The new ends for 37057 arrived in the post today (thanks again Mark), so I have cracked on with the ends.  Representation of the hinges was added from 10 thou evergreen strip (with a raised line of 20thou square.)  the same 20thou strip added the joint down the centre line of the door & the hinges either side of the high intensity headlight.  Once finished they were given a quick coat of warning panel yellow paint, there is a colour mismatch (but weathering will hide it eventually).  The final job was to add the small handrails on each side from the usual 0.45mm wire.

Moving back to the main bodyshell, the cab roofs were given a quick coat of white paint to show up any imperfections on the filler (requiring another skim of filler) while thanks to James Makin pointing out a glaring issue a step that needed filling on one side was filled (avoiding a repeat of 37612’s window issues…)  I found another small length of rivet strip to complete the roof panel (though it does still leave the two ends of the panel needing attention.)   Finally the mesh for the Extreme Etchings roof grill has been glued into position (which will be followed by the brass ring tonight).  As such the body is now rapidly approaching the point of entering the paint shop…   My aim is to get the painting complete by the time of the Bristol show at Thornbury in May…

The final area of work was on the chassis, adding the new buffers along with Intercity Models air pipes and a slot for the Dingham.  While cutting the slot for the Dingham I managed to slip with the scalpel and cut a deep slice into my finger, in the process snapping off the buffer beam resulting in a need to screw directly to the body (made a little trickier by the wiring to the lights).