So onto the conversions,

The first step was to remove the glazing, the trick her was to glue the bits which hold the chassis in place first before breaking off the remaining window strip. Next a 12inch steel ruler was used to score along the edge of the gutter (to remove any paint and get a clean edge.)

The new side was placed against the coach, with the new windows marked on. I started with the compartment side as the corridor has windows very close to the end of the side (making the side structurally weaker).

Once prepared the new side was evo sticked into place, and then clamped while it dried (putting a very handy stocking filler to good use.

Next up was the break, for consistency I decided to keep the Airfix doors. This required cutting out the door and shifting it to the left. I started by removing the door, along with the section between it and where the door needed to move to. I then glued the first length of etch in place, test fitted the door and then looked at the next etch. Unfortunately it seems either Airfix or comet got the break slightly wrong, so the next length needed modifying to reduce by about 1mm. Once shortened, it was also glued in place followed by the far section. The final section also needed shortening slightly to fit the model, before gluing. Looking back at all this I wish I had just soldered up the side and spliced it into the body!

Tomorrow the plan is to get the other side finished on these two builds, and make a start on the second TK.