So my latest project is completed, or nearly. A repaint and minor detailing of the old Hornby class 37, which had been stored away and largely forgotten for 20-odd years. 

Briefly I have...

- Fitted new air horns

- Fitted fixed-beam and high intensity headlights

- Fitted some jumper cables (possibly not all of them)

- Fitted new cab steps in the correct location (removing the class 47 steps wasn't easy) 

- Altered the nose grilles

- Removed the buffer beam cowls

- Changed the buffers

- Renumbered as 37681 from 37130

- Repainted in a generic modern livery. Theres a bit of TfW, a bit of Virgin Trains and a wee bit of LoadHaul in there. As the experts amongst you might know, the real 37130 was scrapped after an accident in the 1990s, so there is no accurate modern livery for this particular loco.

Horns, etc., came from an old Dapol Deltic kit that went very wrong very quickly.....

Incidentally does anyone know what service the 8H22 headcode Hornby used referred to? 

There will eventually be a short rake of BP tta tanks to go with the loco, inspired by the Lairg and Fort William tank trains. 

So there we go. Comments welcome.