Intercity126
Western Thunderer
Hi all,
after some enjoyable months lurking on your forum I thought it was about time I posted something of some substance.
Those of you who trawl Area 51 of RMWeb (ie the Blogs) may have seen photos of this project before, and are probably struggling to spot any progress in the 6 months since the last entry.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/in...rclay-class-06-a-start-on-detailing-the-body/
There has been some, but in view of my glacial speed of progress I'll point out the incremental changes individually or you could easily miss them...
Barclays built two batches of Class 06 - the first series are most easily recognised by the three rear cab windows, instead of two on the later batches, but there are several other differences.
I'm building mine as D2440, one of the later series and allocated to Corkerhill shed at an appropriate time for my train set.
The kit (a Right Price Railway Company kit) is supplied as standard with two windows, but the detail parts are supplied as per the more numerous early series, so I have found myself making a number of changes. I noticed that the later series have cast marker light bodies with a rounded bottom - the lamps as supplied represent the square fabricated type, so I slung them in the vice and attacked them with a file to round off the bottom. The result is a bit small, but the shape is better - close enough for me.
Here I've soldered the top lamp in place (for the first time...) The lamp brackets were quite weedy, and an oversize piece of brass wire representing the conduit beefs things up a bit. I'm clumsy...
I added a representation of what I think is tubing for the tank gauge (?)
I was lucky enough to get a reasonable tank top detail shot from JBG06003 on RMWeb showing a lifting loop (?) just in front of the cab front
The ladders differ on the two versions - the earlier series have them going up to the fuel tank filler whilst the later ones have a ladder at the radiator end. I attacked the supplied ladder etch with pliers to come up with this.
This is the front end complete for the FIRST time. I subsequently decided that the whole thing needed rebuilding due to a couple of errors I had made earlier in construction (radiator too low and not enough clearance for the vac pipe under the conduit). Building the thing the second time was a lot faster....
I drilled a hole for the vac pipe at the bonnet front and replaced the white metal casting with another bodge up from wire and scrap.
Current state of play - I've not soldered the ladder in place yet - painting will be more difficult if I do, but I've not really worked out how I can avoid this without relying on a glued joint later - not my favourite. Also shown here is the radiator handrail - another difference between the batches.
after some enjoyable months lurking on your forum I thought it was about time I posted something of some substance.
Those of you who trawl Area 51 of RMWeb (ie the Blogs) may have seen photos of this project before, and are probably struggling to spot any progress in the 6 months since the last entry.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/in...rclay-class-06-a-start-on-detailing-the-body/
There has been some, but in view of my glacial speed of progress I'll point out the incremental changes individually or you could easily miss them...
Barclays built two batches of Class 06 - the first series are most easily recognised by the three rear cab windows, instead of two on the later batches, but there are several other differences.
I'm building mine as D2440, one of the later series and allocated to Corkerhill shed at an appropriate time for my train set.
The kit (a Right Price Railway Company kit) is supplied as standard with two windows, but the detail parts are supplied as per the more numerous early series, so I have found myself making a number of changes. I noticed that the later series have cast marker light bodies with a rounded bottom - the lamps as supplied represent the square fabricated type, so I slung them in the vice and attacked them with a file to round off the bottom. The result is a bit small, but the shape is better - close enough for me.
Here I've soldered the top lamp in place (for the first time...) The lamp brackets were quite weedy, and an oversize piece of brass wire representing the conduit beefs things up a bit. I'm clumsy...
I added a representation of what I think is tubing for the tank gauge (?)
I was lucky enough to get a reasonable tank top detail shot from JBG06003 on RMWeb showing a lifting loop (?) just in front of the cab front
The ladders differ on the two versions - the earlier series have them going up to the fuel tank filler whilst the later ones have a ladder at the radiator end. I attacked the supplied ladder etch with pliers to come up with this.
This is the front end complete for the FIRST time. I subsequently decided that the whole thing needed rebuilding due to a couple of errors I had made earlier in construction (radiator too low and not enough clearance for the vac pipe under the conduit). Building the thing the second time was a lot faster....
I drilled a hole for the vac pipe at the bonnet front and replaced the white metal casting with another bodge up from wire and scrap.
Current state of play - I've not soldered the ladder in place yet - painting will be more difficult if I do, but I've not really worked out how I can avoid this without relying on a glued joint later - not my favourite. Also shown here is the radiator handrail - another difference between the batches.
.
