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Measured for and ordered some square bar today. I spent an hour cleaning up the model with viakal and a wire brush tonight, shiny now for the time being. Once the blackening fluid arrives next week, progress will resume. I've got carrs but want to try the birchwood out.
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Nothing major tonight. Added the remaining footboard brackets and have set the bearings in the axle boxes. The body is off for a soke in baking soda solution over night. I am awaiting some Birchwood Casey Super Blue for the wheels and buffers, so they will have to wait until after its arrived.
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9% acid flux from Eileen's at the minute with solder (145 and low melt) from TMS on ebay. I have some low melt solder from carrs but haven't really used it yet.
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I've had a look at the kit and instructions etc. a bit further on then I am with the build. Due to ballast boxes, the underneath is visually obstructed so there's little to nothing to gain by adding the brake gubbins. I will beef up the frame though so the posts are solid and not L shaped
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The square bar is a good idea. I'm not sure how bothered I am about the underframe detail but will look into what is involved. Today I put the foot boards on. There's still an extra support bracket each end of both foot boards to fit, then its onto the axle boxes.
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I've since added the transfers and painted the veranda floors to look like a more woody effect, they will be toned down with weathering powders before a coat of matt varnish. Going to fit dcc lights to this too, as long as I can hide the chip under the body.
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Connoiseur models 20T brake van, I've only spent about 10 hours on it so far. It will be finished in LMS bauxite.
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What's in the box? Slaters bits are extras obviously and I will use 10BA crankpins.
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More progress on the 03. Just window wipers, roof strips, front steps, couplings and the cab interior to do plus lamps. Maybe some brass wire to ads on the nose.
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And so we have our contender. 48046 of Northwich shed (during the late 50s) with tender number 4504.
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Apologies Michael, would you mind if I hijack this thread for the build? It won't be immediate though.
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Some more progress this week. Thankfully drilling the WM bonnet for the filling caps was a lot easier than drilling it for handrails. The lost wax horns are also a bit delicate even in brass, I had to gently straighten them.
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Thanks. I've seen models of them like it but never any proof.
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Does anyone know if 03 shunters carried the br coach roundel? Even better if you've got a photo of one? Thanks.
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Jumping on a bit, the chasis is now finished other than trimming the crank pinks. I'm making good progress on the body and running plate, with work started on the handrails last night.
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Sorry for the delay in responding. The rivet press is metal smith. The planked floor, internal side panels and veranda infills are scratch built from plastikard. I used slaters stove and brake stanchion and I swapped the buffers for slaters lost wax brass ones.
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Near enough finished now. Just need to refit the buffers, glaze it and transfers/ weathering.
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Finally got this primed last night. Might start the paint tonight.
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Not much left to do. Lamp irons and duckets on.
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DJH/Tower Models Streamlined Coronation
T30RRA replied to Rob Pulham's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
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Can anyone enlighten me what a double skinned veranda screen is? Ps. Latest photos of the kit.
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Buffer beams on. I don't get much time for my kits at the moment so it's taking a long time.
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The almost finished chassis. Just got the rods to put on once their out the paint shop.
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It's been a while since my last update. The solebars are finally finished and I've done most of the corner strapping tonight.
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So finally done some more last couple of nights. Rivetting is mostly done and been adding the brackets, I'm on the triangular brackets now which are a pig. I will post again once the sole plates are finished.
