The cab end of the 4CEP is really just the same as a Mk1 coach, but with windows cut into it and a lot of multiple connections etc added. So following real practice I did the same with the Kitmaster coach end. First I filed off all the moulded on steps and toilet water filler pipes. The bufferbeam needed a bit adding at the base to get the right shape. I decided not to use the original Kitmaster corridor connector as it didnt realy look the part, and made my own from laminations of plastic card, shaped/drilled out where necessary. I think it might look a bit 'chunky' but when you look at the end of these units the corridor connector really stands out as 'spoiling' the looks of the end, unavoidable though that is.
It might be worthwhile making moulds from these parts to save making all the others individually; perhaps even the whole cab end with the inner plate attached, and the bellows as a seperate item.
The other end of the driving car will have the buffers themselves removed and the area 'plated over' as buffers are not carried within cars on a unit, just the driving ends.
It might be worthwhile making moulds from these parts to save making all the others individually; perhaps even the whole cab end with the inner plate attached, and the bellows as a seperate item.
The other end of the driving car will have the buffers themselves removed and the area 'plated over' as buffers are not carried within cars on a unit, just the driving ends.
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| still a bit of shaping at the base of the outer layer (right) to do |
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| route number boxstill to make, and the buffer spacings need to be corrected. The last bit to add after assembly will be the flexible part that goes over the top edge. As the bodysides overlap the edges of the cab ends, the gap between the edge of the window and bodyside will become correct |
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