Wolf27 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hi All I began this project back in 2007, and was one loco that I have wanted in my collection for a long time. The real 56 042 was always the odd one out in the fleet, due to the experimental CP1 bogies fitted from new, these were early test bogies for the under construction class 58. After several years of not much happening it is finally complete, bar a couple of small jobs. Time wise it wasn't a huge job, just one that went on the back burner for a while. The basis for the model was one of my Mainline models that was looking a bit tired. 56062-02 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr First job was to strip the paint off and modify the cab ends 56042-02 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr 56042-01 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr At the beginning of the project I was unsure of how I was going to power it but in the meantime I had bought a Heljan 58 and found that the chassis was spot on with wheelbase and bogie centre dimensions. Eventually I found a 58 chassis on ebay and set about modifying it to fit the body. This in itself was not as straightfoward as it seemed, due to the fishbelly underframe of the 58.Once I had tapered the chassis block to fit the body, 56042-04 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr and removed a large chunk to allow the cab interiors to be fitted, I had to raise the height of the chassis block so that the fishbelly section did not show below solebar level. To do this I milled out a web of the casting below the hole where the bogie pivots are fitted, see below for the unmodified chassis 56042-05 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr and here for the completed job 56 042 30 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr. You can see by how much I had to raise it, see the gap at the top of the circular pivot. To maintain the correct height, a block of plasticard was glued on the inside of the block, which you can just see the white of through the hole. Part two coming up cheers Shane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf27 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Part two The most signature component of 56 042 was the unique CP1 bogies. While these would appear to be identical to class 58 bogies, a bit of research soon showed that this was not the case at all. My original plan, years ago, was to use Hornby 58 bogies, but using the Mainline 56 motor bogie. Soon turned out that this was a non starter due to the different wheelbase, and the poor running qualities of the Mainline motor. Fast forward several years and the release of the Heljan class 58, hence the use of the Heljan 58 chassis. I could have used the 58 CP3 side frames but, as hinted at earlier, these are significantly different to the CP1 that 56 042 sat on. Time to bite the bullet and scratchbuild the complete sideframes, after all if a jobs worth doing!! I happened to find that someone (Simon BRBlue)had made some 3D renders of the correct profile springing units, to replace the incorrect Heljan parts, and ordered enough to make a set for the CP1's, with their identical coil springs on all three axles. I made a pair of handed sideframes and cast them in resin.The original Mainline buffers were re used, being well detailed and the sandboxes moved forward, to clear the bogies, as per the real loco. 56042 05 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr Things where now moving on, and once I was happy with the castings, fitted them to the bogies, using a similar method the Heljan. The body was prepped and sprayed BR blue and the pipe runs and dampers added to the side frames. 56042 10 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr Front end details were fitted, I reused the Mainline mutiple working gubbins, cutting off the excess plastic, but replaced the right hand socket with a Heljan component, from the 47 sprues.I also made a platicard box to represent the air con unit under the cab, behind the protective grille 56042 13 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr Part three to follow cheers Shane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf27 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Part three Apart from the addition of some new windscreen wipers and new headlights, its all but complete. 56 042 16 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr I may well add a bit more to the back of the sandboxes to thicken them up a bit, buts its as good as complete. Just need to pluck up courage to weather it now! 56 042 24 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr 56 042 23 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr 56 042 28 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr I am really pleased with the end result, anf think it really shows how good the original Mainline tooling was. I could have gone further with the detailing, sich as replacing the bodyside grilles and fans, but to be honest, didn't really think it needed it. Did enough work with the chassis and bogies, and yes I could have used the new Hornby 56 and just made the bogies, but is this what modelling is all about?? cheers Shane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Excellent work Shane! I take it that you've also P4'd it into the bargin. It's certainly something to be proud of and as you say, the old Mainline body is quite definately passable. Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon br blue Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 042 looks good. Glad to see the springs were useful. Have you got any cab steps to add? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Where's the like this a lot button? Good stuff Shane Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cairnsroadworks Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Brilliant stuff Shane, really impressive. Just shows what you can do with a tired old loco! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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