Andrew Young
Active Member
Thank you Brian, most useful. Should easily be hidden with a strategically placed driver as well.
Cheers,
Andrew
Brian Daniels diesel workbench
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Cheers,
Andrew
Bill Campbell
Western Thunderer
Hi Brian
As far as I am aware that corner of the cab should house the battery box so just make a cover for the stay-alive. Something like this:
This is the scratch-built effort for my 7mm Judith Edge kit - based on info from the LINCS archive drawings. There are some potentially useful photos in this RMweb topic:
The Ruston 48DS class - a rivet-counter's guide
There does appear to be quite some interest in the 48DS so here's a rivet-counter's guide to the type. All photos are from my collection and are Ruston & Hornsby official photos, taken by their photographer in Lincoln works and on site at customers' premises. Before locos were given the class...
www.rmweb.co.uk
Did Heljan miss the battery box?
It is possible to get all the works - motor, gearbox, decoder, stay-alive and chain drive under the bonnet:
Regards.
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Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Bit of weathering and a bike!
There is no battery box in the cab.
There is no battery box in the cab.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
I built this DJH 9F years ago but only now got round to weathering it. I made it into a Tyne Docker by using pumps I had from an MMP kit I built a long time ago but never used them, until this kit. Bufferbeam airpipes were from JLTRT and the higher ones are American lost wax ones I had. Sorry I don't have a steam era shed but I guess it got sent to the new diesel shed as they got better tools there for a quick repair.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Looks better in B&W
john coates
Member
Brilliant Brian, I would be frighten to touch in case I dirtied my hands. John
PS Sorry to hear about your Father.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Something I have had on the back burner for a while is 56042 with 58 bogies. I used a Protoneo etch cab conversion kit with new inset light clusters, new horn and headlight, valance above the buffers and front window etch. And of course making the window ledge curved instead of flat. For the bogies I have used a set from a 58. These are a longer wheelbase than a 56 so as per BR the inner sandboxes have gone and a bit of the fuel tank. On the sideframes the middle axlebox had to be changed as on a 58 it has more coils than the outers but this set had all 3 the same. So I cut a set of the outer axleboxes off and put them in the middle. You have to slice a bit off the top of the sideframes as well. The new cab steps were 3D printed by SimonBRBlue.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Thankyou Alan
Silverystreaks
Western Thunderer
A really super job on the plumbing Brian. I had enough of that with a Britannia build and succumbed to a RTR for my Tyne Dock 9F
May I ask what camera were you using for these images
Regards Bob
May I ask what camera were you using for these images
Regards Bob
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Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Thanks for the vote of confidence Bob. The camera I am using now is a Canon mirrorless R7 with an 18-150mm lens. The reason I bought it was because it does focus stacking in the camera. These pictures were made with 19 pictures stacked together, slowly focusing down the model. You get to see the finished image straight away so you know if it was any good or not.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Had to get the plows out this morning in Oxford. Will this be the most we get this winter?
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
Been playing around with the focus stacking again. One problem to try and sort out is a fuzzyness around some fence posts and wires. Apart from that it's ok.
Brian Daniels
Western Thunderer
It's a Canon R7 that stacks it in the camera so you see the result straight away. Don't know if I can sort out the fuzziness round the posts and wire. It also struggles with my bushes. See the nose side grill has a spot on it. I cut a grill out of the first stack picture and overlaid it on this one to cure that. When I set the camera up at a different angle the grill spot went away. See one here with a bit of the fuzzy going on.
mickoo
Western Thunderer
Ah, yes, I see what you mean now, still looks good though.
Maybe they'll do a software upgrade and roll it out, not sure how you'd get that into the camera mind,maybe they have an option to allow you to do that these days. I'm still on the old 6D so nothing fancy like that in there.
Maybe they'll do a software upgrade and roll it out, not sure how you'd get that into the camera mind,maybe they have an option to allow you to do that these days. I'm still on the old 6D so nothing fancy like that in there.