LT Acton Shuttle "Ginny" (Part 1)
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I've finally decided to get around to finishing this one off; bought it god knows when and it's only been out of the box a handful of times.
Cleaned up the resin bodywork this afternoon; there was only a little bit of flash to remove that was mainly on the small tilting quarter-lights where I had missed bits first time around; one thing I have had to remember very quickly is that the model is 'handed' it took me two or three attempts before I realised the floor of the unit goes in a certain way. 
I've been thinking about the next step; painting, There is a white metal trailer bogie to assemble - however I am of the opinion that i'll have to paint it first which is good practice. Rather then assemble and then paint as then I'll have a model that doesn't go anywhere. At least if I get the underframe painted then I can assemble it and have a powered chassis - the bodywork is taking some deliberation. I don't model London Transport at the moment, the Acton Shuttle was a moment of indulgence when I was planning an LU boxfile layout that never materialised. (I do have a 4' x 1' board spare now I think of it...)
Its silly little things like do I want a grey/white painted roof? Or when I undercoat the body in red oxide shall I just give the roof a couple of more coats and leave it in that? Its hard to tell the roof colour in B&W photos, if anyone knows or remembers the units (G Stock, or Q23 Stock) could they let me know as I wasn't born until 30 years after they were withdrawn. 
Trip to Halfords, need paint & superglue for the white metal chassis. Hopefully I can update this on a regular basis.
~ G
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