billywhizz

Is there now a fix available for the flange squeal not working and the loco not moving away until speed step 8 when the sound is on? 

Hi @Flood when is Aberdeen Kirkhill next out at an exhibition ? 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Hi @young37215 I did look at using a thin white wash to act as a filter and lighten the blue but after damaging the paint trying to remove the coach numbers, I thought I might as well have a go at a complete repaint. 
Thanks for clarification on the step. Some photos show 2 steps, some are 3 steps. I will remove it before priming hopefully later today. 

Hi Nick. Why did you have to remove the point?

Looks great @SC55015

A little progress here as well this evening. Following advice from @SC55015 the hand rail at the guards end and periscopes have been removed from the bodyshell  (thankfully managed not to destroy the roof ribs)

Seating bay cut out using a razor saw for the vertical cuts and piercing saw for the horizontal cut. New floor cut from 1mm styrene (25mm x 31mm) 

hopefully get some primer on the body tomorrow and complete building up the buffet area. 

19 minutes ago, SC55015 said:

Associated with the footsteps is the handrail on the brake end of the roof which allowed staff to haul themselves from the footsteps onto the roof, this was often removed too. It was only fitted at that end as the water pipes served the purpose at the other end.

And the two periscopes above the van were also removed long before the BSOT era.

That is great info, thanks. I will remove the periscopes and hand rail at the van end as well. 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Made a start on my my BSO(T) conversion. Reduced the coach to its component parts. The shade of blue Hornby use is way too dark and I’ve never been happy when Hornby coaches are next to other manufacturers locos or coaches so decided to try a full repaint. The body went into the IPA bath for 24hours which stripped off the factory paint. Next job will be to remove the end footsteps off the body, a scrub with cheap kitchen cleaner, then a couple of coats of Tamiya white surface primer. 

The BSO(T) is looking great Rob! Just about to start my conversion so will post some progress photos on on the other thread (once there is some progress) 

The wife ordered the SDEG 37/0 book last night as soon as she saw the email. From memory there will be a 37/4 book, possibly the next one to be released. 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Hi Rob. If it helps, this is the work I did on a Airfix MK2D interior to convert it to a TSO(T) 

Maybe worth trying Peters Spares for replacement Commonwealth bogies?

hoping to make a start on my BSO(T) conversions soon. 

Cheers

Bill. 

Great progress! The flowing curves at either end look particularly nice.  Accurascale locos are not the best for finding dead spots in track work. The stay alive function is far too good! 
 

5 hours ago, young37215 said:

 

There was some discussion regarding BSOT's on page 56 of this thread as @billywhizz notes above, this includes Flickr links to relevant pictures as well as other threads. The Parkin book drawings of the BSOT conversion are helpful and there is a real life example on the GWSR where 9000 still trundles around in largely as converted condition. I have always seen the technical aspects of the job as cutting out the relevant seat bays and inserting a plasticard floor with a counter in their place. The window behind the trolley bay needs blanking off and I don't doubt it will be more challenging than my simple approach but if you have got time on your hands....

 

A rest from 7D13, 37/20 combo on the up sleeper arriving at Crianlarich instead. 

 

 

 

 

 

I converted a MK2d TSO to a TSO(T) for one of my Push Pull rakes and did exactly as you described Rob for the interior conversion, cut the seating bays out, made a false floor and added a representation of a serving counter and partition. An enjoyable and straightforward little project. The Railtec buffet transfer sheet is really useful for running numbers, red buffet stripe etc. 

Just reading about current draw further back up the page. I found you can have the current amp draw on the display on a NCE Powercab. I was pleasantly surprised how low the amps were when running sound locos. You can also tell when an Accurascale  stay alive has fully charged when initially putting the loco on the track as the amp reading will drop from 0.3 to 0.1A 

Cheers. 
Bill. 

I’ve a couple of BSO squirrelled away with a view to converting to BSO(T) There are a couple of threads on here and some very useful posts earlier in this thread. From what I understand, there is quite a lot of variation so not all conversions were the same. I need to get a copy of the HMRS MK1 coach book which I’m led to believe details the conversions well. 
Ive never been happy when the shade of BR Blue used by Hornby (way too dark IMO) and the printed numbers are a pain to remove without damaging the paint below (as I have already found out by experience) I will probably respray the bodies when I get round to converting mine. 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Hi Rob. Thanks for sharing the updated acceleration CV setting. That looks and sounds better with some thrash at a lower speed step. A lot more like a WHL 37!! 

Finally got chance tonight to unbox 043 and onto the rolling road for running in. My initial trio of Accurascale 37’s is complete! 

Silly question time. What shade blue would have used on the steps, frame and fascia boards? Standard BR blue? 
Regards, 

Bill. 

Took a trip up to Chester yesterday. Great to catch up with Fran and the team. Finally met Richard at last too. Found that the crowd thinned out later in the day so was able to get a good look at Making Tracks 3 along with the Accurascale goodies running on it. Although not my era, the Caledonian sleeper rake with the 92 is very impressive!! 
looking forward to seeing all of the Making Tracks projects joined to form 1 layout in October. From what Pete Waterman was saying, there is a lot of work to do!

Cheers.

Bill. 

Looks (and sounds) great!! 

15 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

Bill

I changed acceleration cv3 to 70 initially but after running it on a friends layout I’ve increased that to 120 as it still took off too fast for my liking. It’s a matter of taste to some extent but 70 synchs it ok with moving off, anything higher is more about how you like locos to react to the throttle. 

Thanks Paul. I am a complete DCC numpty when it comes to CV’s etc. Not happy with how the 2 37’s I have fitted with Accurascale chips react to the throttle. Factory sound fitted 37043 arrived this week so will be interesting to see what difference there is to my 1st 2 locos. Just need to find some time to have a tinker with them!! 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Hi Paul. Just catching up with your thread. The end plates look great. I like the alignment idea. Out of interest, which CV No did you change from 40 to 70 on your Accurascale 37?

Cheers. 
Bill. 

Hi. Thanks for the recent replies and info. I did look at the Pop Up Designs kit which I think were on a Preservation stand? at Model Rail Scotland earlier in the year (Was in the far corner of the hall) I wasn’t keen on the large tabs and thought there is a fair amount of work to get the kit to what I want it to be. 
Cheers. 
Bill. 

Was going to make the trip to Chester later in the month. Looking at booking the day off work and going on Friday instead. Be good to catch up with Accurascale team and see Making Tracks III. Couldn’t get near Making Tracks II at Milton Keynes last year. 

Dispatch email recieved, all being well 043 should be here tomorrow and I’m working from home!! 

Hi @Accurascale @McC has dispatching now been completed for the Large Logo Class 37’s? 

9 hours ago, 55020 said:

I'm still waiting for notification of my sound fitted 37043 being dispatched by AS.  This is more stressfull than waiting for my better half to give birth (just don't tell her that 🤣). 

 

 

Steve

You are not alone. Inbox being checked several times a day for the dispatch email!!