David Bell

That is looking good. I am a great believer in these kind of 3d mock ups.  I use them all the time. You really get a feel of the overall scene.

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David

Although the task is basically a repaint and reassembly i have done two things which i think will improve the look.

I cut out the folding doors and I have removed the destination blind box so I can replace it lower down on the front below the level of the upper windows.

Brian is making good progress with the Glasgow tenement and I hope to have the street scene ready for its arrival.

One thing I hope to have in the scene is a Glasgow tram. My quick fix is to use a Leeds tram which sort of looks the part, pending something better! It is not prototypical, not the right number of wheels for a start, but it has the look of an early Glasgow bogie tram. The first task is to take it apart.

The sound on that 37 is particularly good.

Cheers

David

All done!

We are on the last lap now!

Still have to do the number boards, glazing and a couple of other details, but otherwise largely complete

Here is the other side

I painted the radiator fans red but you can't see them!

This side is pretty much done

The two bits of the body are back together and nearly all the stripes line up!

Here is the main body sitting loose on the footplate, just to check the stripes all line up.

I won't put the two back together just yet.

A little more progress on the main body

Looks like a bridge inspection platform.

Is that a bogie brake van in the middle ?

The running board section

This is where we have got to with the main body. I am reasonably happy with it so far. A bit of tidying up to do and still some more white and gold to apply to the lower bodyside

I thought I would start with a small self contained job, the headboard that sits on the front rail. I cut a piece of brass to the required shape and soldered a couple of wire hooks on the back to fit over the rail

This is the starting point. A 3 rail O scale GP40. Fortunately ìt readily breaks down into a fair number of parts which hopefully will make the repaint a little easier. The body and running plate are separate items. All the roof fans and bodyside grills come out as do the numberboards.all the handrails unclip too.

I was lucky enough to make a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer this summer and got to thinking I should have a model as a reminder of the trip. The RM folks do market a HO model on the train but none were immediately available so I thought I would do my own. Here is a photo of the locomotive that headed our train and which will be the subject of the model.

You can see the spectacle glass better in this one

Just back from nearly a month away in Canada and the USA.

Had a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer, which was fabulous.

Now finished the signal arm.

Have a look at Brian of Braeside Models. His work is top notch.

You will find him on here.

Cheers

David

That really does look the part.

Your pace and mine are not too different!

This is looking superb.

I think you might have to change the thread title. You are well past "beginner" stage now!

Cheers

David

You have captured the character of that really well.

Cheers

David