3mm works

[D6356]

Well after festive period modelling in 3mm I have been moving forward part started kits that have been haunting...
kits bar the GUV are all Worsley Works etched scratch aids - but in 3mm are more complete having been core works.
GUV is MTK and brake tender is a 3mm Society kit, on LMS bogies. Mk2s - the non aircon coaches were mainly done but forth was an impulse purchase at a second hand society meet up in the summer and has thus to be the fastest kit ever done. The Belle has complex Pullman stepped in ends and was a good faff to get this far.
The MK 2 Ds air cons ( coffins) in last photo have got underframes well on the way but I discovered that having glued roof on I had failed to allow space to glue in the in door vent casting. Few hours spent filling and sanding holes ready for a making vent from scratch. Next job will be roof vents over next few days.
Hope this adds to the forum as normally in awe of works done on here.
Robert

 

[timbowales]

Nice to see some non-7mm modelling

 

[James Spooner]

Robert,

That’s some pretty impressive modelling in one of the rarer scales. I look forward to more reports of progress as it happens.

cheers

Nigel

 

[D6356]

I think I have come up with a solution to fixing roof on 5 bel vehicles. I plan to fix a nylon csk screw through roof and glue a nut side to retain and then drill through vehicle floor and fit nylon nut to lock roof down. I can fill and sand screw head and along with roof vents etc hopefully they will disappear.

 

[D6356]

Tiny shove on the Rail car thanks to castings from the good folk at the 3mm castings shop. Bogie sideframes had been out of stock for a while so these are brand new ones and the last they had so there must be several at this stage or better!

 

[D6356]

No picks but other side done now. What I had failed to spot when taking photo the above pic shows the sideframe has slipped , low to front so this was corrected first.