Just taken d3ljvery of this from Ellis Clark Trains. It is painted and weathered by tower models and is beautiful condition. Pictures to follow later. Cheers Toto
If it was painted and weathered by Tower then it's a Warren Haywood paint job - he does all the paint jobs for tower
I'm having to look closer at this. Two things , it says made in china on the underside but nowhere does it mention Bachmann or sancheung. Also it has delrin motor drives. I thought bachmann always used 5 pole motors and gears. maybe just my inexperience here so I'll look at it a bit further. Meanwhile ...... here are some pictures ..... out of the boxes ...... suitably weathered ...... more of an angle this time ..... straight on ....... tother end ....... I will need to check these on the rolling road at some point. cheers for now toto
Now that;s one beautiful DMU wherever it was made but it needs to be a 3 car set and ideally it should have Blythe Bridge, Stoke on Trent or Uttoxeter on the blind.
I feel directional lights and internal lights coming on if they are not already there which I doubt. A driver and a few passengers. Let's get it on test first on the rolling road. That's for later ..... maybe the weekend. Cheers Toto
Directional lighting, saloon lighting maybe even sparks coming out of the exhaust stacks just like the old Swindon IC Raspers used to under load... more tutorials from Bob I feel coming on.
Sound chip in one body, and a trailing lead to the other for a second set of speakers - avoids having two sound chips.
Toto a box load of cheap figures from eBay will do for the people inside the good thing is most are in 1:50 Scale so they fit the seats without haveing to do surgery on them They come painted or unpainted I got the painted ones mostly pastel colours and they make a real visual difference to the interior of your model to make it look the part
Hi Chris, I'm sure I picked up a load of seated figures at some point as well. I can't remember what scale though. Probably OO knowing my luck. I can always pick up others. I'll look at doing internal and external lighting as well. Just as well to if I'm already doing a decoder install. Get it out the way at the same time. Toto
I’m glad I’m not the only one that remembers getting items but can’t remember what scale or where I put them ready for the rainy day they’ll be needed. I always find the said item just after the new one turns up Your 101 looks like it’s got a really nice paint Job on it and the weathering is nice for a in service set not over done. The Brassworks 101, I have isn’t painted as nice as your one, not sure if it was a factory paint job but it came that way a dull cote and weathering would probably do a world of good for it as it’s a very glossy finish.
We'll I chipped the DMU today with a big Buddah. Quite easy to get in to chip but could not get access to do either lights or figures the way it's been built. I think it would take z bit of surgery to achieve that. Might be something I can add later. The DMU runs fine in DCC but will probably benefit from z good wheel clean and z bit of a run in. Looks good on his nibs's layout. He's got a few photos to post up later. Cheers for now. Toto
and just to prove it's all his own work ...... Your 2-6-4T will be the same, but hopefully less of the small srews - Toto had to use a glasses screw driver to remove the 8 body screws. Looks good going across the bridge and between the rock cuttings. Paul
Toto I found its Downunder 101 cousin and took some photos on the layout. It’s a very smooth runner as well, also has had Kadee’s fitted between the cars for easy coupling without having to battle under the corridor connection
Looks in very nice condition. The kadees would be a welcome addition. How close did it bring the corridor connection. Was it a reasonable fit? Toto
Hi Toto the corridors basically touch I will take some photos of the Kadees fitted next time I go down to visit my Dad as I left the 101 on the layout as it’s been about 3 years since it’s been out of the box and had a run Yes the Kadees are a good fit and allows it to propel the trailer car round corners without issues