When Airfix produced this kit in the 1960s/70s also included was a kit for a JCB digger. Believe Dapol still produce it. One detail you could have changed, removed the moulded on lift rings for metel ones made of fine nickle silver wire. Geff Kent describes doing this in one of his wagon building books.

You've made a very dated and rudimentray kit look very good indeed - great work.

Thanks for this video it is very helpful as I have two of these kits in my cupboard ready to assembly.

You might consider blocking the annoying adds during your presentation. Very useful weathering and assembly techniques.

Great work as per! You’ve scrubbed them up well! I’m working on a Hornby low Mac and I can’t get over how a little wood work improves them!

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

I've got a couple of those as well! Will have a go at them at some point 👍

Never realised these still come with that old style of coupling, nice to see your method of converting. A lot of people knock these old airfix/dapol kits, but as you've shown a been of painting and weathering turns them about. I'm currently doing some of there thatched cottages and a church.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Those are on my list of kits to build in the future! Built them as a child many years ago and need to revisit with my improved skills 👍 😃

Parkside Dunas (now owned by Peco) produce packs of ready made NEM mounting blocks. You may have to pack them up or file some material off depending on the wagon you are fitting them too.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Yes they do, but there is so little space between the wheel sets axles and buffer beam that they just wouldn't fit. I tried putting a Symoba pocket in but had to modify it! Found it easier to build a bespoke pocket 👍

the new coupling was neat and love the weathering... great job as always...

Great video brings back memories of shunting one around Immingham depot with class 56 roofs on

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

We had similar at Crewe with 47 roofs and engine blocks!

Great wooden deck outcome, bet you were as surprised/relieved as were all of us - I’m a convert to “trust the process” now 😉 thanks for sharing, best wishes for the new year

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

More surprised at how easy it was! 😃

Great work!

Seeing these Kitmaster kits put to use gives me a really good smile; they’re often forgotten by the press and influencers despite their availability and price. Great work as always. As for the Dublo signal box… please do! They’re everywhere, dirt cheap and nobody wants them. They’re detailed fairly often and look the part with the work; they’ve got a good shape and idea to work on. I’ve got one in the shed waiting to be desiccated too that cost me the grand sum of £2 at an exhibition. It’s not sacrilege if you’re giving them a better life!

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Yes, these kits have been around for what seems like eternity and ignored by most and derided by a few! I like them though and intend to build the entire range on here over the coming months and years! The signal box will get done, struggling to find a solution that will strip the paint off back to bare metal though, that's why I put to the side for now 😞 Deffo high on the list to get done though!! 😃👍

@AllSortsOfStuff58

6 ай бұрын

I'll be looking out for that because I was planning to do one myself to enhance an Art Deco station I'm scratch building...@@Wallsrail

@ringmastermodels

6 ай бұрын

@@WallsrailOrdinary paint stripper from B&Q and the like should work; Nitro Mors and all that goodness. They’re kind of slow though so some diecast restorers on here use aircraft stripper. These days I let everything bathe in isopropyl alcohol; it hasn’t beaten me yet, saved my skin a bunch though when repaints go wrong… If those don’t touch the paint a wire brush in a drill certainly will! 🤪

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

@@ringmastermodels tried all of those but has failed to remove any of the paint! Going industrial 😅

Love what you've done here. For its age, that kit came together really well. You've made me want to have a go at one! That digger kit looks to be a Langley Models product. If I recall, they produced quite a few diggers.

Your process has reaped great results - great stuff !

These look fantastic. Absolutely inspiring.

Good evening Mr train man. And wishing you and all your family a very happy new year 😊 Love your videos 👍🏻

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Happy new year to you to 👍👍

Lovely job on the kit, I've built quite a few over the years along with other kits in the range and I always find them nice kits to work on. Cie (Irish Rail) also had a few lowmacs to the same design one of them is preserved in Maam cross Co. Galway.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Yes, these kits have been around for what seems like eternity and ignored by most and derided by a few! I like them though and intend to build the entire range on here over the coming months and years 👍 Thanks

Great job would of never thought of using the colours u did for the wood but the process works and looks amazing ..im currently in the process of converting a hornby lowmac too ..

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

I'll do one of those as well at some point in time 👍

I have built some Dapol kits recently and they do come with NEM couplings and now metal wheels. I assume that the later versions of this kit now indeed come with these added. They are a bit dearer though unless you buy direct from a shop. The cheapest online currently being (with post) £11.27.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Not sure if they've been upgraded with NEM pockets?

Brilliant job on the wood weathering. You’re dead right it’s all about trusting the process and remembering that in the real world wood, on wagons, takes on a greyish colour as it weathers and doesn’t look like your Grandma’s polished walnut sideboard. Thanks for sharing.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

Very tempted by BR Blue as I just got the GT3 in that colour and it looks the dogs do-dars 👍😂

Great Video. Thank you. I need to paint mine. 😂

Great looking wood effect on the deck..! What was the thinned light grey you used over the Tamiya Buff paint?

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

XF-66 Light Grey, I think

Very nice job I got a dapol br Lowmac wagon kits what bearings size do I need? And when where I can’t get them from?

Love the wood effect! Does the box on the Hymac have any details? Would love to try and find the kit for my own wagon.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

I bought the Hymac off ebay some time ago and can't remember who produced it? Its resin and has basic details, but hoping it will look the part when I get around to building it!

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

The box is just storage! nothing to do with the kit...

How do they run? Mine was horrendous.

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

with the brass bearings = great 😃 Because of the soft plastic, warping is a thing so twisting to adjust for it is necessary 😞

I forgot to ask, what glue did you use on this wagon kit?

@Wallsrail

6 ай бұрын

My usual liquid poly - Plastic weld. Tamiya extra thin would work equally well 👍

make my own nem pockets from 6.5 box section lot easyer