Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I Have two Class 42 Lima "Warship" locos, "Rapid" and "Dragon" and need to open them up. There is no obvious way of removing the bodies as far as I can see. Not the usual Lima lugs or pull-out buffers.Can anyone help me on this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 As far as I can remember you just slide some thin plastic between the body and chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Hi Jimbo, I seem to remember the Lima Warship had plastic pegs - two per side that locked the base to the body. These break off really easily and for most of the time I had one the body was loose - until araldite saved the day...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 Thanks WTG and Ellocoloco. There is still a mystery, as illustrated in these pictures. The pegs seem to be only decorative as the body divides higher up. Unfortunately the buffers don't pull out in their entirety, so do not hold the body. Also the body is a very, very tight fit especially at the front and rear. No room to insert a credit card and even the slim craft knife blade is difficult to get in and risks damaging the body. So I am at an impasse.I wonder if anyone in a Lima collectors club might be able to help ?/media/tinymce_upload/6dc3522a0113472596b5e1646109b544.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/23ceb5c3bb2f10e499a50285a6f06d36.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/8c6afe1d4bd832442f19604063342df4.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I have just bought one of these myself but haven't opened it up yet as I#ve run out of chips so will be interested to know the answer. At the moment I am assuming that it will be like the Westerns, Class 50s, 47s, and 37s. These just clip on as WTD says. If no one comes up with the answer before I can get hold of a Chip I'll let you know how I get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 @81F Thanks. That would be appreciated. I had another go yesterday at sliding a thin card in = no joy at all. Obviously I don't want to risk damaging the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Just found this "-the horizontal split is just below the cab doors,just outboard of which you should see a small circular hole,-this is where a small peg on the underframe clips into the body,you may have to gently lever the body away from the underframe by inserting a small screwdriver from below up the side of the power bogie frame so that it bears on the inside of the body..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ard Lochan Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 About two thirds along the length of the video............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 /media/tinymce_upload/73621a15d763e23cb5ee1024ebfa7fd6.JPG Just opened mine up! The joint between the body top and chassis is located where Jimbopuff's craft knife is pointing in his above post and their are two circular lugs which engade into small holes just below the numbers at both ends (see my photo above) Not wishing to risk damage using a knife I gradually picked at the joint to get a finger nail under it near the middle then slid it towards each end to disengage the pips on one side. Then, while making sure the body did not pop back on I turned it over and repeated the proces to remove the body. I tend to prefer the fingernail method as mibe are softer than Lima plastic and will grow back if dammaged (unlike a loco body). Only trouble is having converted 3 47s a class 52 and opened up a 50 and the warship I have run out of useful fingernails so will have to wait before I do any more! As an aside, how far north did these go? would any have made it to Chester Via the ex-GWR route to Chester and if they did would this have stopped when the WR lost teritory to the LMR?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Many thanks, Gentlemen, for the full -- and very weird -- directions for removing the bodies. I wonder why Lima devised this system. Maybe a bad day at the office. 😆 Or Ferrari had just been beaten by Vanwall.I shall have fun following these directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hi Jimbo, I think Limas reasoning was that it is cheap. Just omagine how much extra man hours it would take screwing up two screws (as in their GWR railcars) compared with puttint the body on the chassis and just pushing until you hear that click. I have to admit the system works well with both removing and refitting bodies on the 47s and 37s 52s and 55s but the Warship is trickey but the worst sofar I've found is the Class 50 which is a very tight fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercity 125 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I agree with the comments/advice given by 81F on here.I have a mint boxed example and wanted to put it into service by giving it a light drop of oil on the gears, armature, and axles.I found that by using a finger nail starting from the centre on one side of the body, I was able to release the central body lug, then work my finger nail to near the doors at each end where the chassis has a lug below the cab doors (2 per side). Releasing it on one side was enough for the body to come free.Patience and the use of a finger nail is sufficient (and mine aren't that long either).Hope this helps.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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