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A quick and dirty Network Rail MK2 Brake Force Runner for use with my Structure Gauging Train

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Final Model

Brake Force Runner - Final Model

Now all that was left to do was put the body back on the correct way round and that was it done. I may do another version where I completely smooth out the sides at some point in the future.   Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (7).mp4    
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Lem in Final Model

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Cosmetics

Brake Force Runner - Cosmetics

Because this model is already in NR livery I did not want to completely smooth the windows and ruin the paintwork with mismatched colours or scuffs from sanding filler so I opted to pop the windows out and paint them in several layers of diluted Phoenix Precision NR Yellow to reduce the amount of brush strokes. I used the access hatch on the top to determine which door windows needed painting.      Another big feature of the runner is that the gangways have been removed and
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Lem in Cosmetics

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Decals

Brake Force Runner - Decals

Doing it right this time, I ordered the Structural Gauging Train Decal Set from Railtec and used departmentals.com to find out which number on the sheet was the BFR which ended up being 99666. Using this I gathered references for where the decals needed to go and on which side. On one side I used a steel ruler to scour a small line under the correct window at the height of the current Network Rail text and on each side of the original running number, these would act as references for me to corre
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Lem in Decals

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First Attempt

Brake Force Runner - Too Quick And Dirty

The Brake Force Runner has always been one of the more interesting coaches I've seen - a completely smooth Network Rail MK2 so naturally I thought "I want one for my layout".   So getting into this, I bought four coaches from an eBay seller which were R4992, R4995, R4946 and DC 460000 ((I believe originally from class_66_driver) That's a surprise tool that will help us later) given that R4946 is a plain Mk2 I thought it would be perfect to convert so I also bought a stick on shee
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Lem in First Attempt

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