OzzyO
Western Thunderer
Well it's been a long time since I last wrote any thing about modelling but my head seams to be in a better place now.
Just for fun I thought that I'd start with a Parking's kit, if I can't do one of the best kits on the market I can always go back to Airfix ! and start over again.
These bogies are for a JLTRT Mk1 TPO for our new layout (not a lot has been done due to the lockdowns).
These are been built as BR2s heavy duty. So what do you get in the kit LOTS this is only a scan of the etch the you also get lots of very nice castings (sorry no photos).
Well on to the juicy bits the build, this is not going to be like one of my old builds in that it's not going to be a blow by blow account. I've not had too many problems up to now.
I did these a bit back to try and get back in to the workshop but my head went pop , but I did manage these as well,
So I've got back to it and giving it a go, over the last couple of days I've done these. It may not look a lot of work but in the outer A frames and the end frames are about 80 parts.
If you want a shake the box kit this is not for you.
Would I recommend the kit yes not a problem, but you do have to work out how you want to assemble it, I'm braking it down into chunks and will then assemble them in to one large piece.
ATB
OzzyO.
Just for fun I thought that I'd start with a Parking's kit, if I can't do one of the best kits on the market I can always go back to Airfix ! and start over again.
These bogies are for a JLTRT Mk1 TPO for our new layout (not a lot has been done due to the lockdowns).
These are been built as BR2s heavy duty. So what do you get in the kit LOTS this is only a scan of the etch the you also get lots of very nice castings (sorry no photos).
Well on to the juicy bits the build, this is not going to be like one of my old builds in that it's not going to be a blow by blow account. I've not had too many problems up to now.
I did these a bit back to try and get back in to the workshop but my head went pop , but I did manage these as well,
So I've got back to it and giving it a go, over the last couple of days I've done these. It may not look a lot of work but in the outer A frames and the end frames are about 80 parts.
If you want a shake the box kit this is not for you.
Would I recommend the kit yes not a problem, but you do have to work out how you want to assemble it, I'm braking it down into chunks and will then assemble them in to one large piece.
ATB
OzzyO.
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