Class 27 From kit to completion.

I bet he darn't say how much resin it took to make that

 

Steve the 6LD A28 engine kit for the demo 26 model arrived along with additional reworked etches this morning, so thank you again for that.

 

Absolutely indeed, I'll be sending you hi-res Jpegs direct via email for your use. I'll have a look at putting it together now... should give me some therapeutic respite from current activities. On another note Steve I've sent you email asking to look at two roof arc positions on the skeleton frame, if this is not too late for the etches going to print.

 

Steve Beattie has very generously donated a spare Sulzer power unit kit from his range to go in the display loco destined for Llangollen Railway, so thank you for that Steve and here is the result of this weekends work. I decided the weathered and work worn engine block look was best, so with the aid of a little scratch detailing this turbo charged and intercooler fitted 6LDA28 power unit will look great inside D5310's engine room... not that there will be a great lot to see but never say we here pass on detail or something free. Cheers again for your kind gift Steve.

 

A couple more pics of the power unit.

 

You mean the sump? In Corporate Rail Blue these power units were painted Vellum or Rail Grey, in the Green era from new many were painted Sky... well that's what the BR painting spec decreed.

 

Same issue with the buffers, originally the pilot build machines had oval self contained spring buffers and the later builds had round headed sc spring buffers. Small head Oleo hydraulic buffers were a later mod and later still some locos received large head Oleo buffers as per Class 20 and 47 types, so the need to know which loco one wants to build and in which era of time is a most important investigation. That's probably why kit building is always so fascinating.