Some progress has been made with the Lima GUV/cct.
A coat of red oxide on the the body revealed some nasty gouges where I scraped the beading away. Obviously lacked the finesse/patience!!
Imperfections were sanded, filled with revell plasto (only thing they had in hobbycraft but rather good) and further sanding.
The bogies where sprayed black, wheels popped in and sides glued on. It is quite tough getting wheels in and out without bending the frames ou