7mm Pete's workbench. LMS 2P or madness in a box.

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
You may remember I was Finishing the LMS 2P. Well not having any BR early emblems. For the lined one is was doing. I found on a different forum that 40700 ran with the later emblems which I have got.



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Now having been lined I rubbed down the lining as best I could.



Well, I went to paint the 2P, but before starting I decided to sort out the loose step. Doing which I managed to drop it onto the buffer beam, only about 6 inches but enough to need straightening. Having got it all fixed. I needed to get more ready for painting.

I think I went a little to far.



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At least now I know I'm going to get a better finish than I was probably would patch painting.
 

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
Having to remake so much of the 2P kit. There was room for errors.
But as you can see from the photo, you need to pay attention to which way you put parts together, when using scraps of etch frets. I thought when I did it I could fill it and be done with it. Which is fine not realising at the time I'd be doing it more than once.

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I did a bit of filling, then paint the buffer planks, which are still drying, after 3 days. I might do as I did last time I had this problem, give them another coat of a different red, which seemed to work and dry normally. It's really a pain as I hoped to be putting transfers on over the weekend not waiting to paint it black.

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Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
As I said before the interior was only going to be basic.



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I also added the window bars. There are some white metal packers with slots in, to line everything up. So me being me I got some 0.8 wire cut up all I needed, only to find they didn't fit. So got some 0.7, cut one, still didn't fit. 0.5 yippee cut all and used gel, super glue.



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Having a few extra spare minutes I painted the vacuum pipes.



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Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
Finally the buffer planks dried, so after some masking the airbrush came out, mixed up some paint and thinners.

I must say that I'm glad I started again rather than trying to patch paint. A few days I'll get the transfers done. So maybe on Tuesday I can do the varnishing.

First off some shots of the tender. This looks so much better than the first time around.

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Next up the loco. I have noticed I didn't take the masking off lift weights and weigh shaft. Again much better than a patch paint job.

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I still have a little work to do, pickups etc. But I feel I've finally broken the back of the project.
 

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
The 2P is finally getting it's identity. The emblems and smoke box number are from Fox. The cab side numbers are from HMRS.

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The cab interior is also being painted.

I also started with the pickups. The bogie was first. I am using Slater's strip to make back scratchers. You can see the simple plugs that make removal straight forward.


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There is not much space around the drivers. So the rear are underneath, and the front are on top along with the mounting of the motor wires.

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These will be given a coat of black before the varnish is applied.
 

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
The 2P is varnished ready for reassembly.

The frames are electrically sound, and the wheels are now clean. Unfortunately less the blackening on the treads.

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The body of the loco and tender, I believe have turned out very well. I just need to ease the space where the top pickups go. Just to make sure there are no shorts.
Honestly the rivets on the tender are not white.

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Finally the back head, the oilers and reverser. All ready to be attached once the loco is in one piece.


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I'm hoping to have this finished on Tuesday. But that depends on how much I can do over the weekend. Saturday we are out to lunch, and it's mother's Day here on Sunday, so that will curtail me doing my own thing.
 

Peter Cross

Western Thunderer
Right the 2P is now finished. Over the weekend I will hopefully get this and the others photographed, and boxed ready for posting and putting into the cases for traveling to the UK.


So what did I need to do. Well, I made the other two front spectacle plate windows. The blackhead and reverser were fitted to the cab. The oilers were fitted to the brackets above the front footplate.


Now for the picture fest.



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I've just noticed I've not fitted the whistle.








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