45105 - Work In Progress
30th January 2005
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Thought it was about time that there was an update on my site about 45105 and how its coming along. So if your interested keep looking here to see whats happening and how the beast is coming along.

** Alas updates have stopped until i've got either a flash for my 5D or a digi compact camera, sorry! **
Carl sorting out the rotten bodywork, 20/11/05.
Carl sorting out the rotten bodywork, 20/11/05.
Inside the ETH cubicle, the bodywork stripped back down to bare metal, cleaned and now in primer, 20/11/05.
Inside the ETH cubicle, the bodywork stripped back down to bare metal, cleaned and now in primer, 20/11/05.
Again inside the ETH cubicle and freshly painted in primer, 20/11/05.
Again inside the ETH cubicle and freshly painted in primer, 20/11/05.
Hmm we'll see! 20/11/05.
Hmm we'll see! 20/11/05.
The roof off the ETH cubilcle relax's on the floor, rest assured it'll be back on soon, 20/11/05.
The roof off the ETH cubilcle relax's on the floor, rest assured it'll be back on soon, 20/11/05.
How's about that for an ex-works brake valve! 20/11/05
How's about that for an ex-works brake valve! 20/11/05
The grinding of the rotten bodywork continues. 27/11/05
The grinding of the rotten bodywork continues. 27/11/05
Christ!! There appears to be a big hole in the bodyside of the diesel! 27/11/05
Christ!! There appears to be a big hole in the bodyside of the diesel! 27/11/05
More of the rotten bodyside has been removed, 04/12/05
More of the rotten bodyside has been removed, 04/12/05
inside the ETH cubicle has been painted in undercoat, 04/12/05
inside the ETH cubicle has been painted in undercoat, 04/12/05
Stripped down to bare metal, cleaned, primed and now in undercoat, 04/12/05
Stripped down to bare metal, cleaned, primed and now in undercoat, 04/12/05
Inside view of the where the rotten bodyside is/was from ETH cubicle, 04/12/05
Inside view of the where the rotten bodyside is/was from ETH cubicle, 04/12/05
Resistor's spruced up and back in place, 07/01/06
Resistor's spruced up and back in place, 07/01/06
Scraped back down to bare metal and awaiting a clean and then primer, 07/01/06
Scraped back down to bare metal and awaiting a clean and then primer, 07/01/06
The boiler room grill after cleaning and a lick of BR blue awaits re-fitting, 07/01/06
The boiler room grill after cleaning and a lick of BR blue awaits re-fitting, 07/01/06
The boiler room grill now back in place, 08/01/06
The boiler room grill now back in place, 08/01/06
Wire brushed and now in primer, 08/01/05
Wire brushed and now in primer, 08/01/05
Boiler room grill from the inside, 08/01/06
Boiler room grill from the inside, 08/01/06
Scraped, needle gunned, wire brushed and now in primer, 15/01/06
Scraped, needle gunned, wire brushed and now in primer, 15/01/06
Awaiting a lick of red oxide and then some undercoat, 15/01/06
Awaiting a lick of red oxide and then some undercoat, 15/01/06
Boiler room grill takes shape, 15/01/06
Boiler room grill takes shape, 15/01/06
Taking shape now quite nicely with red oxide now applied to the grill and the conduit. 19/02/06
Taking shape now quite nicely with red oxide now applied to the grill and the conduit. 19/02/06
Pipes!!! 19/02/06
Pipes!!! 19/02/06
Now after recieving red oxide, 19/02/06
Now after recieving red oxide, 19/02/06