PRMRP Lima Class 33 conversion kit

Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Ian,

thanks for your comments.

The only drawback with doing the canvas, is the amount of superglue that is used and the subsequent odours that it gives off, and it is a tad cold at the moment to sit out in the garden to escape the fumes :headbang: The next task is to construct the extract system - I have seen a Vent-Axia fan , model SIL100 at about ?30 that extracts 95m3 an hour which might do the job. I intend making a suitable cabinet and having it on the workbench so that solder fumes etc can be extracted and then at the painting stage, I can put a plastic table cloth down with the painting turntable on it  - "simples" as Alexandrov says.

regards

Mike
 
iploffy

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

I bought an extractor fan for use in a bathroom in the middle of the house now we have decided that it isn't going to be there it's become surplus I might use it to create the same as you Mike.

Ian
 
Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Hi Ian,

I'll let you know how successful - or otherwise, my cunning plan turns out - could be a load of Baldricks :vista:

regards

Mike
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

You wouldnt believe what mine has extracted, I took the filter out the other day and I way quite shocked. its not the obvious over spray but the really fine particles that do the harm.
 
Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

any gold or other precious metals amongst it? Seriously though, it does make you wonder what harm has been done to our bodies through the (mis)use of materials in pursuit of our hobby over the years.

regards

Mike
 
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Graham Powell

Guest
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

I fixed something on a model once with super glue and then soldered something else nearby. Soon  I was  sneezing, coughing and eyes watering badly. Learnt my lesson there. I find the glue for plasticard makes me ill now, but it the old Mek Pak never used  to have any effect at all.
rgds
Graham
 
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Graham Powell

Guest
34014 Budleigh Salterton (re-built)

Thanks for that chaps. I get as high as a kite on plastic weld!. Having seen some superb plasticard models at the Westbury show, I wonder why we don't use it more for modelling locos. There are some superb USA locos on various websites that have been made using it.
Back to the workshop and figuring out how to put the flare in a long piece of etched brass. I have a bender but it  isn't long enough.
regards
Graham Powell
 
Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
having made comment regarding the Class 33 conversion on another thread, I thought the best way of continuing it was bring it here.

I am still somewhat confused by the instructions mentioning 'offsets' with regard to the bogie pivot. I have refered to the drawing in the Colin Marsden book and taken several measurements (I accept that you should not scale from drawings but use the stated dimensions - but there are none on the drawing) and it would appear that the bogies are symetrical about/within themselves. This being the case, where do the offsets come into being? What am I missing?

the little grey cells are in obvious need of some stimulation - other than that fine amber nectar from North of the Border which they have been getting recently ;)

Mike

 
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
The bogies pivot on the hole which is already on the etch Mike & if I remember correctly this pivot is not offset  :scratch:. Here are some built up PRMRP bogies if it's any help ?. These are 35 & 42 bogies which use the same etch as the 33 (you just set the sliding saddle to the correct wheelbase for the class you are doing.
 

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