{"id":647,"date":"2013-11-06T22:33:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2013-11-06T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:36:08","slug":"647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Kemilway Great Northern Railway D114 Composite coach kit in 7mm scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having taken the plunge in stripping the cab of the A3 prior to making the roof removable did I continue with the F8?<\/p>\n<p>Nah! I am sure that it will come as no surprise that it didn&#8217;t take much encouragement from Chris for me to start on one of the coach kits that she bought me for my birthday.<\/p>\n<p>This is some of what&#8217;s in the box &#8211; for this particular coach I am still waiting for the underframe and bogie etches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-648\" alt=\"GNR D114 001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-001.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-001-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-001-484x300.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-650\" alt=\"GNR D114 005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-005.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-005.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-005-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-005-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-651\" alt=\"GNR D114 008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-008.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-008.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-008-300x164.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-008-500x273.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having had a read of the quite comprehensive instructions available for download from the kemilway site it reckons about a hundred and fifty hours to build a coach depending on experience. Having had some of these kits in 4mm some years ago I had an idea what to expect and this is where I got to after 4 hours yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-652\" alt=\"GNR D114 011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-011.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-011.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-011-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-011-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The floor pan folded up and the inner ends curved with the formers soldered in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-653\" alt=\"GNR D114 012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-012.jpg\" width=\"509\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-012.jpg 509w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GNR-D114-012-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both sides have their separate bottom panels soldered in.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I had filed of the etching cusps I struggled with the first side to get the panels in flat etc. with a couple needing to be dropped out and repositioned. On the second side I made doubly sure that I had removed the cusps and I put a slight chamfer on the edges of each panel. This meant that they snapped into place with ease and I soldered up the second side in half the time it took for the first &#8211; a lesson learned for the next one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having taken the plunge in stripping the cab of the A3 prior to making the roof removable did I continue with the F8? Nah! 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