RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 8 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8 Roof details added to the second DMBSO. Cheers Darius 16 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 10 Face on. Cheers Darius 17 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted February 11 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11 Primer on. Cheers Darius 17 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted February 11 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11 Chassis constructed and fitted. Cheers Darius 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted February 12 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 12 (edited) Ready for painting 😀 Cheers Darius Edited February 12 by Darius43 22 3 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Fair Oak Junction Posted February 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12 Now that's a wonderful sight, can't wait to see it finished! 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 All I can say is COR! That really captures the look of a Nelson now if you could get the front corridor connector to swing…….. Keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 What I should have said was. COR you need to take a RESt so that one you have painted the GRIddle you can then BUFf it up. Keith off to get my hat and coat…… 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted February 12 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 12 Painting completed. Cheers Darius 27 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12 Bloody nora, I blinked and missed that! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Likewise! A time and motion study on Darius's methods would be very enlightening, but I suspect whoever conducted it would also have to go without sleep, food and PNBs ! 😉 The Class 109 DMU which started the rush already seems a long time ago........ except that it wasn't!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 very nice work, always impressive to see someone actually finish an MTK kit, all the more so when you look at the finished model and cant tell its MTK! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 9 minutes ago, The Fatadder said: very nice work, always impressive to see someone actually finish an MTK kit, all the more so when you look at the finished model and cant tell its MTK! You can tell, lots of giveaways, like 1 piece body and those poor castings. But it looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, MJI said: You can tell, lots of giveaways, like 1 piece body and those poor castings. But it looks good. I don't think even Darius is blind to it's shortcomings, but as a piece of layout stock it passes muster, he's presumably not building them to win awards for prototypical accuracy, but gets my award for perseverance in the face of many obstacles! Mike. 4 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 13 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 25 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I don't think even Darius is blind to it's shortcomings, but as a piece of layout stock it passes muster, he's presumably not building them to win awards for prototypical accuracy, but gets my award for perseverance in the face of many obstacles! Mike. Thanks Mike. I am, indeed, building these kits for the fun of it all 😀 Hard to believe, I know. Cheers Darius 2 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 Undoubtedly the finest - maybe the only? - 4mm Cor/Buf/Gri/Res I’ve seen. Once or twice a year Mum would take me to London on one in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. They had an interior ambience unmatched in later builds, although I was fond of the prototype CEPs & BEPs, with all their woodwork, and the buffet car on 7001 (S69000) especially. I think 4-car EMUs remain a difficult area for RTR manufacture, so do not expect Darius's efforts to be usurped any time soon. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Fair Oak Junction Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Undoubtedly the finest - maybe the only? - 4mm Cor/Buf/Gri/Res I’ve seen. Once or twice a year Mum would take me to London on one in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. They had an interior ambience unmatched in later builds, although I was fond of the prototype CEPs & BEPs, with all their woodwork, and the buffet car on 7001 (S69000) especially. I think 4-car EMUs remain a difficult area for RTR manufacture, so do not expect Darius's efforts to be usurped any time soon. Silver Fox do RTR 4-CORs on their website, and sometimes have the BUF/GRI/RES appear on their eBay shop. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 13 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 13 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Undoubtedly the finest - maybe the only? - 4mm Cor/Buf/Gri/Res I’ve seen. Once or twice a year Mum would take me to London on one in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. They had an interior ambience unmatched in later builds, although I was fond of the prototype CEPs & BEPs, with all their woodwork, and the buffet car on 7001 (S69000) especially. I think 4-car EMUs remain a difficult area for RTR manufacture, so do not expect Darius's efforts to be usurped any time soon. Thank’s Ian, but the late Colin Park’s scratch built 4mm 4-COR is, to me, the finest model of this prototype. It, and his other work, is truly inspirational. Cheers Darius 3 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Geep7 Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 I think the best 4mm 4-Cor I've seen, would be the late Colin Park's scratch-build that he documented on here a few years back. His 4-Cig was just as good as well, and from some angles, you'd be forgiven (the same with the 4-Cor) for thinking that it was the real thing. A pity that a lot of the photos were lost in the great RMWeb DB crash.... However, that's not to take away from Darius's fantastic model, considering the starting point. It looks like a 4-Cor family unit to me, although I'm not old enough to have seen a real one in service. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Thanks Mike. I am, indeed, building these kits for the fun of it all 😀 Hard to believe, I know. Cheers Darius I find them interesting, and good to see them completed. MTK castings are pretty shocking so a good result is not easy. But you do need a 4 COR now. And to run them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I don't think even Darius is blind to it's shortcomings, but as a piece of layout stock it passes muster, he's presumably not building them to win awards for prototypical accuracy, but gets my award for perseverance in the face of many obstacles! Mike. It will be fine on a layout, but so few MTK have been built, also rare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 13 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 Stripy bits painted. Cheers Darius 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Thanks Mike. I am, indeed, building these kits for the fun of it all 😀 Hard to believe, I know. Cheers Darius Fun, isn't that what this hobby should be. "Oh, please mister Just leave me alone I'm only Lookin' for fun Lookin' for fun F, U, N" The Clash The only trouble with using the MTK ends the gangway connector is a solid lump, where as on the real things they danced about in front of the rest of the train to their own beat. 🙂 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13 59 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Fun, isn't that what this hobby should be. "Oh, please mister Just leave me alone I'm only Lookin' for fun Lookin' for fun F, U, N" The Clash The only trouble with using the MTK ends the gangway connector is a solid lump, where as on the real things they danced about in front of the rest of the train to their own beat. 🙂 Didn't Colin investigate motorising the gangways? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 13 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: Fun, isn't that what this hobby should be. "Oh, please mister Just leave me alone I'm only Lookin' for fun Lookin' for fun F, U, N" The Clash . 🙂 I been running Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Runnin' Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday What have I done? What have I done? Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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