[Dia 86 General Van now finished.]

Very neat. Your treatment of the roof is inspiring....it really looks like rotting canvass. Is this 4mm or 7mm?

 

Larry

 

Thanks Larry

 

It's 7mm, with tissue papper glued to the roof for canvass, painted a light grey and then oversprayed with Pheonix roof dirt. Lots of us 7mm guys use tissue papper for canvass, I've never seen it done in 4mm, might look a bit overscale but why not give it a go on some scrap.

 

J.p.

[Tewkesbury MPD challenge launch]

That sounds great Adrian, I'm going to keep my eye on this one, another couple of loco's to the standard of your Jinty and it will look great, any chance of seeing a picture of the shed? I've been playing around with idea's for the layout challange myself but have'nt come up with anything that would fit yet 2010 inches sounds a lot but a couple of B8 points soon eat into it. I'm not going to commit until I can come up with a workable plan, but it will be Modern image for a change.

 

J.P.

[D&S Dia 86 General Van]

I number'd it yesterday Mick, I had been putting it off due to lack of information, but looks like as best I can find these vans had numbers only, and no other bits and bobs, have been trying to update pictures but having some trouble.

 

Cheers

J.P.

[D&S Dia 86 General Van]

Thanks for the welcome chaps, I have built it with the kit designed rocking axle compensation as it's built to F/S, their's a cradel to hold both axles behind the springs if that makes sense, the easiest way of building it to S7 would be with working leaf springs.

 

In a effort to save ??3:25 postage on a ??2:00 pot of Pheonix paint I've ordered a can of Triumph Russett Brown from Halfords cost ??11, where's the logic in that?

 

Update when I get the paint on Monday. (Could'nt be mixed in store as contains lead)

 

J.P.