I thought I would share the outcome of my project to convert an old brake van into something that hopefully resembles a Shark. The van started life as an old Hornby 20t LMS brake van. The body has been completely rebuilt with plasticard, re-using some of the original parts such as the duckets and the internal cabin panels. Handrails are made from the wire inside food bag ties. The same roof was used but altered and the chassis was heavily modified to the correct wheelbase. All detail parts like the ploughs, lamp irons and the ships wheels were cut from plastic butter spread tubs. Very cheap and cheerful build with a host of errors but I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.
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