. If I remember to take pictures I will start a thread, but thanks again to Darius for the inspiration. Paul 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2023 Those coaches look really good, you must be pleased with them. Modifying RTR coaches with brass sides is good fun and opens up a wide variety of rolling stock. Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Those coaches look really good, you must be pleased with them. Modifying RTR coaches with brass sides is good fun and opens up a wide variety of rolling stock. Cheers Darius Thanks Darius, your kind words are much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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