Following on from the corridor third, I thought I'd crack on with an accompanying brake coach to the same 70 foot style:

I've since added corridor ends and a few more roof details but the main build was basically done within just over a week of very relaxed modelling time, compared
to the much longer genesis of the first coach. Mostly this was because I'd done the other one recently enough to remember my mistakes! I also
had no trouble figuring out the assembly logic, and was able to build the chassis and bogies in a couple of evenings, only occasionally needing
to refer to the instructions.

I did a few things differently. This time I used 145 degree solder for all the main assembly jobs, which was a slightly easier proposition than the
175 I started with on the first build. These are quite large bits of brass compared to a loco chassis, and I found that they were sucking heat
away from my iron fasted than I could put it in. I also added all the underframe detail before tackling the coach interior, and for some reason
I had a much easier time of soldering the white metal parts this time.

For the bogies, this time I made sure the white metal overlays were properly drilled out to sit tightly over the bearings, bringing them as flush
as possible to the etched sub-frame. This made soldering them in place much more straightforward.

The body also went together well. In fact on both coaches, assembling the ends to the sides was much less worrisome than it threatened
to be and I ended up with something square without too much of a struggle. This time I fixed the roof using normal UHU-style glue rather
than cyano, as I'd found the latter too brittle on the first build, and rectifying the join caused me endless grief.

Life was also easier when it came to the interior. I'd made a small but critical mistake with the first coach, which was to fix the corridor
partition off to one side of a plastic strip (representing the corridor floor), rather than sitting on its edge. It's only a tiny difference, but done
the proper way, the seats then fit into the compartments with no need for filing. You can't tell the difference when the bodies are on, but
it saves hours of work doing it the right way. I'd have to stress that this is due to no fault of the instructions, which are clear enough.

Still be added are the door hinges, which weren't as bad a job on the first coach as I'd feared. Then I have to decide whether to paint
and finish this coach, or build one or two more to do as a batch.

Meanwhile, the Western Pullman is slowly working its way through the paint shop, but it's a long job.

cheers all.