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  1. Trabant Dave

    Buses AEC Routemaster RM

    Great news that the RM is back in the workshop; I was worried that it was never going to reach fruition!
  2. Trabant Dave

    Buses [Official DLC] OMSI Addon London

    If you look at 'Classic London Buses for OMSI' Facebook page, he is still working on them but has hardware issues. There was a German guy Matthias, who was active on the DE OMSI forum who was also creating a Routemaster - I'll see if he is still working on .
  3. Trabant Dave

    London DLC Discussion [RELEASE DATE: 10/12/2020]

    Ever the optimist..... After nine years of development for RW/TS20xx, the second phase of Virtual District Line emerged, blinking in the daylight......... No bells, no whistles, no fanfare - and best of all - no Boris-flippin'-Johnson! It's brilliant! Miracles do happen, and I'm sure that...
  4. Trabant Dave

    What's on your workbench? (Dec 2015 - March 2020)

    Nice bit of work there Matthias; you have been very quiet of late - is the RM project still alive? Regards D.
  5. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    If you check the Trolleybus model it has a 1962 tax disc in 1:43, so 1:12 is flippin' massive! I'll put you on my beta team LOL
  6. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    True modelling is a point in time; with my K-class Trolley you can pin the model to a two-week period in 1962; I am very sure that Hachette will not supply us with tax discs and PSV discs; however I have a cunning plan! 1966 tax discs were brown and 1967 were green, and I will piss about and...
  7. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Don't go buying anything hose-ish Mike, I have a stock of shrink-wrap in assorted sizes that would represent rad hoses marvellously! More than willing to share these as I have enough to last until the middle of the 22nd century..... That would make me in 2150 a mere 191 years young. Just about...
  8. Trabant Dave

    What's on your workbench? (Dec 2015 - March 2020)

    Love that picture! I do think however that the blocked-in car should have been a Corsa. Or a BMW LOL!
  9. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    I have given some thought to this and think that the solution could be a waterslide decal of a photograph of a radiator core. The radiator side framing needs to be added and painted silver While the top and bottom tanks MAY have been painted black when new (and having scrutinised a good few...
  10. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    You are 100% correct there Mike; on both counts. The radiator should be virtually square and offset towards the nearside; I've checked a few pictures and there appears to be a triangular bracket from the o/s chassis beam to the support on the rad. Also as you say the ends of the chassis should...
  11. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Hi y'all, Been a while since I posted here; away on holidays but back now; currently at issue 30 on the Hachette RM. I have a rolling chassis with engine installed, and will post some images over the next day or so. It really is a big heavy chunk of modelling precision, and I'm wondering what...
  12. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Not a problem; very happy to be of assistance! I was an 'early adopter' - I signed up as soon as I heard about the RM; a friend of mine told me they had heard something about a giant-size Routemaster being produced about three years ago and for some reason it didn't go ahead then. Probably...
  13. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    OK, so another four issues of the RM partworks have arrived; the rest of the rear wheel parts, which have now been installed on the axle, AND the first few engine parts too. They also included a corrected issue 16 magazine which had a pic of an RT interior instead of the Routemaster. Did you...
  14. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    I've got three CM screws in my mini-Aldenham, and you are very welcome to them if that is enough for you; if you PM your address I'll pop them in the post on Monday. Like the Weymann-bodied T; it's blinded for my area - we live in West Drayton!
  15. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Yes, there have been issues; nothing insurmountable though; part one, badly applied bonnet motif, a second copy was sent out. I did have 4 issues go missing - they were sent out again, and lo and behold! the two sets arrived a day apart so I have some spares. I'll check and see if I have some CM...
  16. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Here's my 1/43 London collection, Wistow/Terry Russell London E/1 tram, IXO RT, Spot-On RM and scratchbuilt trolleybus And the Hachette RM chassis, with a 1 foot ruler to show how immense this thing is!
  17. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    I had a pretty massive collection of whitemetal models some years ago - was the Bluebird by GS Models? Very impressed by the Jotus scooter too, a very nice model you have there! Pretty sure that GS did a whitemetal scooter in the 1970's too. Pirate Models did a wonderful pre-war London...
  18. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    The Hachette RM is a pretty substantial piece of metal; I'm quite impressed with the quality apart from the prominence of screws, which I may substitute with something else on the visible bodywork; maybe small rivets.......... Do like a Routemaster myself, but my fondest memories are of the RT...
  19. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Funny thing is I just cannot get my head around 3D modelling on the computer! I am very 'old-school'; create/use paper drawings & diagrams, rulers, craft knives etc, and sheet polystyrene in assorted thicknesses; for compound curves I use a skim of car body filler over a balsa former. All very...
  20. Trabant Dave

    Miniature Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses

    Restored Spot-On 1/43 Routemaster, produced between 1961-65, repainted, new reproduction decals and extra detailing Original London Transport Gibson ticket machine, built early 1950's, used until 1993. This one has been serviced and the eagle-eyed will notice it prints pre-decimal fare values...