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Cheers Richard. That's going to be a big airbrush! The coach is only primer. I figured it wouldn't make much different to the impact adhesives?

After letting the lining on the first side dry for about 48hrs I looked at the marks I'd left behind that you can see in the previous picture. Using some fresh, clean water and a cotton bud I wiped along the length and thankfully they all cleaned up completely. So I went onto the door markings, the GWR etc. Not a great shot, and it was still wet, but welcome coach 34. Now I need to do the other side! I thought it was about time to finish the other part of the coach. So the steps have been made and the ends completed. Now all in primer

The drop lights were a revel pot. 37. It's called Reddish Brown.. Not sure if it's right, but looks ok! That picture really highlights where I've done the transfers, I guess it's the light reflecting off it. I hope the varnish takes that away!

The lining transfers were not quite as easy as I was expecting! I tried to stretch it out across the coach side and keep it lined up, but it wasn't easy. Quite a lot of transfix later, I don't think I did too bad a job.

It was quite easy to break of the vacuum brakes and fit them the other way around! While I was underneath I fitted a few other bits The Vs were just a bit of bent wire super glued onto the frame. I then put some 0.45 wire through the vacuum and soldered it onto a second V. You can see from this picture I've started some steps, then onto rain strips and this body can go in for some primer. I can see why some people say it's just as easy to build the rest of the coach from the kit, I've hacked the coach about so much!

I dug out the Comet instructions and looked at the underframe part, should have done that before! So I'll make up an approximation of the vacuum setup. As the underframe is slightly wrong, I'm not going to go too crazy, but I can make something look ok. The hard decision on Sunday was ito touch up the cream part of the sides. I'd managed to get a couple of blemishes in the sides and they had been bugging me. So I'm going to mask up the bottom and touch it up with the airbrush. I'd painted in the droplights, which made this a tough call, but I do it now or it bugs me forever.

Thanks! I guess I'll break it off and start again! At least it's not going to do much damage under there..

Really? The pointy bit goes up into the coach? That's very different from most trucks I've built.

What also happened last night wasn't overly planned. During a shopping trip on Wizard I'd added the underframe detailing kit, it was a few pounds and made me feel better about the postage. So while I moved the sides to one side after the touching up, I thought I'd look at the buffers. One thing led to another and the Dremel came out and the underframe was in real trouble. It was pretty clear that the battery box on the far side is in totally the wrong place and that both the brake vacumes were wrong. So off they came. Then a simple job to glue the new ones in.. I left one side in place. It's not like many people are going to see any of this when it's on the layout!

This is a G. The D just has one less panel.

It's a GW Grey wagon.. With white lettering.. My Mink D, is actually a Mink G! I sat down to put the transfers on and realised I had an extra panel!

I used Tamiya tape.. What I should have done in hindsight, is cut a small hole to slide the hinge through and then add another piece of tap to cover it. They were just too close to the line so have pulled up the tape. It will be fine once I've tidied it up.. And the lining will cover all evils anyway!

Progress is always slow when it moves to painting, less interesting too. I've been having issues with spraying, I think I've been over thinning the railmatch paint. I've not sprayed with their acrylics before and each one has a slightly different consistency. After many thin coats, I was ready to remove the masking tape. The good news is the tape didn't lift any paint, but some got in around the hinges. I'd start to very carefully touch over the brown that's crept onto the cream. I now need to pick out the droplights, I've read they should be red. I'm not sure about the handles if they should be black? Here is the evil close up.

Just found and caught up with this, very nice. I'd argue about 15 years too late but a nice layout with some lovely stock.

Varnish question.... should it be matt like my brown stock, or have more of a sheen. I've some Testors dullcoat that I quite like, or some Humbrol Satin that I don't think I've ever used.

This hobby can be an evil mistress sometimes. I came back to my two sides with the first couple of coats of cream applied to find a small amount of fluff in the paint of both of them! So i've done a little bit of light sanding and I'll have to do another couple of coats.

But 33 would use two 3s from the sheet.. So maybe 34 Steps, grab rails and plugs..

Mine is gwr. So more interested in 1931 ☺️

From the comet sheet I know the 1931 build numbers are double digit numbers. So I was going to use something like 32 to be in the middle.

No.... Just made sure I've got all the transfers.. Why?

If you look closely at the second picture, the second side, it's missing two hinges on the last door I didn't realise this until the first coat of cream was going on.. So back to the work bench for some touching up.. On happy notes I've started on the ends.. All the old detail has been cut away with a knife and a then sanded flat. I've then built the corridor connection suspension units. I hope I've got this right, the instructions were like something from an origami book!

John, found the numbers, thanks.. Also found the other thread so grabbed the 2 shots of the chocolate a cream versions. I think mine is going for chocolate and cream, one yellow line, with the crest. Should look nice and smart The Cif did an amazing job. Nice and shiny. I then was very careful to not handle them, I put them in kitchen towel and placed on a radiator to dry. I then thought it best to get some grey primer on as quickly as I could.

I did file the sides. With a decent file it is quite easy as they are very soft.

Nice layout there John.. I need to have a proper read.. I'm hacking the ends about, contemplating paint. Is there any details about running numbers, colours etc online? I'm thinking chocolate and cream, would look smart at the end of a rake of siphons. I've the paint and the transfers, so no fear on that part.

Ordered... Many Thanks Mike!