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    72xx class

    By Hilux5972,

    So my new class 72xx tank from Hirnby has arrived. Very impressed. A great slow runner after running in. I have made a few fixes. The smokebox dart has been removed and awaits the arrival of a replacement item from 247 developments. The footplate has been straightened and the body tightly screwed in, as it was loose when I opened the box. Will have to make a few mods to the packaging as the loco won't go back in now it has had the front steps added. Overall I'm very happy.
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    Hi all

    By Hilux5972,

    Hi everyone. This is my first blog post on RMWeb. It's going to be showing progress on my model railway I'm building. I'm endeavouring to do a Hogwarts express themed layout. Main features will be Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross, the Glenfinnan viaduct in a reduced length, and Hogsmeade station. These will be separate modules connected by track work depicting open countryside.
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    Well I have just completed my first coach interior. Looks fab. Here's some pics to show the process:
    1. Interior Decal Sheets
    2. Painted interior moulding
    3. Corridor carpets
    4. Compartment seats and carpets
    5. Compartment pictures
    6. Vestibule wooden paneling
    7. Reassembled interior view
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    So I have now completed the first 3 coach interiors. Brake 99723, compo 99716, and open 99317. The only remaining things I need for these three are students and the Hogwarts Crest Roundels for each side. If any knows of a BSK and an SK for sale that is not weathered, please let me know. I'm struggling to find these last 2.
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    Well I have made a start on the Kings cross end of the railway. I have managed to. Get my hands on 8 sections of Hornby's platform 9 3/4 arches, as released in the R8204 & R8240 station packs, and these have been glued together. Pics will follow. I'm planning on moulding another unit to double it's current length and then the construction of the baseboard for that module can begin.
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    So here is the list of everything I plan on doing to Hornby's R3169 Olton Hall when it is released. Big list of things haha:
     
    Replace moulded smoke is dart
    Add 2 black lamps on front buffer beam
    Add splasher lining
    Replace plastic whistles with turned brass ones
    Paint whistle shield black
    Paint brass beading on front corners of cab
    Add brass beading around cab windows
    Replace the moulded handrail beneath cab windows and add upright one in front of windows too
    Complete the cabside lining
    Paint brass beading along back corners of cab
    Complete the tender lining
    Replace moulded handrails on rear corners and back of tender
    Remove water scoop and add a hydrant pipe fitting beneath 2nd and 3rd tender axles.
    Remove 'GREAT crest WESTERN' from tender and replace with HOGWARTS RAILWAYS crest
    Add etched 'HOGWARTS CASTLE' nameplates, number plates, and smokebox number and shed plate.
     
    Then after I will look at DCC sound and smoke generator as well. Gonna be my flagship loco so will be going all out on this one.
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    So I recently purchased a ViTrains V2088 Class 37 No.37416 in Royal Scotsman livery and a Bachmann 32-780V Class 37 No.37248 Loch Arkaig in a West Coast Railways livery, a Model Rail limited edition. Both have their good points and bad points.
    The Bachmann loco is heavier and more well detailed, but it appears to be a bit narrower than the ViTrains loco. Also the ViTrains cab windows look to be more the correct size to me. The Bachmann loco is also a few mm longer than the ViTrains one, as well as having cab interiors and a driver in place. The Bachmann loco is 21 Pin, whereas the ViTrains is only 8 Pin. The colours on both look good to me, except for the yellow on the ViTrains. It looks more Fluoro shade than Bachmanns. I do like that the snowploughs on the ViTrains are 3 seperate pieces so you can fit just a centre, or just outside, or all 3 as wanted. Ive fitted the 2 outside ones on the rear of the loco with the coupling in between. And Ive cut and glued the Bachmann one onto the coupler too.
    I'll let the pictures do more talking.
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