To kick off my blog, here are a few of my Ashover Class D bogie wagons. They're all from Bachmann's rather good rendition, and started life as their Nocton Estates wagons.

Factory lettering was removed by rubbing with a cotton bud soaked in acrylic thinners. Interiors were painted in Humbrol enamels and then either washed over or plank-painted with thin washes of dirty brown acrylic to build up a semblance, I hope, of worn timber. A coat of Tamiya acrylic gloss lacquer prepared the exteriors for transfers courtesy of Old Time Workshop, variety of numbers being achieved by cutting and shutting the ones provided.

Weathering is with Revell and Humbrol powders built up in layers, each being sealed with a dusting of matt acrylic. The lacquer reduces the intensity of the powder, of course, hence the layered approach, but I wanted to seal them so that they'd be able to stand up to handling.

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They all have detachable false floors with some form of load, for instance:

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All these are pre- or during weathering!

As for couplings, they'll probably be replaced in due course with ones from Greenwich.