Post by kevsmithnkp on Aug 6, 2018 14:25:37 GMT -5
Hi all
Although not specifically AZL but I thought I'd give you a heads up on the progress a few of us are making on British Z modelling
In my thread on the DRS open day I feature the Class 37 diesel. These versatile and long lived locos are the British equivalent of the F7, every rail company seems to have had some and the variations of colour schemes is hard to keep a track of
Introduced in 1960 and put straight into production off the drawing board their looks were dated even as the appeared. because the operating division wished to retain gangway doors in the ends it resulted in a curios split headcode box arrangement
In a picture taken by late father in May 1964 D6800 (later renumbered 37 100) is seen on a sad picture at Duckmanton South lifting the track on the former Great Central main line after its closure
Many,many years later one of our Split headcode 37s 37 069 trundles through Askam on a Barrow Docks to Sellafield trip.
So this was one class of loco I really needed in Z, Graham Jones and Ivan Industries had one in development in 3D printing so after some prompting a Beta version was uploaded to try out.
Seen here with the donor loco, A Marklin BR103, the prototype has had a coat of Acrtlic reveal primer applied, some rough layer lines cleaned up and a second coat of primer sprayed on.
The chosen loco was to be 37 013, one of the famous Tinsley depots unofficially named examples ( The nameplates were just painted on !) in this case the loco was named 'Vampire'. Still in Railblue in September 1991 and looking a bit tatty.
I've got the decals for the name on order and am in two minds about how much weathering I'm going to give it
more soon
Kev
Although not specifically AZL but I thought I'd give you a heads up on the progress a few of us are making on British Z modelling
In my thread on the DRS open day I feature the Class 37 diesel. These versatile and long lived locos are the British equivalent of the F7, every rail company seems to have had some and the variations of colour schemes is hard to keep a track of
Introduced in 1960 and put straight into production off the drawing board their looks were dated even as the appeared. because the operating division wished to retain gangway doors in the ends it resulted in a curios split headcode box arrangement
In a picture taken by late father in May 1964 D6800 (later renumbered 37 100) is seen on a sad picture at Duckmanton South lifting the track on the former Great Central main line after its closure
Many,many years later one of our Split headcode 37s 37 069 trundles through Askam on a Barrow Docks to Sellafield trip.
So this was one class of loco I really needed in Z, Graham Jones and Ivan Industries had one in development in 3D printing so after some prompting a Beta version was uploaded to try out.
Seen here with the donor loco, A Marklin BR103, the prototype has had a coat of Acrtlic reveal primer applied, some rough layer lines cleaned up and a second coat of primer sprayed on.
The chosen loco was to be 37 013, one of the famous Tinsley depots unofficially named examples ( The nameplates were just painted on !) in this case the loco was named 'Vampire'. Still in Railblue in September 1991 and looking a bit tatty.
I've got the decals for the name on order and am in two minds about how much weathering I'm going to give it
more soon
Kev
