Following the last outing with Potters lane I decided that I realy need to do somthing about the lack of EMU stock ! Whilst working on the Manchester Piccadilly project last week I was discussing with the client about converting a lima 117 DMU to a 304 EMU by swapping the cab and gangway ends round and replacing the 117 cab with a 304 one from DC kits and replacing all the bogies with thompson ones from Bachmann. Unlike that thing that was sold on ebay the other week the conversion would look a bit more convincing !! This got me thinking about other possable conversions. The other EMU type that is associated with the WCML is the 310's. These units were based on the mk2 coach bodyshell that was currently in production at the time. So after looking for some decent pics on the internet an old Hornby mk2a made its way to the chop shop to have some serious modification ! Whilst not 100% correct the result is not that far off and would work out a lot cheeper than building the southern pride kit. What supprised me was that no sooner had I posted the first pics up on a forum I got a serious enquiry about building a second unit for someone else. This has got me thinking about producing the cab ends as a resin cast to make any future conversions easer as although I have modified the coach end on my unit I carnt get the slight angle of the cab right. My project started out as a 310 but got changed to a 312 as I want to finish the unit in blue/grey but the wrap round windows looked a bit difficult for the first attempt. The unit will be powered by a Hornby HST power bogie. I have mocked up the power bogie using an old Hornby unit and the wheel spacings are a perfect match for the B4 bogie sides off the original coach.