Well, the badly-bodged carriage 11 was stripped down completely and resprayed from scratch - I could have lived with the slightly raised nature of the ivory paint compared to the green if I hadn't then noticed that it was a distinctly yellower shade than on its sister! That taught me a lesson - clean the syringe thoroughly between paint shades, and you can actually see how much you're picking up

The ends have been sprayed in BR early (pre-1965) bauxite, and seem to look okay. The next thing on the list (apart from painting the roofs) is sundries such as vacuum pipes and picking out the handles in brass - I'm not confident enough of my ability to scrape away the paint on them without damaging the rest of the paint job that I've finally got right! To save on masking, I'm intending to glaze them after they've been varnished... so I need to get some transfers ordered! I'll be getting transfers for several others at the same time, as I intend to make myself a model of the late 1950s "Flying Flea" relief train made up of Bug Boxes put back into service to cope with the traffic to Tan-y-Bwlch.

I've not been watching paint dry, however... whilst the paint was drying on the two composites, I've built a third coach - FR No. 23 as currently running on the WHR. As the sides provided in the scratch-aid kit were as it is today (i.e. with full height doors) I couldn't bring myself to paint it in green and ivory... as you all should know, I'm no rivet counter and studiously work to the 3ft rule; but that would have been a step too far! (Think running an LNER-liveried B12 with BR blue Mk1s if it will help you visualise the point )

Anyway... here's a photo of the latest stock for HL2 - more will follow when I can afford them!