Coulsdon Works
First post to my new Workbench thread. I intend to post occasional updates on my latest projects.
Current main project is building a Gresley ex GNR 65'6" Kitchen Car (diagram NE58) as converted from the 1906 Sheffield Stock Restaurant Car. I have tackled this by some heavy duty bashing of Kirk kits. I mainly used 1st and 3rd class sleeping cars, but needed a lot of joins - particularly on the Kitchen side as shown below.
Despite looking a mess, it actually joined quite well as you c
I was away again at the end of last week, which tends to mean the soldering iron comes out on a new kit. This time it was a D.210 BT/CL twin artic comprised of sides from Mousa, ends from 247 and other bits from MJT and scratch. Here is the progress so far.
..and the other side with the roof resting on.
The roof (MJT) is currently too high as can be seen in the photo below and I'm not quite sure why. It could be:
a) that the MJT roof is not
