Interesting, that looks much 'redder' than my BG went on T-cutting, I thought I might have to respray the passenger ones (not wishing to bury them under so much filth as the full brake) - hence I didn't buy any.

Looks well worthwhile.

How fiddly is the inside glazing painting?

Cheers,

26power

Hi Richard.

Some nice bits of work to improve what is, in my eyes, an already superb model. You're right, the new Hornby staniers do look a little matt and your t-cutting has glossed them over just nicely.

Still waiting for the shiney bits to arrive for my upgrade, but I've been doing some work on the bogies in the mean time. All good fun.

Cheers.

Sean.

It's certainly a big improvement Richard. Worth the effort and I shall probably do the same to my own coaches. Thanks for sharing this.

Dave.

Cheers all,

A job worth doing, but it should have been unneccessary- Hornby's coaches are a real hit or miss mixture. The painting of the glazing just needs a small, good, brush, a steady hand and some tissue to wipe off mistakes . Acrylics makes this easier, but it makes a big difference.

This is so coincidental.

I've recently bought a couple of Airfix non-corridors from Les Kent (Haslington Models).

They'd been grimed so I tried some T cut on one side of one of them. This was particularly to remove the LMS lettering and lining - with a view to some BR crimson.

Certainly does the trick, but ohhhhh those prismatic windows !!!

Need to try and find a way into them !!!

Richard,

 

They look very good indeed. I've been dithering on whether to do a similar job or to buy 3 Comet kits for a set for Kilbrannan Ferry. I quite enjoy etched kits TBH, and the price of the Hornby ones isn't much less so I will probably plump for the latter option. In case I decide otherwise though, would a dark brown colour (to simulate wood surrounds) work for painting the glazing inserts do you think?

 

Gus

An interesting idea this, and I will have to look at some LMS coaches to see if it would be an alternative. However, I've no intention of doing any more of these as I have plenty of stock already- it was just a case of seeing if they could be improved. I prefer the hybrid approach of Comet/Airfix anyway to give a wider choice of types.

Richard

This is so coincidental.

I've recently bought a couple of Airfix non-corridors from Les Kent (Haslington Models).

 

They'd been grimed so I tried some T cut on one side of one of them. This was particularly to remove the LMS lettering and lining - with a view to some BR crimson.

 

Certainly does the trick, but ohhhhh those prismatic windows !!!

 

Need to try and find a way into them !!!

I actually gave a non-corridor brake third a tweak when I was doing the rest of this work-it was lying abandoned in my spares box, and when I was collecting donors for the Caley coach ends Ithis one came along for the ride. There is a pic of it on the layout thread. As the finish was tolerable- I had repainted it years ago- it got a spray of Games Workshop varnish to bring it up. The windows are horrible, so, although not a big fan of them, I fitted SE Finecast glazing, which is a good bit better than the original. The roof can be prised off and then the interior and glazing are removable, although its a tight fit in the body.

Richard

This is so coincidental.

I've recently bought a couple of Airfix non-corridors from Les Kent (Haslington Models).

 

They'd been grimed so I tried some T cut on one side of one of them. This was particularly to remove the LMS lettering and lining - with a view to some BR crimson.

 

Certainly does the trick, but ohhhhh those prismatic windows !!!

 

Need to try and find a way into them !!!

Here is the non corridor with the SE windows. The lining is a bit heavy, but it must be about twenty five years old by now and wasn't worth the time stripping and re-doing, so stayed as is.

And a cruel close up.