A long term resident of the work in progress shelf my EWS 37667 has made it onto the bench for attention.

the main issue with this loco was that I had previously modelled in 2000s condition with Sandite port on the side.  This needed filling and repainting in EWS gold, which has been a difficult process to get an adequate paint match.  I removed a number to assist in blending the golds , which will need replacing.

The main area of work has been focused around the nose grills, which were wrong at one end.  I didn’t want an overlay etch, so instead have cut out a hole, filled with a plasticard blank slightly recessed and then added the etch (the latter is cut from a spare set of my class 67 radiator etch)

the bogies are a bit of an issue as the retention clips have failed on both ends.  So that needs fixing.

But it’s finally getting to a point where I’m happy to start weathering