A friend of mine had same issue he bought a secondhand one from a swapmeet which looked pretty good till we put a dcc chip into it and I pressed down on the cab and it broke. Looked as if the glue holding floor had given way!
He then went into melt down. i said lets put it on Ebay somebody is bound to want it for spares and surely some one did I think he lost about 15 quid but least he got some money back saving him from putting it in bin. Theirs a good motor plus other bits which other people are crying out for so I would try that way.
Just reading about the TTS Hornby sound wagon suddenly reminded me about the burning brake van I created ages back so i thought I might share it with you again.
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I've built many MTK coach kits and I always removed one of the lips on the coach ends so rather then slot in you could rest the chassis on to the lip its a much easier way. Not familiar with the DVT but should be possible to do it that way. I would use a normal matt enamel such as Humbrol No 1.
They where ahead of their time and a good modelling project but as previous member has said you need filler and patience by the way did it come wrapped with newspaper?
Aha I had one of those coaches along with a brake and composite in crimson and cream plus green Princes Elizabeth running on grey standard track. Powered by a really weighty transformer and a small black controller with a red button that kept popping up everytime you had a short circuit. How things have changed.
I find mixing in a spare jar and if its enamels I mix with the end of an old paint brush adding thinners with a droplet and if when I take the brush out you get steady drops of paint falling back then its Ok, it is trial and error!