Dolgochification Part 1: 009 Bachmann Rheneas To Dolgoch! 

Every time I watch your videos I am amazed by your patience. This kit looks very good, looking forward to seeing the painting of it.

I keep watching your videos over and over waiting for Christmas 🎄 there i can get my first 009 trains (the thomas ones lol)

Another cartoon engine from the cartoon engine master… Don’t know why you picked such a distinctive style but it’s really impressive to make things that look like living cartoons. Great work

Great Video and nice job with the conversion - some thoughts though if I may. 1. removing the coal in the bunker would be best done with rotary burrs in the Dremel. 2. I dare say Bachmann uses baked enamel paints so there is no need for primer. If the job is clean enough you could just prime straight over it rather than remove but just use a light spray from can or airbrush. 3. fitting resin or etched parts needs either CA or UV cured resin glue. I find the rubberised black CA good for the purpose as it gives plenty of time to position, is thick enough to fill gaps, shows up where it needs to be sanded back smooth removing the need to later fill.

You missed a comedy gift opportunity there George with the line...standing up to the stripper...😂

Another excellent video, I watch this with interest as i have a 0.16.5 Dolgoch to finish. Granted not the same processes but will have learned some tips along the way. Regards James

Looking like a great start George! Daughter watched it with me and said - ‘he has the eyes of an eagle’ 🧐

Quickly becoming one of my favourite RU-vid channels, well done on this George, your humour is fantastic, the rest is pretty okay too. Warm regards from South Africa, Hylt

Now that's a clever kit, using the 3D printed bits foe the structure and etched brass/nickel sheets for the detail, it's much better than trying to faff about getting perfectly accurate small detail on 3d printed plastic! Probably acts as a bit of scaffolding too so the cab isn't so fragile

waiting patiently for the layout building videos 😂😂

Great informative video as always. You keep the tempo up and unfortunately as you were distracted so was I as the music ( 1812 overture) was a bit too much in the mix. Not normally heard in your excellent videos. Cheers and all the best

A lovely conversion kit, the etched overlays look really nice. I admire your bravery using a fibre pen without a latex glove, I can't stand the fibre splinters that end up in the skin !!

Nicely done, I had a go at this kit a few years ago. Wish I had thought of using the Dremel to file those coal loads down I did mine by hand file. The extra details are certainly worth the extra effort, I did find it odd that you have to source your own parts to get the model looking like the prototype (mine is based on the loco around 1950) rather than everything you need being in the kit.

only now am I realising Dolgoch has different front splashers on either side

These videos are great company and interesting to watch. Just a minor note: the whoosh at the beginning comes out *incredibly* loud through headphones compared to anything else in the rest of the video (at least for me) which can be a bit disconcerting - might be worth trying to tone that down a bit if it's feasible to do so.

A great video. I watched a video on Dolgochification before I carried out my own Dolgochification and having watched your video had such a different viewpoint. I had hassle with the flashers and agree that leaving one is a better option. Interested to see how you go about your painting. PS My wife is concerned that you always end up with paint all over your hands and haven't you heard of gloves. No painting in this video so it wasn't an issue 😂

Hi George I'm surprised you did this given your passion for authenticity as this is not 009 and you can see the difference also you have concerns over the fourdees finish have you ever seen one I have one and can assure you the fordees models are excellent level of detail is second to none .maybe it has something to do with your love affair with all things westcliff of which I have Douglas which you raved about well fourdees are far superior .with regards to westcliff it took approx 7 weeks to get my Douglas due to very poor communication with Alec the one that arrived was very poor and Alec did replace it which took another couple of weeks but the replacement was satisfactory

Ooh ... pretty, very pretty. That seems like a serious step up form the old GEM kit on butchered Arnold chassis... and not too much more work to present The Old Lady in original (1866) condition. Any scope for screwing chimney on through smokebox? Another wonderfully motivational clip! Looking forward to the next installment. Thanks George 👍 Rolling reminded me. Used to have an ariel from an old tranny radio that died. Made for a great set of rollers for anything up to about 0.030" styrene sheet or brass shim.

Seems like using a good resin 3D printer instead of a filament printer would eliminate the necessity to cover the print with etchings? Is this an older kit before resin printers became popular? The detail is amazing with this technique though. Nice work!

First time I've seen a Dolgochification kit work process! May I recommend building up the layer on the smokebox like on the real Talyllyn and Dolgoch?

Whilst Rheneas is one way to pronounce his name, there will be some who will tell you that his name is pronounced Wren-e-ass instead of Wren-a-ass Very good video as always.. can’t wait to see Nos 1,3,4 & 7

Nice job. What’s with the music this week?

Sorry to be negative but why did you drill the holes oversize for the fittings. Also the cab does not fit down on the tanks or boiler correctly. I think you need to fix the later as it looks odd.

though not painted it looks incredible and i know the conversion kit is a demon to get due to it being batch runs

I snapped my pointy tool thingy the other day and now need a replacement. My spare is no where near as useful. Really annoying.

what do you use for marking out the holes?

Kit is sadly Sold out