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Sybic one you say? It appears I didn’t take a picture after it got the etched bits 😂

Nice. Really suits it. I’m trying to decide whether to reinstate the bodyside window and relocated the orange stripe or not 😂😂😂

Firstly well done on supporting such a great cause, but it looks like you’ve repeated the Hattons error with 66623 in using the lighter shade of orange as only featured on 66413 in real life. I’m hoping it’s just a trick of the light in the pics. It should be broadly the same as 37405. If the Bachmann 90s are whizzing around making tracks today they are the correct shade. Fingers crossed it’s just me 😂

Tasty!

And then most of them became frothy 37/4s in Scotland, 37305 becoming 37407.

Strathclyde PTE / Loadhaul orange is the same shade I believe.

Just those 2 I think!

Looking great. Re the marker dots, I use black permanent markers, with no lenses in place and run the pen round the inside. Usually does a neat job. Any residue can be scraped off with a cocktail stick.

You forgot 37031 as well… sure there are others that I’ve forgot too 😂

Looking good. Are you going to attempt the reinforced windows?

Looking good. At least you’ve no excuse to do 3D printed noses for the new model now 😜😜😜

I managed to fit the detailing parts very easily to all 5 I’ve had so far. Echo what others have said about them nesting nicely in the holes with no drilling required. I left the bufferbeams in place but just carefully pulled out the buffers from their housing. That way I was able to change the buffers on 402 as well so they’re the right way round. Prototypical weathering completed from reference photos.

Are you referring to the PHD ones?

Mad isn’t it. Almost 20 years since the EWS 37/4s finished on the sleeper, to keep it vaguely on topic 😂

What do you mean by the original EWS red? The colour didn’t change, it always looked very different on film back in the day. I remember seeing 419 for the first time and was surprised how dark it was 😂