You know how it happens, sometimes things on Ebay are just too tempting. Well they are to me anyhow! This is another item that was listed to end at an odd time and with probably too high a starting bid so I put in the minimum bid on a snipe and here it is. It's a rather nicely built O guage M7. No idea what kit it was built from but it is very solidly made and quite nicely finished. It's had a knock or two and someone has done an awfully crude repair to the cab roof which has resulted in some rather unsightly glue runs. It has had a basic look over and runs beautifully. You can see the jauntily angled cab roof and glue blobs in the following shots...

I couldn't live with that repair so off came the cab roof and a craft knife removed the unsightly glue. The body was then given a good wash to get rid of accumulated dust, affected areas rubbed down and primed. While I was at it I also applied gun blue to the sharp edges that were already showing signs of paint wear/chipping. As the roof was off I also dropped in some crude plastic glazing held with Klear.

The primer was then rubbed down a little and some Halfords satin black applied by brush where necessary. Of course this has resulted in some missing lining so this has been roughed in this evening using acrylics and a cocktail stick. It's far from perfect and needs a little adjustment but with some weathering should be good enough.

Finally this evening the whole loco has been given a thin coat of Klear to even things out. Next up will be some repairs to odd details like the bufferbeam pipework and brake gear then some weathering. I need to get my finger out with this one as the loco is already rosetered to run on the club layout at Woking show in 3 weeks time!

Cheers

Dave