Looks very much the part there fella. Scab red - that'll be sort of maroon then?

It'll be an elegant looking coach.

Cheers Jamie, it will indeed be 'sort of maroon'

It looks a little drab at the mo, but it's going to have a white roof and gold lettering, so hopefully that will brighten it up a bit.

I'm not great at painting, but the period i'm modelling this will be 13 years old (ish), so will be able to be weathered slightly. I know it's in the period when things would have been well cared for, but it would have been battered by salt air on several sections of the line during that time. I'm hoping the MIG powders and wash will hide the 'dodgy' bits of painting...

Careworn's what you want I guess. Aged, but not knackered.

Yeah, exactly. I've got the glazing in now and it's had a quick coat of MIG weathering wash. I'll fit the roof soon and do the next wash when the transfers are on.

Hi , an interesting adaptation of kit parts, I wander if the same process can be applied to making standard gauge rolling stock?

The paint job is very neat and stands up to the close up photography well, particularly picking out of the fittings in black and the window frames.

Did you use a brush for that part?

Well done.

Thanks very much, I did indeed use a brush, synthetic bristles and citadel colour paints.

I guess you could easily apply the same thinking to a standard gauge item of stock, especially light railways, but I don't see why you couldn't do the same for more 'mainline' items.

I've now finished the roof, but the tissue paper covering has wrinkled, so i'll have to redo it. I've come across an interesting hint of pre-wetting the tissue to expand it and therefore prevent the wrinkling happening when paint is applied. Will post some photos when it's finished.

Have also painted the droplights a colour slightly closer to tan leather which makes a big difference to them.