Hi Juan, thank you buddy, very close, you nearly hit the centre
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Libor

I got a few hours last night to work on my loco, so I finished left side and glued on the wall. All pipes connected as well, just the roof left, which is gonna be a bit tricky, because fitting is not great...







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Finally I have mounted on the roof and just very little left to be done in this part of the cab, darker wash on the seats and few other touches. Small LED added inside the light and there should be enough light coming out through the slot in light cover.





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Libor

Libor, this is most impressive!! I follow your build and every time I check in I am amazed by the detail you achive!!

Congratulations!!! and I hope you will put it in your nice diorama

aall the best

Steffen

Wow! The last images from today look like real photos!
There´s enough light coming inside for making good photos.

Thanks for the update and the photos!

greetings...
Soeren

Thank you all guys for your kind comments, much appreciated. I have planned to use this loco in my dio Steffen, but still too much to do sir But one day, I will get there
Now I have to stick on something else for a while, but that wont take too long hopefuly
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Libor

The inside of the cab is absolutely stunning Libor. Modelling at its best.

Thank you Frank for your kind feedback, getting forward slowly, but anyway
There were also two more comments yesterday, but they disappeared, before I could have answered or they dont show in my browser, dont know why
Thank you for your comments as well jlfernandez and orange_3D. Much appreciated
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Libor

Hi there Libor,

followed your thread in the MIG-forum, but since it is crashed(?) I lost you, in a way of speaking. Still busy on my BR 52, I slowly start to think my next will be a BR 86. Thanks for inspiring me, and, of course, the other way you helped me!

Greetings from Groningen

Thank you Jan, good to see you around here. No problem at all, you helped me too, and my detailing sets will be available for your BR86 as well But there is still much to do on your BR52, which is gonna be a cracker I guess (also the figures, thought)

look here

I have taken a few pictures in better light, so here we go





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Libor

The cab interior looks so like the real thing it's uncanny. Thank you once again for taking the time to document and photograph your work

Libor: This is looking absolutely gorgeous. There are some pictures that have me thinking I am looking at the real McCoy.

Thank you Simon and Jeremy for your kind comments, much appreciated. Still busy at work I have not made any further progress here Hope that will change in September
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Libor

Absolutely stunning work Libor.

Hi Libor. Great progress so far. That interior is brilliant ... just brilliant. Love all those small details ... really worth the time and effort you have taken.
Regarding the pressure boxes for casting. Do you just cast these for your self, or are you doing it professionally?

Thank you for your kind words Kenny and Frank
Well Frank, so far I do these upgrading and correcting castings mainly for myself, but I also offer some spare ones to anyone else, who is interested to improve his loco build. I have sent good few sets worldwide, and some great feedback received from all the guys, who got them. That gave me an idea to take it a bit more seriously, and a small company with 1/35 railway kits and accesories should be launched on October, if everything goes well
Until then BR86 loco detailing sets are available at my website in

spare box

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Libor

I received all parts from Libor and i just can say that it is simply fantastic.
I have good experience in resin cast detail sets, but these parts are a new era in modeling. even very small parts are cast without any problem.
most sets from well known manufacturers have some problems there. often parts are missing. but it seems that libor controls quality very thoroughly.
i'm waiting for more to be done by LIbor.

Hi Misha, thank you for your kind words, much appreciated. Will be happy to see some pictures of your loco build one day.
That remindes me, I am also going back to building, hopefuly this week I should get some bench time after very busy summer at work, which did not give me much time for anything alse. Some progress in this endless blog is coming soon.
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Libor

All right, after very busy summer at work, I am getting finally back to my hobby. I will continue my building from the other side now, starting the frame. I have mentioned before, that frame in the kit is far from real thing, first that would be closer to early production of BR86 - about 150 locos manufactured with this frame, but later many parts were improved and changed in 1930-1934, and all the following production had a new frame. I really dont know, why CMK - first Czech company produced BR86 loco kit, which was nearly exactly copied by Trumpeter, including most mistakes in construction - used later production numbers for early produced loco, which model this kit supposed to be of. Some pictures to compare CMK, Trumpeter and real frame





Anyway, with great help of my Brazil friend and modeller Marcus, who sent me drawings needed to save my time, I can now start my work on the frame. To make up new whole frame seems to be easiest way. I got ready drawings needed and my work on it begins right now...






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Libor

Happy to see that you're "back to business", Libor! Quite interesting to watch your work on the frame, I suppose I can learn a lot from this (as I did from your work on the cabin), though I won't change the frame of my BR 52 now

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Kanne

Hi Jan,
thank you for your kind words, good to hear from you, just catching things around after my absence in hobby, and yes, I will try to bring some handy tips during the frame work, if not for BR52 you have been working on now, so maybe for next loco you will start after - all these frames had similar construction anyway. I have started my work on it already and some pictures coming soon

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Libor

I made up a few moulds, and also frame work started, I will complete both sides in two parts, because plastic sheet is not long enough. Join will be placed in cylinder areas, that should make whole construction stronger, when these are assembled. Picture shows well difference between original early frame and Trumpeter´s one, also difference between early and later type is well noticable. I am making later version needed for my build





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Libor

Working still on the frame sides, I also got ready castings I had made already a few months ago, bearings, wedges, small grease boxes, which will be assembled, when sides are finished.



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Libor