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 DMU and I find myself drawn into adding more details. Still, so far the cost has been minimal so Mrs. woody cannot complain!
The latest thing to do is to add so front end detail to the buffer beam. Having cut the couplings off the front end will look a bit bare and in real life there are some additional details that Lima did not add. These are the vacuum pipes for the braking system when these units worked in multiple setups as well as the electrical couplings. Fiddly to replicate but worth the couple of hours it took.
As always, WMD Stores had some suitable materials in stock, so a piece of square strip was a starting point into which some suitably bent brass rod was attached through some holes drilled in the strip. These represent the vacuum brake pipes. The electrical connections were represented by some 5amp fuse wire. The connectors were just slivers of plastic card and rod.
The lens is a bit cruel as to my workmanship but once mounted on the chassis and painted it should all look OK!
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