WMD - Woody's Modelling Diary

The WMD film crew have been at work again and this potential blockbuster, or more likely flop, visually goes through the Lima Class 117 DMU ...

At last it is the end of the Lima Class 117 DMU rebuild! It has taken some time and stretched my abilities but I have learnt a lot. The last...

With the certainty that the Lima DMU is working it is time to bring this project to an end. There are still some jobs to do including some p...

Just like the scene from the various Frankenstein films, Its alive! And whilst parts of the Lima Class 117 DMU may look a bit Frankensteinis...

To cut a long story short was, amongst other things, a hit for that new romantics group from the 80s Sopandau Ballet and you can view the vi...

Those famous last words from yesterdays post - With all that done the powered car should be an easy win to finish! After the satisfaction of...

I am at the stage of putting the Lima Class 117 DMU back together which is a satisfying process given the carnage I have inflicted on it ove...

The rabbit hole of the Lima Class 117 DMU deepens! Originally I was just going to remove the somewhat oversized and toy like couplers from e...

 Fitted to he front of the Lima DMU, the additional details look a bit strange. Xxx However, painted black it comes together. Well, that...

This project is becoming a bit like a rabbit hole! I was just going to do a quickish (remember this is Woody) update on the Lima Class 117 D...

Having painted up those details on the chassis of the Lima Class 117 DMU, I have now dirtied them up! A bit of dirty brown paint by Ammo was...

Time to think about doing some detailing on the chassis of the Lima Class 117 DMU. I am not doing anything too fancy, just making the best o...

I had intended to post about the Spalding Model Railway Show that Mrs. Woody demanded I take her to (well that is my recollection of our con...

Having painted the interiors of the Lima 117 DMU, it was time to add some colour to the seats. In real life the DMUs underwent several refur...

 This is the interior of the Lima Class 117 DMU. It looks fairly drab and toy like which I guess for its 1980s origin was the common approac...

Whilst doing work on the pickups on the Lima Class 117 DMU I thought I might as well give the motor a bit of a service. Not that there is mu...

With an hour to spare I thought I would pick up on upgrading the Lima Class 117 DMU by adding an additional pickup to the rear bogie. At the...

A few days ago I posted about the DCC chip that fried itself in my Lima Class 117 DMU. I have been looking at it with a view to putting a ne...