A Stove Equipped BY
This seems to have taken some time to get mostly finished off, but I think I am done (bar adding ballast and the couplers, but I'll sort these out en masse when I have a few vans/wagons built).
Here is a Parkside BY Utility van (Van C) - kit PC34, finished in BR(S) green. Being in the very low range number wise (this is S402S), this has a stove and so has the relevant yellow panels. Many thanks to those who responded helpfully to my thread over here!
Had a couple of hiccups - it took a few goes to mix up a yellow I was happy with, though it's covered with a lot of muck. On one side, the decal prints came off a lot around the number (I had tried to make it look a bit like the number had been cleaned up, as well as the "Guard" markings on the door) - judicious spraying has, er, masked it up a bit!
I've started to work on a few other bits - I may start another van (I have more CCT/PMV kits to start), but I have started a bit of an experiment on renumbering an old Hornby Mk1 with a view to making up a proper Mk1 3 Cor set (probably 542 as it fits with where I'm interested in). I've landed up respraying the sides as the paint was so thin, taking the numbers and crests off has altered the colour... I also need to trip down the library to look at Parkin's Mk1 book to get an idea of the coach ends (other than online pics) - the mouldings on the old Hornby coaches appear the same for every end and type of Mk1 so I'm sure there are improvements to be made (at least adding set numbers, and adding proper toilet tank piping!).
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