Freelance PHIL diesel loco

[-steves-]

She is looking the biz I like your chassis too very well built

Steph

Many thanks. I am not that keen on the colour now it's on, I may well change it to a darker green. The project is on hold pending more spare time being available as work seems to have it's unfair share of my time as per usual.




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[-steves-]

OK, a bit more work done. I rubbed it all down and changed it to a darker green, a bit of a pain as the black I originally used reacted with the black I used the second time, so it was a strip down to plastic, not exactly what I was planning. Its pretty much done now, all except the windows being glued in and a hole drilled in the front for an LED fitment, this will be done after a trip to Maplin for a 5mm black LED holder, the only ones I had were large 5mm ones typical hey.

The windows are outlined in aluminium and the cab is cream. The claxon is black and was a white metal casting I had laying around, the exaust is a bit of brass I stuck in the lathe and made up. All simple stuff.

Here are the latest pictures

[markoteal]

Lovely - as a battery loco man, I have green loco envy!

[Peter Butler]

Looks great, especially in that colour. The skirts give the impression of running very close to the rail head, have you tried it on track as opposed to standing on its flanges?

[jim@NAL]

this is a great looking loco

[-steves-]

Looks great, especially in that colour. The skirts give the impression of running very close to the rail head, have you tried it on track as opposed to standing on its flanges?

Yes, its been test run around the track and my track has a large dip in it where the opening door is and it makes that ok. Originally when I first put it's skirt on, I had to shave some off it as it was catching, it is as low as I could get it

Many thanks for the very kind comments, just the LED to drill in it and the hand rails and handle to go, hopefully that should not take too long to do, spare time permitting of course.

As for the green, I am glad I changed the colour as I much prefer this new shade of green. If anyone wants to know the colour, its from Halfords and it's Ford Pine Green.