RSS Fetcher Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The latest 'work-in-progress', well, more completion of outstanding works really is this LNER open. A fairly standard LNER vehicle, derived, I think from a GNR design with a wooden underframe and AVB. In this case - since dad built one years ago - I adapted it with steel channel ends following a David Larkin photo. I'm not sure whether I'll follow the photo and finish it in engineer's olive green or as a traffic vehicle in bauxite. All irrelevant until it gets a bit warmer in any case... http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4402/absopen.jpg For those interested, this shows the AVB as modelled, mostly as ABS intended, but with all the linkages and so on added in wire. Although the wheels are trapped in I don't see that as too much of a problem since whitemetal hasn't got a lot of flex in any case! For plastic kits you might want to model these safety loops prototypically, but this is a real fiddle, for no real benefit in terms of appearance. http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7026/lneopenupload.jpg Note the 5 thou' plastic capping irons and their associated clips, a more or less universal feature on wooden bodies by BR days. Adam View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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