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On 24/02/2020 at 05:58, Hal Nail said:
Does the compensation still work or did you have to sacrifice that?
The suspension bar works fine a you don’t effect that.
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2 hours ago, jcarta said:
James
Looking good.... If you use wood for the flooring, can't you use the original screw fixings from the old chassis?
Jim
Hi jim
unfortunately not as I’d like to fit an interior. The side roll on the etches means that to make the chassis removable it’d have to be rather narrow, once if assemble a full coach I will look at various methods but I’m thinking some form of underside support.
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I had a look at one of the mk2’s today, this actually looks like a decent kit at first viewing. I’m sort of making assembly up as I go along but the method I adopted was cut the coach in half, then Cut out the The part under the cantrail leaving just the ends. I glued plastic strip on the edge on the etch then glued into position. The instructions advise to use wood as the frame but how you get internal access to the coach if you do that is beyond me. So I will utilise part of the triang chassis but in a way that it can be removed. Here’s how far I got this aft. I think scale wheels will give me the correct ride height. Compared to a modified skytrex mk1 it looks to measure up correctly.
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5 hours ago, Hal Nail said:
I've seen plenty of cut and shuts but not the overlays of the later types. Any idea of the provenance just out of interest?
Hi believe it’s s post war Prototype conversion kit. I’d never heard of this kit before but it seems pretty good.
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11 hours ago, 37114 said:
Looks great, where did you get the buffers from please? I bought a kit built one which had roller bearings already so am doing the same conversion.
The buffers were from slaters as used in there kits. I believe you can buy them separately.
Cheers
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55 minutes ago, CME and Bottlewasher said:
I might have some of those left, I'll have crawl about in the loft and have a look - thanks! Good idea/advice BTW!
BTW, did you do ALL the painting on the Class 37 in a week? If so, amazing work! In a spray booth I presume (at this time of year)?
Kind regards,
CME
No worries, glad to help. It was a week To fully do the 37. I painted it in the garage, but it’s heated so doesn’t get too cold. Wasn’t the easiest livery to do my first full
loco paint on!
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17 minutes ago, CME and Bottlewasher said:
Where did you obtain the axleboxes /spring units, please, I could do with similar. Thanks in anticipation.
They are on the parkside Grampus spruce. So had a set spare from a kit.
They are a good fit.
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Jimmy’s workbench
in 7mm+ modelling
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Wheels arrived and we have some completed pca’s