This weekend has seen a little bit of progress on the LNWR coach. It now looks like this. I've tried being a bit more proffessional with my photos.
Ah, those enlargements are cruel!
Seeing as this is only my second coach, I am pretty happy with it. I am awaiting some fibreglass pencil refils, hence the few blobs of solder present. The body is only resting on the underframe and has not had stiffners soldered in yet, reulting in the crack on the left hand side of the picture. I really is a lovely little kit and I would highly recommend it to any builder; the tiny door hinges are very fidilly though! I will certainly be getting more. Thankfully spares are provided ( and for the roof ventilators as well). There is just the interior, roof, wheels, brake rigging, door handles and alarm gear to go. When listed like that, it sounds like quite a lot.
After that, i'll be doing more work on the River. The Problem will probably not be started for a little while yet, as I have some more components for it still on order for it. I will be building it as the final Webb rebuild. There are not many 'single' builds on hear, so I'm quite excited to attempt one and document my progress. It is no doubt a complicated kit; the parts are numerous but mercifully the instructions are eqally well detailed.From my inspection it is an extremely high quality kit. Those who who purchase a lot from London Road Models may know that the Sharman Wheel for this locomotive is not currently in stock, however, I think I have a work around solution for this. Watch this space...
Bryce