7mm Still On The Intercity Workbench - Class 06 D2440

[lancer1027]

Excellent work.. Reminds me i need to carry on with Steve's 06..

Interesting about the cab detail i will look into making some cylinders. Thanks for posting the info and sketches

Rob

 

[alcazar]

Looking good. I've often wondered how far you could go with, say, an 03 cab?

 

[Intercity126]

I think you could take anything as far as you want Jeff - I was originally planning on building this kit as a "quickie" but when I originally found Bruce's cab shots of 06 008 online it showed up the deficiencies of the supplied panel.

Since then I've spent an inordinate amount of time researching the model, but I have to say I generally quite enjoy this aspect of modelling and I don't regard it as wasted effort... Things that are missing (or misshapen) now are due to me saying "enough!". I could probably still add a lot of additional detail, but I have to eventually draw the line somewhere as my own skills are not currently advanced enough for me to take this model very much further.

 

[Dog Star]

... I've spent an inordinate amount of time researching the model, but I have to say I generally quite enjoy this aspect of modelling and I don't regard it as wasted effort...

There is much pleasure to be gained from trying to understand the prototype... how far depends upon personal whim.

Things that are missing (or misshapen) now are due to me saying "enough!". I could probably still add a lot of additional detail, but I have to eventually draw the line somewhere as my own skills are not currently advanced enough for me to take this model very much further.

Fair enough... and your skills will become more "advanced" with time and practice. The problem is still knowing when to say enough, just that in the future you will know that you can do more.

regards, Graham

 

[40126]

Thankyou intercity 126 for introducing me to Bruce galloway. Ive just gone through all his pictures of the 06's & then the ScR in the 80's.

Steve

 

[Intercity126]

He has a nice photographic style, I think, Steve. Prolific too.

I started scanning some of my old 80s stuff last summer, but the results just aren't in the same class.

 

[40126]

He has a nice photographic style, I think, Steve. Prolific too.

I started scanning some of my old 80s stuff last summer, but the results just aren't in the same class.

I just love the scottish railways in the 70's - 80's. So relaxed.

Steve

 

[Intercity126]

The last day of a short holiday in Scotland (principally to work on the Swindon DMU and visit ModelRail Scotland) gives me the chance to post some photos of progress with the cab details:


I assembled the air tanks on a scrap piece of etch on a flat surface so that these shall eventually sit flush against the cab rear.


A bar aligned to the external rivet detail helps to stabilise the air tanks whilst I waft the gas torch over the assembly.


This is the completed air system - most of the main tanks are there but the piping is quite a bit simplified.


I made the handbrake standard from a selection of micro-bore piping and some squashed copper pipe lengths.


The overall length is about right for later connection to the brake pull rods.


The handbrake is braced to the cab rear on the prototype with a plate. A small piece of etch was used and the fit adjusted using excessive force to allow everything to sit snug against the cab rear.






Here's the assembly in place .


The handbrake locates the assembly through a hole in the floor. The assembly shall be painted away from the model and glued in place.


Through the cab windows, there is not much on view. I'll need to fit some cab lighting if it is to be visible (but at least I know it's there).

 

[alcazar]

That's lovely, exactly what I meant.

You could get silly with detail, but it's very satisfying to do, isn't it?

 

[Rob Pulham]

Well worth the effort in my opinion

 

[Intercity126]

Thanks, all. I'm very pleased with the way the cab detail has turned out.

One advantage in my slow progress is that Winter is rapidly turning to Spring - the season for spray painting. Hopefully I won't blink and miss it again this year...

 

[alcazar]

Your new bit is exquisite, given it's true size.....

Weather? Don't get me started: we've been promised bright, and 10 or 11 degrees. Instead we've had thick fog all one day, and thick cloud the next and 4 degrees maximum. I hate living near the East Coast....
it's perishing up in my loft even with a fan heater running.

 

[Intercity126]

A final "Big Push" over the Easter Weekend has finally allowed me to get the remaining soldering completed on the body of the Barclay.


The seat units - on the real thing the seats tip up and have fore/aft adjustment by sliding along the axle


Installing the seats to a pre-tinned section of the cab sides - the dimples indicate the external rivets that hold the seats in place, so no excuses for getting the positioning wrong.


Some drilled lengths of microbore tube and some bent and flattened pins went to make...


...a couple of windscreen wiper motors. I connected them to the air system with wire to represent the tubing. (Note to self: remember to align the blades to match the actuators when you fit the wipers)


A similar lash up was made on the rear cab wall, with the air lines disappearing into and hopefully adding to the tangled mess of pipes making up the air system.


Air tanks temporarily in place - these are currently removable for painting.


Completed cab interior


I have replaced all the cast vac pipes with replacements from copper wire - the few hours spent replacing the part already included in the kit adding to the indeterminate hours of quite probably pointless effort already spent, but it keeps me off the streets.


The completed assembly.


The cab steps were assembled - the instructions list these as one of the first jobs, but I left them off in case they got damaged by the 3 years of pedestrian construction work (so far).


I also replaced the strengthening bar on the cab rear - the detail shots Bruce sent me clearly showed this riveted flat against the back of the cab. I previously had a thinner strip on edge. Close, but no cigar.


I had left the radiator ladder off the model to make painting easier, but the thought of this being attached with glue to paint didn't fill me with confidence for its durability, so I soldered firmly in place.


I believe this is the main air line from the compressor to the air tanks in the cab.


The underside of the footplate.


A happy modeller contemplating the possibility of finally dusting off the airbrush.

 

[Dog Star]

A happy modeller contemplating the possibility of finally dusting off the airbrush.

Nice job, a great smile of pleasure.

regards, Graham

 

[Phill Dyson]

A very impressive piece of work .....well done!

 

[40126]

Im amazed at all the detail. A job well done

Steve

 

[iploffy]

Excellent piece of work my friend you look well happy

 

[lancer1027]

Very nice, well done it looks superb

 

[alcazar]

Great stuff.

 

[Intercity126]

Thanks all. As a lone modeller it's good to get positive feedback from the forum.