Some considerable time ago, I started work on a Maunsell 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter, using a Golden Arrow Productions resin body kit and a slightly modified Bachmann class 08 chassis. It has been operational for a while, and painting and glazing is all but complete, apart from a few very minor touch-ups required, although without numbers or BR crests.

This will be 15203 with late style crests when done.

Today, I have added most of the handrails. A quick check of photos of the real thing showed that I have a couple of small handrails to add on the bonnet top, The door locking handles and the lamp irons are still to be added, but this still marks a good step forward.

While drilling holes for the handrails, I decided to use short lengths of the handrail wire to reinforce the joints between the edges of the running boards and the plasticard extensions. These will be hidden with a little filler before repainting the sides.

The resin steps have also been added but these are a little weak, so may require the same trick of using handrail wire to reinforce the joints.

Eventually, I will have to scratchbuild the front steps out of plasticard.