Taking stock (1)
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I thought I would share some of my bench work via this blog.
Starting off with this Coopercraft cattle wagon kit.
Sold as GWR diagram W1 / W5 it is a little too early for my layouts era. So, I decided to modify the kit slightly to make it look more like the BR standard 8/12 ton cattle van.
Using Paul Bartletts picture gallery as a guide this is the assembled kit before painting.
This is the second one of these kits I have done in this way, learning from my mistakes on the first attempt!
The original top doors have been removed and replaced by plasticard. The buffers are white metal from Lanarkshire Modelling Supplies.
The etched brass parts are from a Mainly Trains etch and the axle box tie bar is a length of brass 1mm "T" section. Screw cuoplings complete the major part of this conversion.
Here is the finished, painted and weathered model ready to run on my layout.
I used Humbrol enamel (red brick) for the main body colour, strange though that red brick looks more like bauxite! and Humbrol "rust" is almost (if not exactly) the same!
Transfers are from Modelmaster and intended for use with the Airfix/Dapol kit of the same wagon.
More in another entry soon.
Cheers!
Frank
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