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    Lights etc

    By 508EMU,


    Lighting
    Glazing and transfers complete, I have made a start with some lighting. LED interior lights fitted and wired in via the DCC Function 1. Complete with stay alive capacitor- not too authentic for a 508 with their flickering lights over points!

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    Transfers, glazing, etc.

    By 508EMU,


    Glazing and tranfers
    A long time since the last update, but we have some transfers applied from Railtec. Never done fiddly transfers before, my first attempt at cant lines and white outlines, but 508108 (was originally going to be 115!) Is taking shape. Windows made out of tinted acetate sheets.


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    Small update

    By 508EMU,

    Today I picked up where I left off, I've sprayed the roofs grey and underframe black on 2 coaches, I'll crack on with the 3rd later in the week. Next job is to paint the intercarriage gangways grey and then the fiddly job of painting the cab window surrounds and emergency door black. Some transfers have been ordered ready for the next stage.
     
    I have also fitted interior lighting to one coach which I am quite happy with but still need to do the others.
     
    I'll post more pics later in the week!
     
    Also worth mentioning I picked up another kit this time a class 313. It is a 3d print reject so has some deformities to work on. This will go into NSE livery eventually.

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    Things have moved on a fair bit since the last post. After doing the main shell in BR Grey, I masked the cab ends and also the inter-carriage doors which I sprayed yellow. Then I masked the rest up and painstakingly guessed where the grey should be around the windows in order to spray the rest blue. It is clear the scale of the model isnt entirely accurate, however unless you are comparing to a prototype photo then you wouldn't know the difference.
     
    2 of the 3 coaches are now sprayed in blue, the 3rd is waiting on a final coat. For a first attempt at masking and spraying models I am very happy with the result so far!
     
    I havn't ordered the dark grey paint for the roof or black paint for the cab window surrounds, emergency doors and underframe yet, however I have made a start fitting the 3d printed underframe components including air tanks, camshaft cases, aux panel etc, I havn't finished yet but its already looking pretty neat.
     
    Bogie sideframes are all now fitted along with the 3rd rail shoe (on one side of one bogie). The motor was mounted too high on the chassis in the middle coach resulting in that end of the carriage sitting lower than the others so I have adjusted this and it now seems to be the correct height.
     
    Overall a pretty convincing looking kit and definitely worth it for anybody looking for one of the PEP series.
     





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    Unboxing and stage 1

    By 508EMU,

    Recently I have been keeping an eye on the rather tasty looking PEP series 3d printed kits on ebay, over time I have watched the quality improve throughout the listings, and following a topic on this forum where a class 313 from this range was built , I decided to take the plunge and do a 508.
     
    The kits are available by 'Modernmultipleunits2019' on ebay - give it a search!
     
    First to note is the product came very well packaged which is always a good start. Each bodyshell comes in 3 sections (end, middle, end) - it is a 3 coach train so 9 body pieces in total. Also included are bogie sideframes and the bodyfloors complete with predrilled holes for bogie mounting and a bigger removable chunk on the centre coach for a motor bogie (designed to work with the newer Hornby 153/6 bogies and motors).
     
    I had a go at assembling the body shells last night. First thing to note is a bit of sanding and fiddling is involed to get them to fit - of course there are some rough edges from the printing process which need smoothing down. I also found the roof mounted glueing strips are too big and push the roof up too high in some cases, however I believe the 2 middle sections for my motor coaches wern't HD prints, whereas the trailer coach was which fit like a dream. I decided to completely remove this roof support anyway. According to the seller if I have understood the description correctly, it will soon be availabe as whole solid bodyshells which dont come in 3 parts.
     
    Obviously its not a perfect fit, filler is needed to make the joins seemless but overall so far I am impressed. In some cases the base of the bodypart were different widths, so a quick measure of the chassis/floor width and cutting some strong card to size helped stretch them out to the correct width to fit. My progress so far is posted here. I am going to invest in some filler this afternoon and will post my results in due course.
     
    I havnt bought the etched window frames or undercarriage components yet as the mrs would probably have a fit, so it will be a slow build from start to finish and also my first attempt at a kit built. Hopefully this will help people understand what the kit is like and help influence a decision.
     
    Fingers crossed it turns out well!





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    Painting begins!

    By 508EMU,

    Ordered some aerosols from Railmatch to spray the unit into BR Blue / Grey. Decided against ordering an airbrush etc as I will most likely never use it again. Sprayed the first carriage in primer as a test in my makeshift kids christmas present box spraybooth with smarties tube to hold the body, I have never sprayed models before so thought I would have a go on one coach, see how bad the blemishes in the body prep where before doing further prep on the other 2 coaches and spraying them. As expected the marks from the 3d print process are quite visible, so I have gone over these with sandpaper on the other 2 and sprayed those in primer. I am much happier with the result on these but given the nature of the kit they will never be 100% perfect. I will wait for the 1st coach to fully dry before stripping it down and having another go, as for the actual finish of the paint, I am quite pleased, no runs and even coat.
     
    Photos show the end coach which was the 1st one I did, and the trailer coach which was the 2nd.
     
     


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    Kadees and more

    By 508EMU,

    I've done some work on the 508 this week. Class 153 bogies and motor arrived and fitted, all wired in and DCC Fitted so had it running. Kaydees fitted and also started fitting correct bogie side frames. Starting to take shape and have to say I'm quite impressed!



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    From start to current...

    By 508EMU,

    What started off as a plank of wood underneath a bunk bed in December 2009, is now still a plank of wood underneath a bunk bed, with 2 oval loops, a cross over, a siding, 1 signal, a plan for where the road will be, and a little siding going into a box file.. at least it is ballasted now!
     
    Stock :
    -Merseyrail 150207
    -Merseyrail 142045
    -First North Western 150144
    -BR Petroleum Sector 31201
    -BR Large Logo 37418, Highland Line
    -Virgin Voyager 220008
    -First North Western 153359
     
    All DCC fitted.
     





     
    Ill update again when something actually happens...!
    Luke
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    Yet another blog!

    By 508EMU,

    Well, I have started another blog... I will update the new one more often than this one, so feel free to follow and subscribe etc to get the latest updates!
     
    http://halewoodwest.blogspot.com/
     
    Oh and I have decided on a name for it now.... head over to the new blog to find out more!
     
    Luke
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