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    My search...

    By R.Langley,

    Hello all, it's been very quiet I know, however now that I have packed away the tumble-weed I can get started again.
     
    This blog entry is a plea for help rather than anything concrete, I have been looking, since the beginning of this week to get some bits and bobs for more detailing jobs etc, and was wondering if anyone has some insider trading knowledge as well as their own tried and tested procedures.
     
    Firstly, where is the best place to get jewellers wire suitable for jumper cables (of 0.3mm diameter) along with wire suitable for handrails (0.4/0.45 mm diameter).
     
    Secondly, couplings, is there anywhere I can get the specialised Instanter coupling loops (the ones that look a little like a heart) on their own. Plus where is the best place to source working screw couplings for locos.
     
    Thirdly, glues/liquid gravity (by Deluxe Materials). These are needed for modelling purposes and weighting of kits etc, where would be the best place to get these, I have already looked on Gaugemaster etc, but could I get them for less elsewhere?
     
    Hope this isn't too much to ask
     
    And of course, once I source all these bits and bobs there will be updates from my workbench!
     
    Thank you in advance for the advice I will recieve.
     
    Richard
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    Lima Class 117

    By R.Langley,

    Hello everyone, and welcome to the first entry from my workbench.
    A couple of weeks ago I bit the bullet and bought myself a 2 car 117 in NSE livery (however I stupidly overlooked the TSL next to it!) with a view to adding extra detail, lighting and improving the performance of the 'pancake' motor. I started to add detailing parts to it yesterday, the pictures below illustrate how far I've got with it so far. So far, I have flush-glazed most of the windows, added a screw link coupling and high intensity headlamp to the front of the DMS (which is yest to be converted from a DMBS) as well as drilling the holes for the addition of pipework.
    The only stumbling block that I have come across, apart from the bogies which I'll talk about in a bit, was the front lug, that secures the chassis to the body was part of the original, less than flush glazing. This was broken, through brute force! So, as one of the pictures shows, a plasticard lug had to be created, and actually works better than the original lug!
    Anyway, back to the bogies, I'm hoping there'll be a few of you reading this and looking at the pictures, and I was wondering if there were any cast bogie sides that can be used to replace the undersized bogies and reduce the yawning chasm between the body and the bogies?

     
    Image showing the new lug.

     
    Showing the huge gap between the bogie and the body.

     
    And finally, showing whats' been done so far!
     
    Cheers
     
    Richard
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