markyb208 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hi All, Has anyone detailed one of these locos please and if so how did you do it and what did you use? I am an EM gauge modeller so the loco chassis and tender drive will be replaced with a High Level chassis kit for the loco and another for the tender. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hi Mark. There's article in November Railway Modeller on upgrading this loco. It is one of my favourites. I did a compensated Perserverance chassis for mine many years ago and that alone transformed the appearance although it didn't do much for tractive effort. I hope you document your High Level chassis build, I'm very impressed with Chris G's stuff. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyb208 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hi John, Thanks very much for the steer. I'm currently working on converting a Manor, but the Dean Goods will be next. I'll let you know how it goes. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Right Mark. I would add another and that is MRJ Compendium 3 where Martin Blackwell builds two Finney kits - good, I think, to compare body detail. As the RM article says, your options are limited to the Mainline, Finney or Ks models. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyb208 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Right Mark. I would add another and that is MRJ Compendium 3 where Martin Blackwell builds two Finney kits - good, I think, to compare body detail. As the RM article says, your options are limited to the Mainline, Finney or Ks models. John It is the body detail I am thinking about. I'm wondering what if anything is needed to be done to improve that. The High Level chassis for loco and tender takes care of those. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbuttler Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Hi Mark, there is a great write up on the Chronicles of Penhydd blog about a new Dean Goods chassis herehttp://thechroniclesofpenhydd.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Chassis%20Construction?m=1 Same chap who had thr article in RM last month. Good luck with it, hope you keep us posted on progress, it's something I'd like to try at some point also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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