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Western Thunderer
Good evening -
well my last build was a D6xx - 'Bulldog' (anyone spot it at Telford?)
and next on the bench is its little brother - a D63xx - Baby warship -
The kit represents one of the Pilot scheme batch of 63xx's and correctly has retooled sides and roof to portray all the detail differences found on the first handful of baby warships - otherwise , it builds up like a standard class 22 kit. There's still the slightly awkward build sequence of having to attach the cabs to the body after painting and glazing them, but the join is well hidden by door shutlines and roof panels.
I've altered the bufferbeam sockets (spares from the D6xx kit) and some of the bogie sideframe pipework as these areas are a little different on the pilot scheme locos - the water tanks will be a similar story but I'm still researching those - there's certainly some detail to add to the ends of the tanks but again this seems to vary between locos - that's why we love 'em isn't it ?
apparently this is the only JLTRT pilot scheme '22 kit in existence at the moment - so hopefully some pictures will chance that - its a lovely little loco.
tfn
Jon
well my last build was a D6xx - 'Bulldog' (anyone spot it at Telford?)
and next on the bench is its little brother - a D63xx - Baby warship -
The kit represents one of the Pilot scheme batch of 63xx's and correctly has retooled sides and roof to portray all the detail differences found on the first handful of baby warships - otherwise , it builds up like a standard class 22 kit. There's still the slightly awkward build sequence of having to attach the cabs to the body after painting and glazing them, but the join is well hidden by door shutlines and roof panels.
I've altered the bufferbeam sockets (spares from the D6xx kit) and some of the bogie sideframe pipework as these areas are a little different on the pilot scheme locos - the water tanks will be a similar story but I'm still researching those - there's certainly some detail to add to the ends of the tanks but again this seems to vary between locos - that's why we love 'em isn't it ?
apparently this is the only JLTRT pilot scheme '22 kit in existence at the moment - so hopefully some pictures will chance that - its a lovely little loco.
tfn
Jon