Herein we start to see why this blog is titled "The GC and Met in OO"...

... Because I've started my next loco build, and it's a red (well, chocolate brown) one....

It's a Radley resin kit for a Metrovick Bo-Bo which I am planning to build pretty much straight out of the box. Sorry, no, got mixed up there- I never do that

I want to see what can be done with this fairly basic kit to improve it.... I know the panelling is overstated by miles but my efforts at removing panel lines on carriages are poor to very poor, so I' not about to start sanding the body down to correct a fault that personally I have no proble with. No, my efforts are directed more at the 'being able to see right the way through the engine room from fore to aft and port to starboard' issue. I'm going to have a go at building an (admittedly fairly rudimentary) interior for the model.

No work on that yet but last night I did manage to wash off and clean up the main parts- which were fairly clean castings anyway.