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Hi Steve, I haven’t painted the roofs yet. I’ve got humbrol executive dark grey for the roofs and used humbrol warning yellow for the fronts. I got another two pairs of shoe beams from them this week. No not going to bother with lights, just filled the light holes with humbrol clearfix and I’ve got tamiya clear red I’ll paint onto the clearfix and the headlights I’ll just paint the back of the clearfix with silver. Done the same on my blue 508 and looks ok

Little bit of progress this evening, fitted the etched window frames one of the driving units and the glazing

The kit is from eBay and comes with floors, under frame components, bogie side frames and etched window frames. I’ve bought Hornby class 156 bogies and wheels which I’ll cut the side frames off and glue the 507/508 frames on. I think the kit was around £170

Bit of an update, painted the cab ends this evening. Tomorrow I might have a look at the vinyls and then paint the roof’s. After that it will be glazing and window frames

Did you see my previous two builds? I built the Ayjay kit and another one of these but painted in br blue/grey

Decided to buy another 508 kit from eBay after building one 2 years ago during lockdown but this time model it in the yellow and white regional railways livery from the mid 90s. I’ve heard Electrarail had made some vinyl kits so decided to try those rather than painting. The latest kits from eBay are now one piece body shells so even easier to build as there no trimming, filing, gluing, filling and sanding required to join them. Progress so far. Vinyls aren’t quite right around the doors and steps so will attempt to trim and shape the vinyls a bit. Next job will be paint the fronts and roof’s

Looking good mate, any updates with the 508 kit?

Hi, very nice build. I built a 507/508 kit last year but painted br blue/grey. I used the same motor and dummy bogie but I used Hornby r8096 wheels pack of 10 but they’re a different style to the class 153 wheels however they do fit the bogies. I would also recommend speaking to 3dprintingcorner on Facebook and sourcing a set of four 3rd rail beams and shoes as the one in the pic. If you’ve got any questions about the build just give me a shout. what are the graphics like? I’m fancying building another one but the newer one piece body kit he’s done and doing it in regional railways yellow with black/grey stripes

Kadee 17 couplings fitted finally. Shame there’s a large gap between the coaches but the 17s are the shortest ones that fit in the Hornby class 153 bogies I’m using. Next job is to fit the kadee 5 couplings on the cab ends and sort out the electrical boxes underneath the coupling and next to the coupling

Little bit of an update, I’ve ordered some kadee 17 couplings for the carriages and kadee 5’s for the tightlock couplings on the cab ends. Will update with some pics ASAP. Also looking into making a realistic looking gangway between the carriages and sorting out the interiors

Hi, I’d like to have a replica tightlock coupler on my kit built class 508 but can’t find anything suitable. I’m looking at buying a kadee coupler but the piece underneath I’ll still need. Any suggestions appreciated. I’ve included a picture of a 508 tightlock coupler Thanks Marc

Yeah the quality is much better with the 3D printing, it makes the old Ayjay kit look even worse haha. The blue/grey model sits much better. The underframe components and the bogies look more realistic and I could never get the chassis to sit right with the Ayjay kit. I would like to build another 3D printed kit and do it in the yellow livery but can’t justify spending the money at the moment with the high risk of being made redundant

Some more pics of my display setup

Finally got my two kits together, be awesome to have these running together as a six car. Slight height differences but a cool picture and I’ve never seen another model 507/508 in the yellow regional railways livery

Very nice job mate, the door can be tricky but looking at the job you’ve done with the window surrounds it shouldn’t be a problem

I’m using Hornby class 153 bogies and there’s a hole pre drilled in the chassis floors

Hi Jim, yeah that’s the one

Finished putting on the etched window frames and all the glazing today. Still need to sort out couplings and the orange cantrail lining. I’m also going to look into adding an interior as the kit doesn’t come with any seats

I’ve got a build post in kit building section. Looking forward to seeing yours with the cab ends completed.

Looking very good mate. I bought a kit nearly two weeks ago and they are very well detailed especially compared to the Ayjay models kits. What Kadee couplings did you use and are they mounted on the bogies or on the floors?

Hi sorry won’t be posting any videos as strangely I don’t actually have a layout setup. Just going to be a static model for now. I’m using a Hornby class 153 motor and 153 dummy bogies with class 507/508 style side frames glued on. I used a pair of black beetle motors on my Ayjay 507 kit

More pics

Some updates from today. Merseyrail logo, br arrows and cab numbers added. Under frame components added, centre coach glazed and window frames added. I’ve also made a couple of the windows look like they’re open which was a bit time consuming but a nice little touch imo. Motor is mounted in the centre coach floor and just need to sort some couplings out. Thinking Hornby narrow couplings or Kadee #20 as I think they should fit in the class 153 bogies I’m using

Roof’s painted and varnish applied ready for decals tomorrow. Made a start on fixing the bogie side frames onto the Hornby class 153 bogies I bought and painted the 3rd rail shoe beams I bought from a 3D printing company off eBay. Still need to sort out mounting bogies and motor then will make a start on fitting under frame components

Br blue applied with rattle can today. Little bit of bleed on the doors but I’ll try and tidy that up. Happy with the results so far. Next job is paint roof