Hi Pugsley,

I'm following the class 455 with interest. I agree that the Bratchall kit go together easily enough - although filing has been needed on the roof section of all seven of the vehicles I have put together.

Question - I note that you have used the Bratchall cab. Does Jim do (as part of his window etch) the gangway for the 455? It is a very nice piece of etch if you can get hold of it. - the trouble comes in making the rubber bellows. For me I have not been able to make them convincing enough, and recoursed to the Bachmann class 150 gangways.

I'm keeping my eye on this Pugs,

Cheers,

Chris.

Hi Chris

I do a gangway as part of my 150/2 and 318 bits but not on its own.

Hurst do a gangway etch on its own

Cheers

Jim

These are coming on nicely Martin I'm guessing they'll be finished in NSE? If so a lovely complex set of masking awaits!

I wonder if anyone will ever do a decent 507/508 to make my Merseyrail based layout a reality?

Chris - Thanks, I'm glad it's not just me that found them a bit of a challenge to put together well. There is a front plate included in the etch, which looks very nice. I'm going to give shaping what's already there a go, before finishing it off with Jim's etch.

James - Yes, it is going to be finished in NSE livery - I'm not looking forward to that bit! Keep an eye on what Electra Railway Graphics are doing - they proposed a 313/4/5 kit a while back, so a 507/508 would be a logical development of that. I'm hoping for one of those to become available too, I'd like to do a 455/7 at some point in the future

Hi Pugs,

I look forward to seeing how your 455 turns out and what weathering techniques the master uses!

You're too kind Alex :icon_redface: :icon_redface:

I haven't thought about it too much, I expect it'll be similar to the Mk1's I did back a long. Got to get it built and painted first though!