It has been too long since I updated the blog, here goes!

A trip to TINGS at Leamington today got me inspired to finish off my 'Mark II' toplights. You may recall that my originals were based on the remains of some old Farish 'main line' carriages. The next set are being created using Dapol Collett carriages as a much better starting point, shortened, and decorated with a hybrid of Ultima sides for the windows, and home brewed printed 'toplights' and other embellishments.

The earlier attempt, sort of succesful:

Mark II in progress, at this stage simply with a shortened Ultima 70' side attached, more details to come. At this point I took the chance to put some passengers in!

Side embellishments, the next step: