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Love the video Paul R

Andy Did you ever get the new transfers on 60014? Paul

Got most of the colours on the PVB now. The pre-primer putty has done a relatively good job of covering up the layers so I am pleased with that as its usually the roof you see first. There is a bit of touching up to do mostly on the black and I need to paint the straps black with silver catches. I'll do that later as its too hot right now. After that its the transfers and varnishing/weathering. The transfers will certainloy bring it to life. Paul R

Keep em coming I say! Paul R

Ha ha ok will look there! Paul R

Any video this week Andy or did I miss something? Paul R

So I have now sprayed the PVB with putty primer hence the yellow colour. Despite using nearly the full contents of a small aerosol, you can still see the lines onm the roof although not nealry as bad. I am now going to spray the vehicle in red oxide primer before I cover the sides in my chosen red colour. I have kept the primer off the sides save for an initial coat as I didn't want to lose the curtain effect. More later Paul R

Decided to succumb to a Dapol VEA. I wasn't going to bother but felt it was an iconic van for Speedlink services so bought one! Here it is eing shunted by a 56. These are fitted with screw couplings but I wonder if this is correct and should have been fitted with Instanters. Does anyone know or was it luck of the draw on the prototype. Certainly the PVB looks like both types were fitted across the batch of wagons. Paul R

Roof stuck down now and curtain top affixed . You can see the end hasnt quite taken but thats now been adjusted with more superglue. Lamp irons also stick on and holes drilled for air pipes. This will be a single pipe fitment rataher than twin. I've since started to prime it usiing Halfords Putty primer and despite several coats the layers on the roof are stubbornly still there. I'll keep pressing on. Paul R

That thought had crossed my mind. Hopefully you can make a turn on the unwanted models! Paul R

Andy - confused of Uckfiueld here. I am not getting why you buy a sound fitted loco simply to remove the chip, speaker etc and resell when you could simply buy the chip - or am I missing something? Paul R

Finally worked out how I am going to fix the sides and decided to construct a frame in the box by using Liquid poly to fix the bottom, bar to the floor and super glue to fix the uprights. The rest is glued together with liquid poly. Its gone in strongly enough and will give me a good base to fix the sides. You can side how badly warped the roof is but it will close down to the top of the side and once the sides are dry I will glue it down with superglue which does seem to take to this 3D printed plastic very well. This next photo shows the side fitted dry to check alignment. Reltively happy with this Once glued in there needs to be a bar put on the top which in reality would hold the curtain mechanism. It will be a piece of styrene strip. Right - onwards and upwards. I've just got a VEA van so that needs to be unboxed for display! Paul R

Liked the new video Andy. Perhaps you should change the name to Loch Trewithen!!! I always thought sound fitted 37's in whatever scale were the best. Sadly for now mine shall remain silent! Paul R

So following a successfull bid for a Corgi trailer - along with another I didn't want - I have resumed work on the PVB. This photo sows the cut down sides and you can see the strapping is much more pronounced and won't disappear under a coat of primer!. The top one is not stuck in yet. I am working out the best way to fit the sides into the frame which is stll slightly warped and as you can see from the photo the roof is (and always has been) slightly bulged. It will correct once the sides are glued in although I am sure the print could be modified to include an internal partition to prevent this. I wll hopefully get them glued in today. I need to then fix a styrene strip piece at the top to represent the curtain runner. After that brake pipes and lamp irons and then it will be ready for painting. Still not sure if 3D printing is a good thing but some of the resin prints I have seen are pretty good. I am still considering the bogie grainflow wagons and the airbraked modified blues. This one is not resin printed and it will be intersting to see how the putty primer I am going to use fills in the roof layers. Anyhow all for now Paul R

I have found that in the past. My trick was to overdo the weathering so when the varnish gos on its not obvious Paul R

Andy All looking very good. Its coming along nicely. Just a quick question - do you have three taps at your sink - hot, cold and pva? You do seem to get through a lot of it so I wonder if you had it piped in!!!!!!!! I'll get me coat - again!!! Paul R

Or of you want a harbour - Flockhaven! Other southern options could be Flockhampton or Flockbourne or Flockchester Cornish - Treflocking Hundreds of permutations. Could get this thread to 100 pages just on this alone! Paul R

I suppose you could say we are now at Flock Bottom! Paul R

Or the Scottish version - Glen Flocking? This is getting silly! Paul R

Well there was the Western version - Much Flocking! Paul R

Flocking - that could be the name for your new layout! Paul R

in 7mm of course Ill get my coat Paul R

That 304 looks superb. Paul R

OK I have had a look at this PVB again. I am pleased to say the solebars are returning to a straight line so that is working. I have now decided that the Cararama sides are no good and will need replacing with something from Corgi. Looking on that well now auction side suggests that there are several different mouldings. So I think I will go back down to Train Tinmes Eastbourne when I am down that way next week and see if I can get a cheap Corgi alternative. If not there are several on Ebay that would suit but some are more expensive than others. I only need one that has the curtain sides intact and the rest can be as beaten and battered as it comes. More on this later Paul R

Hit an unexpected snag with the PVB. The lead I fixed to the floor of the PVB has caused the solebars to bow out of straight which was unexpected. So I have removed them for now and placed a weight on the underside and left the model upside down in an attempt to straighten it. I am sure things will be fine ionce the ridgid sides are glued to the body, a job which is made more difficult I have to say because of the floor! I think I will glue the leaf seals to the inside of the sides as these are unlikely to cause the vehicle to box given they are of hard plastic. These are nearly ready to fit and are broadly cut to shape. Just final finishing off to do. I do however have a nagging feeling that I should have gone for a Corgi curtain sided trailer as the straps are more pronounced due to better moulds. On the down side they would have been more expensive. I might give them a quick go with primer before I fix them in and see how well they look. More later Paul R