What do you do with your old and broken loco bodies.

[cypherman]

Hi all,

I was sat at my desk and happened to notice the dome from an old Triang M7 that had fallen out of one of my boxes. That got me thinking does any one else here dismantle and cut up old bodies for their component parts. Buffer beams, Chimneys and domes, Cab rooves etc and store them for later use. Or do you keep complete bodies tucked away.

Edited March 23, 2021 by cypherman

[BernardTPM]

Keep them a they are and just take off parts as or if required.

[Phil Bullock]

11 minutes in..... 

[andyman7]

I do try and harvest useful bits but generally clear shells out as complete spares every so often. However, given that one of my abiding memories of the 80s were the Crewe/Derby/Swindon etc scraplines I'm quite keen to model some of this - and not the ridiculous 'I've covered it in rust and called it a scrap loco' but to create something specific using actual photographs

[Steamport Southport]

Depends on what it is. I don't have as much interest in the very old models but still plenty of useful things you can find in bargain bins and eBay.

 

I still look at and will pick up things like Mainline, Airfix, Bachmann, the better Hornby, etc. And Lima diesels/electrics/DMUs are still worth a look.

 

Mostly after the bodies to put better chassis under and detailing. I did have a stage of purposely looking for Hornby Hogwarts Castles as you could pick them up on eBay for about £10. Usually in the toy section rather than the model railway section.

 

They were basically Airfix Castles painted red with a revamped chassis. Sometimes they had a bit of damage or didn't work, but I must have about eight of them in the stash waiting to do something with. Worth it just for the tenders but a couple of them actually worked perfectly. Then Hornby brought out their new Castle.

 

I actually bought another Airfix 14XX body a few weeks ago. It'll get a Comet or High Level chassis and detailing from Mainly Trains. I half expect Rapido to announce one of those next week though....

 

 

 

Jason

[Miss Prism]

Spraying practice.

[Londontram]

I harvest every thing for parts nothing goes to waste even parts like splashers and buffer beams.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Londontram
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[RP82]

6 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

11 minutes in..... 

I've seen pics of chopped up class 31s in SSA scrap wagons from Stockton in Tees yard before. Some class 56s that were cut at Immingham also had a last ride through Barnetby in said wagons at the turn of the century.

[Tim V]

Weathering practice. Old Hornby Dublo bodies are excellent, you can also practice stripping off paint on those.

[locomad2]

Picked up this in a toy fair some years back

 

 

It's going to be a 3/4MT tank

 

 

Yes my coal bunker was once a O2 phone card, usefull source of thick plastic card glues well.

[Phil Bullock]

On 23/03/2021 at 16:47, RP82 said:

I've seen pics of chopped up class 31s in SSA scrap wagons from Stockton in Tees yard before. Some class 56s that were cut at Immingham also had a last ride through Barnetby in said wagons at the turn of the century.

The scrap traffic from Swindon to Sheffield used to come through ... and sometimes recess at .... Gloucester. The locals allegedly liberated items such as a Western cab door....

[Steven B]

Cut off anything that could be of use.

Use what's left for painting/weathering practice

Put what's left on eBay, sit back and watch the eBay madness thread!

 

Steven B.

[Wheatley]

I keep them whole until required. I have enough bits floating around as it is ! There's a semi long term plan for a 'steam for scrap' convoy using all the DJH chassis I couldn't get to quarter or run straight. 

[cypherman]

On 24/03/2021 at 04:03, locomad2 said:

Picked up this in a toy fair some years back

 

 

It's going to be a 3/4MT tank

 

 

Yes my coal bunker was once a O2 phone card, usefull source of thick plastic card glues well.

Looking forwards to seeing the finished loco.