Triang/Hornby Freightliner Final Upgrades ¦ Buffers Brake Wheels and more!
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Triang/Hornby Freightliner Final Upgrades Buffers, brake wheels and more
Cool 3D Printer Action & Running Session.
In this final episode of the Freightliner upgrades see how my friend 3D prints buffer heads for me and how they fit on to these venerable wagons. WOW what a difference.
Check out how I paint, fit and add draw hook and lamps to the buffer head completing the authentic look of these iconic Freightliner Wagons.
Check out the running session at the end when we put it all together and enjoy the fruits of our labours.
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Nice set of videos about the Container wagons, good ideas and really improves them,
I saw Charlie from Chadwick put a Small Selftapper through the underside of the Wagon into the Centre Box and it Straightens the Slight Bow of the Wagon out, worth a watch,
Glad you enjoyed it
The trials and tribulations of upgrading models! 😉
What a considerable improvement - Well done Mike! 👍
Aww thank you, delighted with the outcome
No easy route for you Mike, another one for the ‘file’. Great job as always, enjoyed the running and the ‘Peak’👍👍👍
I enjoyed it to be honest and the end result looks great 😃 glad you enjoyed the Peak, lovely locos
Sensible planning and god workmanship produces a really worthwhile improvement. Very good filming as always. Nice job altogether.
Thanks Roderic. How you doing?
What a great job, I think all your work and patience has paid off, you have a great set of wagons there. This series has been a very interesting watch for me, cheers Mike
Thanks very much, very rewarding
Perseverance in action getting those 3D made buffers to work. First time I have seen a 3D printer in action. I love your David Rose music selection at the end of your videos. Many years ago in the USA he did the music for " The Red Skelton Show." A popular TV show from 1951-1971. Bill from California
Thanks Bill, so glad you enjoyed it. I'm very lucky to have my clever friend who made the buffer heads for me. Glad you like the music 🎶
Nice enjoyable video
Thanks very much 😊
Success! Very nice too Mike.
Thanks very much 😀 have to say I'm delighted with them
You may or may not know that at least one of these was modified as a single unit and used in Scotland for a minor traffic flow between Aberdeen and Thurso. The vehicle was fitted with through vacuum brakes and steam pipes and inserted into the Aberdeen - Inverness passenger trains and then an Inverness - Thurso service. All this made for some great and unusual mixed traffic trains, especially as this was about 1984 I think. Unfortunately I believe the traffic only lasted for about one year.
Wow I never knew 😲 I'll be looking out for some videos
hello Mike, great video, i remember the peaks at St Pancras stn in the 70s,great locos and sounded like the 47s, the station however has been turned in to a circus by todays clowns using eurostar as an excuse. love the modifications on the Triang freightliners. i think the set had a Hymek back in the day.
Yes, the 47s had the same (or very similar Sulzer engines as the Peaks. The final tranche of the 46s was cancelled and the engine and other traction items used in the 47s.
I think you're right about the Hymeks. They hauled Freightliners to/from/in the Western Region.
Many thanks indeed ☺️ ah yes Pancras has been ruined.
Hmm time to check my locos for a blue Hymek
One of my first jobs, BREL engineering, was the sad task of cutting up the class 45 peaks! The bogies were converted to snow ploughs from some ,the Sulzer engines stripped down for component recovery as many parts could be used for the class 47! One memorable fate was the crash into the nuclear container test !
Oh wow, sad but interesting, Oh yes I remember that dreadful waste of a loco, was it true that the engine bolts had been loosened off?
The locomotive was purchased from BR for £16,000 give or take. It was class 46 009 and had just been withdrawn it had given BR over one million miles . The Sulzer engine was supped up to give 100mph ,the fastest a peak had ever run? I'm not sure about engine bolts being loosened if you mean on this loco for the run ? The whole experience was part of a four million quid exercise to tell Joe public that nuclear transport on rail was all safe and secure?
Yes, quite often with 3D printing you need to go through a few iterations before they are exactly what you want.
I'd have reprinted it rather than cutting/sanding it to shape. But you worked with what you had and made it work regardless.
Thanks very much, very much a prototype to find out exactly what was required.
I'd be interested in a pair of those buffer beams for my Scottish single freightliner wagon.
As a P4 extremist who uses screw couplings I'd want the correctly sized version as measured by your mate.
Ok I'll have a look
This is a good video
Thanks
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited You're welcome
Nice modelling 🙂 A bit of trial and error is part of the fun, next time it will be a lot simpler. There's a lot to be said for older models. Little details like that brake wheel really give them a lift. I find I learn far more about a vehicle by building a kit or upgrading than I do with even the most detailed rtr stock. And that removable drop loop on the peak is bloody clever, I'll be borrowing that one! What next?
Thanks very much, I completely agree. It's very satisfying jobs like this. Glad you like the coupling loop certainly does let you keep all the buffer beam details but of course shunting becomes more tricky, but hey that's what we have shunters and station pilots for
Proper modelling! The fettling of parts is an art & labour of love. As well as frustrating sometimes....
It was interesting to see the detailing differences on the front buffer beam of the Peak & 47. Is this due to added detail, or to their original state?
Thanks very much. Ah the 47 is Lima while the Peak is brand new Heljan
@ModelRailwaysUnlimited That explains it. I'm a big fan of Lima diesels, though. I have a fleet of Lima 37s, amongst other classes. The relatively low cost allows this sort of collecting to happen. My Lima 47 is the distinctively livered Merddyn Emrys version.
@@stephendavies6949 ah yes you and me both, might be a feature soon 😉🔜
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Excellent idea. I used one of your early tutorials regarding servicing Lima diesels to ensure I did mine properly.
@@stephendavies6949 wow thanks glad it helped
Hi there when your friend measured the buffer beam on the FGA Freightliner, what were his measurements?? I live in New Zealand and can't find what the buffer beam measurements are, I want to do a similar thing to what you have done. My son 3D prints and he said all I need are measurements to scale down., I enjoy your videos especially the historical information, cheers
Many thanks. I'll ask Paul but at the start of the video and later it deals with the dimensions, for total width measure the freightliner, also for the thickness of the frame etc. I'll edit this reply when I hear back. Ok, I have the 3D printer file now, drop me an email and I'll send it to you. mru_admin@insussex.plus.com
Just starting to detail some of these myself does your friend sell the stl file to print some up
Hiya, I'll ask and get back to you
Hi, yes he's got the stl file. What do you think a fair offer would be?
Nice work sir - fun project and they really look the part now. Out of interest how are you finding that Peak? Im still trying to decide between that and the Bachmann one 🤔
Thanks very much. The 45 seems lovely, not quite as smooth at low speed yet and more picky about track than the Bachmann ones.
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited thanks Mike, good to know
@@Shauniboy1984 cheers
So how can we get the buffer beams
Well, all depends on Paul's workload he's a very busy rail professional. I do have two spare prototypes just now but no buffers or hooks?
How much you want for them
@@MobileGifte i don't know, not much. Do you feel able to trim them down etc and fit buffers yourself
Nice video, but these 3D prints could be so much better... unfortunately due to the printing process it's just not great for this.
Thanks, how do you mean this seems great?
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited I think he means if they were done on a resin printer they would look even better.
Resin printing can give far more detail. The ones you have are printed on an FDM printer.
@@ausfoodgarden This is all new to me lol