Ready to run 1/32 Mk 1 Coaches

Steve Cook

Flying Squad
No problem Simon :) Excellent news on the wheels :thumbs:

A couple of other points to note now that I've put it back together again:

Slaters MekPak seems to have worked on the plastics OK.
If you're going to take them apart, get some new screws - quite a few of the originals on mine have damaged heads and they are less than happy being tightened up twice. They are No 2 x 1/4" Panhead Self Tapping screws - available on places like amazon for about 3p a pop including postage - I've just bought a couple of hundred stainless posi-drive replacements.
The main chassis / underframe on the above coach was banana shaped because of how the trusses underneath were glued in. A razor saw cut was enough to remove the excess length of the trusses next to the queen posts, its been glued together again. That does help to try and get the best fit between the plinth and body as well as removing stresses on the locating / fixing tabs.

It needs another good run now whilst I carry on with the interior colour research - I think its time to get on with their travelling companion, the SR Bogie Van :)

Steve
 

Simon

Flying Squad
A large package has just arrived:)

I have just had a quick look at one of the Seconds - what a fantastic piece of kit:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

I don't think I'll be able to take any pictures until tomorrow morning.....

Simon
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Carrying the box of four coaches back from the shop to home nearly finished me off, but I wanted to get some snaps of the coach out on the line before school run/darkness etc.

Here is the second corridor, the only coach I have unpacked so far:

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I think it's an absolutely brilliant piece of work, it looks utterly Mk 1-ish to my eyes.

The most obvious defect is the plinth as previously noted, which I will be doing something with in due course.

I haven't checked any drawings, but my strong sense of where to go with this issue is to remove it altogether and remount the sides on a strip stuck behind the body sides, the whole coach thereby dropping in height by the plinth's thickness.

A drawing or dimensions are required:p

I'm really pleased with it/them:)

Simon
 

Osgood

Western Thunderer
...I haven't checked any drawings, but my strong sense of where to go with this issue is to remove it altogether and remount the sides on a strip stuck behind the body sides, the whole coach thereby dropping in height by the plinth's thickness…..

You probably don't want to hear this having completed most of your PW, but - unless you reduce the track gauge by a proportional amount, the resultant reduction in coach height is going to be very noticeable :D



I have to admit I like the look of the coaches, and in your photos above I do not even notice the black plinth in the slightest.
 

queensquare

Western Thunderer
Simon brought one of the Mk1s over to my S&D talk at the Gascupboard last night and I think they are really impressive, particularly for the price. I too don't think the plinth is particularly noticable. I thought the glazing looked a little prismatic (is that a word!) but is an acceptable compromise to give near flush glazing on a moulded plastic body.
Overall I think they are excellent and will look superb running round the garden. Best get on with that Spamcan....

Jerry
 

Neil

Western Thunderer
Another vote for the relative inconspicuousness of the plinth in the photos.

It's difficult to know whether the roof ribs look as prominent on the carriage as they do in most of the photos; it's those which would concern me most. Seeing the photos of yours and Cookies examples has made me think that my Bachmann Mk1 needs to have an appointment with some abrasive tools and materials pronto.
 

D6356

Western Thunderer
Hi All, My green Mk1s have arrived and still on shelf buffered up to D816 and very good they look. A bag of addtional pipes, door handles and lamp brackets aswell - very handy given packaging damage but very minor in scale of things! Re chassis lip very minor detraction and not at all noticeable. Corridor connection an inspired idea .
I will need to trim back the rain cap on top a little as these overlap end on mine and some curves might be a problem. but at cost and ease of instant train a very happy bunny!
Robert
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Sorry, this from Neil's thread, but it's sort of relevant here:oops:

Thanks Simon, reminds me I need to get the brass coloured paint out on mine.

I wasn't having a dig at anything in 4mm scale, it was rather that I thought a bit of brassware might significantly "up" the G1MRC coach for a minimum of effort, here are the results of my attempt no. 1 out in the garden this morning:

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I had made a second handle, but it dropped off into the grass and I can't find it:rolleyes:

I really like these coaches:)

Simon
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Well Simon i have to admit that those coaches are very nice and seem execptional value for money.:thumbs:

Although they would look even better in blue/grey;)

Rob:) now running for cover​
 

Neil

Western Thunderer
Sorry, this from Neil's thread, but it's sort of relevant here:oops:

Thanks Simon, reminds me I need to get the brass coloured paint out on mine.

I wasn't having a dig at anything in 4mm scale, it was rather that I thought a bit of brassware might significantly "up" the G1MRC coach for a minimum of effort, here are the results of my attempt no. 1 out in the garden this morning. ...........

I think this points out the difference in scales far better than any of the posed photos of little and large models sat next to each other. Same subject, similar approach to model making, completely different process undertaken.

..... Although they would look even better in blue/grey;) ......

Must admit I'd be intrigued to see a blue and grey example. However I do have dim and distant memories of seeing green Mk1's at York station in the sixties. Though I didn't know at the time how they got there I think there was a Newcastle? Bournemouth train that had a green (SR) rake and maroon (NE) rake.
 

TheSnapper

Western Thunderer
............ I do have dim and distant memories of seeing green Mk1's at York station in the sixties. Though I didn't know at the time how they got there I think there was a Newcastle? Bournemouth train that had a green (SR) rake and maroon (NE) rake.

Neil

That'd be the "York-Borny" (York-Bournemouth or t'other way round!).
Often pulled by a V2 from Leicester northwards.
What a splendid sight!!

Tim
 

lankytank

Western Thunderer
OK, so they've arrived & very nice they are too (for the money, that's an understatement, but let's not get gushy).

Now, had cause to pull one of the BSK's apart, loose seating in a couple of compartments, splosh some Mekpak about & it's fixed........ but that solid wall in the luggage compartment is going to be noticed (well, it is now I know about it). Before I take the scalpel to it does anyone know of a source of 'acceptable' mesh (or looky likey) to make up the cage (or a representation of it) that made up the 'walls' in there (don't want that 21 tons to start moving around causing damage!!!) :)

Thanks

Baz
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Good question Baz, hopefully someone will come up with a useful suggestion. I guess a bit of see throughness through the brake end windows will add realism, so long as it doesn't just highlight the "prismatic effect". From memory the partitioning was a square mesh with about 1" squares wasn't it?

Last night I made a full set of brass handles for the brake end and I'm quite chuffed with the resulting improvement.

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One of the handles is at a funny angle as the hole isn't at right angles to the side and one of the the grab rails needs adjustment, it hasn't been "pushed through" the glazing inside I think.

I have pushed the wheels out on their axles but it's not far enough to give me my required back to back and the central bosses are hard up against the bogie sideframes, so tickling in the lathe is required.

Simon
 
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