The wagon has now been given a couple of coats of primer and is ready to be posted to its owner.

The main body has been sprayed with Phoenix Precision etch primer, which was given a couple of days to thoroughly dry then sprayed with Hycote acrylic car primer. The owner will finish painting it himself.

Its been an enjoyable project, rather tricky in places, but I think that it builds up into a nice model of an iconic wagon. I should say that its not the most straightforward kit to build due to the one piece hopper body needing cutting into four sections and re-working.

I still have my own one to build, when I do build it I'll do some things slightly differently which I'll be sure to bore you all with when the time comes...

Paul.