PRMRP Lima Class 33 conversion kit

[Rob Pulham]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Rob,

getting there slowly, but getting there.

The Rocket by the way is fully working and from a kit and the boiler barrel is more or less a sheath around the motor casing.

regards

Mike

I must admit that from the photo's I wondered if the Duchess was pushing rocket. It's nice to know that it runs under it's own power, I could quite fancy doing something similar, but life's too short given the ever growing pile

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

knowing the quality of Geoff Holt's work, it would not surprise me if the Rocket did push the Duchess

regards

Mike

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Mike, looking at your W/C and it looks good  , so i will be looking forward to doing these next year two of them are Davids kits and the other DJB !!!.  :scratch:

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Just a thought Mike did you have any problems with the fit on the resin-smokebox/boiler/firebox to cab etch .i painted/lined and weathered two earlier on in the year and there was a fair bit of filling done on both !!!.

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Fred,

thanks for the encouragement. The DJB kits certainly look good at the end of theday, but it seems that you have to go through a Jim Harris/DJH/Ace/Acme learning curve before you even open the box - thats why I'm looking forward to doing another MOK Q1 - fiddly but totally buildable and no builder adjustments needed and very good instructions and descriptive pictures of the contents including the castings.

View attachment 33030

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Fred

with regard to the last posting, I entered the phots in the opposite odered, so bear with me, I will not try and reposition them,

regards

Mike

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Mike the Q1 looks superb, i have one to do as my last commision which will be around the end of 2012, thank you for the pics of the W/C i will be back to you with some questions in the new year if that is ok.

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Fred,

by all means do.

Thinking further about the boiler/firebox/cab fit, I did take my time in 'squaring off' the back of the resin casting and this may be where your builder slipped up, it looked square but wasn't.

regards

Mike

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Yes it maybe so Mike, he built one for a chap with the other as payment for himself, i have a pic somewhere i think its on the PC upstairs i will send it you.

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Here we go Mike not the best pic.

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Fred,

excellent is the only word. You seem to have finished it in the way that I was thinking of doing mine - working dirt on the chassis and 'oiled clean' on the body - did you add some gloss black to satin varnish to achieve this?

Was working on the backhead yesterday and I only hope that I can conjure up the knowledge of how you put a ship in a bottle to get the thing in. I usually paint and detail the backhead out of the loco anyway, but there is so much to leave out to give you any chance of putting the backhead in, plus the glazing has to go in first. We shall see!

regards

Mike

 

[welshwizard]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Mike sorry to disapoint u but i had not weathered it at that point just blackened the. rods to except the weathering coulor.I never add black or any other coulor to the varnish, as they are all finnished x works before weathering commences, as i said Mike its not the best of pics and poor light.

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Fred,

just shows what tricks the light can play on the old eyes!

regards

Mike

 

[28ten]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

It might not be the best of pictures but it looks good to me   

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

ready for the fitting of the canvas roof between cab and tender then it's a trip to the coaling stage and the run into Charing Cross for the trip to the Kent Coast.

 

[Simon]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Beautiful

 

[Phill Dyson]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Beautiful

Yes that does look pretty wonderful 

Phill  :wave:

 

[7mmMick]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

A sight to behold, truely inspirational 

Best regards Mick

 

[Ressaldar]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

thanks guys, I hope that it gets similar comments from Auntie & Uncle when I present it to them two weeks from now.

I'll take some more photos over the weekend, once I've done the last remaining bits.

I'm then going to make my fume extract system before Christmas so that I can start the MOK Q1 straight away in the new year.

regards

Mike

 

[28ten]

34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Very nice  you must be pleased with the results.