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  1. LMSfan72
    I think the only difference for the sleeper version, other than the cab roof, is that the remaining windows have now been fitted with louvred grills but they remain the same shape
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    Nearly there with the GBRF version. The two double louvre grills need work as the STL mesh fixer decided they weren't there! I should be in a position to try a trial print this weekend...
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    This is one side finished. Some fine mesh will be required for the fan grill, I can't think of a way to make a decent print of one with that curve...
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    😁 Never really resisting! More the back of my mind working out how it might be done!!
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    One side and roof done - I need to add a little bit of detail (some rivets and the lugs at the bottom of the sides).... I don't think I can do a decent fan grill and I am wondering what to do about the fan but that can wait until the end (it might mount inside on the Dapol chassis)
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    Starting to come together.....
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    The sleeper version of 73/9 will need a bit more surgery to cut the cab roof away over the door and I think I will try and do a second version of the body with those additional roof recesses and equipment added!
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    So, models of: Early RTC Late RTC/Early Railtrack Later Railtrack/Serco
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    oops. missed a window I think!!
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    Update on the middle aged Mentor version too:
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    Going back through to develop the early Mentor I also decided to model the various guises in between! still has the side door and windows in the coach ends. Horns fitted and later style spotlights.
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    Prototyped:
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    Rapid prototype of profile and length of the FDM printer to see how it comes out. Really pleased!
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    Change of approach I think. I managed to get some cheap Dapol bodies and started to do some of the grills. I have struggled with getting the cab profile right, but, the body should be fairly straightforward. The prototype seems to have a join seam across the roof in line with the back of the cab doors. Given the amount of roof modifications required I thought this might be a way forward:
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    A slight change in approach. Looking at the prototype there is a join seam behind the cab doors. So, given the complexity of cutting bits out of the roof I am trying a new approach…
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    In addition to what Lemmy correctly says above you've got a Loksound v4 there. The manual refers to it in the attached as the LokSound H0
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    Started some test prints on bits for a 73/9 conversion. Slowly but surely… Hornby Dapol
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    Very much so!
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    Just pointed out to me that the brake end doors don’t have the grill in the window until much later. A little rework to do!
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    First test print of the early Mentor. Need to tweak some supports but I am happy with it. I’m now running the later version with the rectangular spot lights that ran in RTC and also early Railtrack liveries
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    Something this chap did do a few years ago: https://loco-updates.uk/class-68/index.htm see the end of the article
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    I am pretty sure I used the components for the Ruston as written in this article and then added lighting: https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/digital-sound-hornbys-48ds#:~:text=The Zimo MX648 is the,accommodate a socket as well. for the Sentinel I think I used a bunch of tantalums 7x4x4mm wired together but dispersed wherever I could find space to hide them. I can’t recall the capacitance I achieved just that I ran out of room!
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    I used Zimo MX648 in both, fitting sound, stay alive and a full suite of working lights. An awful lot of modification! That said, non sound and lights is a lot easier and the decodes are much smaller. The MX648 had to be hard wired for mine but I suspect tiny ones like MX615 or MX616, or MN170 etc wouldn’t need that.
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    Starting to work on the buildings:
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