Looks amazing with all those coaches on.

@garryhall5552

Ай бұрын

Thank you, it wont have that many in normal service though.

@timallen_uk

Ай бұрын

@@garryhall5552 that’s a shame, wouldn’t be much in over crowding 😂

@garryhall5552

Ай бұрын

@@timallen_uk in real life the norm was 13. Some had less but never noticed more and I travelled behind them frequently between York and London.

Looks fantastic, well done for going in! You need a longer platform for these 24 coach trains 😁

@garryhall5552

Ай бұрын

Well, 24 coaches would fit what was the old 8N and 8S at York but here part of the fiddle yard would be getting platforms lol.

looks lovely! Would love to make one myself in the form of the DP1, how went the chassis modifications?

@garryhall5552

Ай бұрын

It is not for the faint hearted. First you have to remove the cab interior which means cutting all 7 wires at each end for the leds. Then each corner requires the casting to be ground to a longer taper. This needs to start about 7mm or so from the vertical ends behind the bulkhead. The buffer beam corners need rounding after the buffers are removed. Then remove the plastic top for the speaker, which, is only held on with double sided tape. That has got the chassis in although it might need to be lower still but too late last night to look at it. The couplings need extending as I don't know if it will couple up when the buffers are fitted. The cab floor holds the coupling mount in place so that needs cutting off the cab interior, fitting, then filing back to match the main casting block. Ideally the whole chassis, motor, bogies etc should be dismantled but I left everything in place.

@cammccue6579

Ай бұрын

@@garryhall5552 Thank you for such an in-depth answer! I just got my hands on an Easterner set, might nab a 50 next.