Not much progress recently due to all sorts of other distractions (skiing holidays, parties, boring stuff like that) but I've managed to get a few wagons ready for painting today.

A Parkside BR van built as the Fruit van version using the optional ventilators. It's also had the solebars replaced with the plate fronted ones from the ever useful PA16 underframe kit. The yellow van is a Dapol ex Airfix "LMS van" which is actually a BR diagram 1/204. I bought a job lot of "second" bodies from a trader a the Grantham show last year, and this is the first to be tackled. Parkside underframe as usual, body modified to represent 3 part rather than 2 park ends and removal of some non-prototypical reinforcing around the bottom of the strapping were the main modifications. Presumably the yellow is a base for some strange Dapol livery, but this will be in bog standard Bauxite.

Next up are a couple of Chivers "Coal 21 VB" - the MDV TOPS designation is a bit after my time. These built up very well despite a surprising amount of flash for such a new kit (must be selling well and wearing the tool out). My only gripe with these was the poor quality of the cast buffers - luckily I had some spare from a third kit being converted to the unfitted version. I've added wire handrails, rivets on the door springs and vacuum pipes - everything else came with the kit.