Backdating a Class 37 and 33

[Matador]

I have a ViTrains Class 37/7 can it be backdated to as say late 50,s early 60,s period being out of British Modelling for too long was not aware of what I had bought. Also I have bought a Heljan Class 33/2 without head;ights can the same be done to it

DC Snr

A Brit in the USA

[Flood]

I suppose that the answer strictly speaking is yes - you could backdate a 37/7 but the work involved would be immense. Replacing the grilles either side of the nose, possibly having to add headcode boxes, possible need for a boiler exhaust, adding the valance around the buffers... Seriously, it would be easier to sell the 37/7 and buy another model.

 

The 33/2 on the other hand should be ok. Mind you, I don't recall the 33/2s straying off the Southern very much until the late 1980s.

[SRman]

I'd go one further than that, Flood, and I'd say that 33/2s did not stray far from the Hastings line and South Eastern Division lines until after the 1986 Hastings line electrification and tunnel single-tracking scheme was opened for traffic.