Showing posts with label Railbus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Railbus. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Finished Railcar

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Job done. The Park-Royal Railcar is finished. At least it's completed to my satisfaction. I know this isn't a perfect model. Whe...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Variable people quality

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Look at this lineup, perfect illustration of the variable quality of 4mm scale people. I dug through my miniature figure box to find some o...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Headcode - Plan B

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So I tried to install my repainted headcodes. First I discover that you really need to do this before putting the etched interior in. The dr...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Installing seats

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If finding colour photos of the outside of the railcar was tough, interior shots are impossible – unless you know different of course. If th...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Purple - WHY ?

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At the front of the railcar is a route indicator. Behind the rectangular windows should be some lettering. Someone very cleverly decided tha...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Glazing the railcar

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The place where an injection moulded plastic kit scores over all others is when you get to glazing. The parts are moulded so they fit nicely...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Dirty underframe

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Photos of the Park Royal railcar are surprisingly difficult to find. Colour pictures appear to have been taken on film based on unicorn skin...
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Friday, May 07, 2010

Body painted

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The speed whiskers haven't gone to badly. Pedants will point out they are a bit undernourished but with the rounded ends I don't thi...
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Speed whiskers

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The Park railbus sported a fine set of what BR called "speed whiskers" in its early life and it was these I wanted on my model rat...
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Railbus lining

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Airfix, bless 'em, helped the modeller to line the Park Royal Railbus by moulding raised lines where the yellow should be painted. They ...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Multiple unit green

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I don’t normally prime plastic before painting but since the railcar had received quite a lot of attention from knives and abrasives, a thin...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Minor modifications

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In a Park Royal Railbus the designer hadn't allowed much space for the driver. He was expected to sit in a little cubicle at the end of ...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Seats in

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When the railcar kit came to me the floor had been removed from the etch and all the seat supports folded up. The builder had tried to brace...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Local model shops are good

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This is why I will always buy RTR locos from my local model shop . On Saturday I was able to walk in and say, "Mark, what colour should...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Body assembly

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I've got two sets of instructions for the railbus kit. The original Dapol ones and a suplimentary set from Branchlines. According to the...
Friday, April 16, 2010

Chassis cladding

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The Park Royal Railbus kit is more prototypical than I had expected. Now I've actually done some research I find that the power unit wa...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Pickups

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A long chassis needs long pickups. For the railcar fitting starts by gluing a couple of strips of PCB to the top of the metal sheet. Nice th...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Compensation

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How nifty is this ? At the opposite end of the railcar from the motor we have a very neat little cradle carrying the wheels which pivots on ...
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Park Royal Railbus

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If you read classic car magazines, the advice is always against buying part completed projects. You don't know all the bits are there an...