Today and Yesterday after settling back in after a long weekend in Norfolk I decided to get the Chassis up and running. Plus some more Spraying having managed to get hold of some more Rattle Cans in the Halfords at Huntingdon on my way home. Think this will be an easier one for me to get to not having to rely on the Bus to Cambridge and an easy stroll from Huntingdon Station. Though my experience yesterday of trying to get to YORK was not a good one with a Death on the line at Grantham which Cancelled lots of Trains both ways just when I was wanting to Travel. I note that there are further problems between Grantham and Newark today. So much for Operator of Last Reaort!
Anyway enough of that and on to the Painting, for my previous Harz Railcars I have used sundry different Whites and so called Cremes that all appeared well too White for my liking. So I made a change in the White/Creme Colour by selecting
Rover Arum White. Have to say this is a nice change from the others that I have used so may stick with it if it continues to be available. As for the Red I will be using the old faithful BMW
Imola Red 11. This has been my preference for some time now and to my eye looks just right. Top of Bodyside and Roof will be Creme, below the Ridge will be Red. Below some of the initial Blast from the Rattle Can after much Smoothing, Filling and Sanding.
hm not sure why the upload is now doing things Upside Down, must be some new improved Software on the latest Apple Upgrade, they are really loosing the plot at Apple!
Still onwards and upwards! Here can be seen the Top of the Chassis, I have made a Plasticard Holder for the varying Cards that allows them to sit nicely above the Couplings but inside the Front Fairing. All held in place with Pond Liner and Nuts n Boots. The Radio Aerial and Sound Card Infra Red Reciever (SCIRC) will pass through a convinient Gap into the recesses of the Back of the Cab. Important the the SCIRC is visible for any revisions to the Sounds, note that the Speaker is just stuffed into the Gap when the Body is placed on top of the Chassis.
Here is the Underneath of the Chassis showing all the varying Wires. Note that I have put in a Second Row or Ally L, this will be used to screw the varying bits of Underbody Furniture that Railcars have quite a bit of. Only Cosmetic Stuff line Battery Boxes and Engine representations will be fitted. A cursory View of my Source Inspiration pic earlier in this thread will give a flavour of what is to be seen below. I can see no point in shoving much detail below that will never be seen except in the case of a Drastic Derailment.
The wires have been tidied up and are held in place with GPO Type Single Strand Bell Wire (some can be seen in this pic just above), it twists nicely in place to hold things neatly without taking up much space as Plastic Ties would. I Drill 2 small holes and shove a length with each end going through a different hole, a gentle twist with a Flat Pair or Pliers, trim and all is good. The Choc Block that sends Power to the Bogies has been held in place with Nut n Boot.
Finally a short Vid of the beast running at last.
yup I did it again, Portrait rather than Landscape Vid. Forget every time I do one in the Phone!
