Modifying a Hornby (ex Lima) Bogie Presflo

[Darius43]

Latest project: to hopefully improve the Hornby/Lima JCA bogie presflo wagon.

 

 

 

The modifications will comprise:-

- Adding the rounded supports to the ends of each tank.

- Relocating the tank pipework to more prototypically correct positions.

- Removing the tank grab handles.

- Re-profiling the tank top walkways.

- Filling and sanding the holes in the tanks caused by the above removals.

- Repainting the tanks - white part only.

- Making and applying new C+G decals.

- Replacing the bogies with Stenson Models bogies.

- Reducing the awful bogie to chassis gap.

 

Most of the above are due to Lima using two standard PCA tanks to form the double tank wagon.  
 

The JCA tanks are asymmetric with respect to the tank depression, i.e. it is not central to the tank, unlike the model.  Correcting the model tank symmetry is too much like hard work (for me) so I am afraid that I will be leaving them symmetrical.

 

Cheers

 

Darius

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

If you can contain yourself for a while, there will be an upgrade kit for these wagons available soon.

 

Mike.

[Darius43]

23 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

If you can contain yourself for a while, there will be an upgrade kit for these wagons available soon.

 

Mike.

Hi Mike,

 

That’s great - usually you find out about these things after doing the conversion work.

 

How much self-containment are we talking about?
 

Cheers

 

Darius

[Darius43]

Since I already have purchased the Stenson bogies and have a plan of attack I will continue apace - if only to accelerate the issue of the upgrade set.

 

Cheers

 

Darius