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Decals on and original MTK undergibbons fitted. Cheers Darius

Glazing and handrails fitted. Cheers Darius

MTK Class 47 painting completed. I also shortened the chassis by 2mm to stop the bogie fronts foaling the buffer beams and better align the bogie-mounted steps with the cab doors. Also by added buffers and buffer beam side valences. Cheers Darius

More China Clay wagons re-covered - this time with the earlier flat tarp. Cheers Darius

Started this morning. The kit is missing the buffer beams. Fortunately I have spares from a previous MTK Class 47 modelled with cut back buffer beams. Plan is to mount the MTK body on a spare Hornby chassis. Joints filled and sanded and plasticard shutter parts scribed and fitted - these were missing from the kit. Primer coats applied. The kit-supplied white metal buffers are a bit anemic (and bent) so be will be discarded in favour of some spares box buffers. Cheers Darius

MTK Western kit completed today Cheers Darius

Thanks for the encouragement guys, but I’ve probably exceeded SABLE as it is… Cheers Darius

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The OP is a new member who has made 5 posts, including this one, all of which concern the selling of their railway models. Single agenda it would appear. Cheers Darius

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Would these be of any use? It might be worth contacting this guy direct as he may be able to customise something for you. Cheers Darius

MIR kit-built beer container wagon Looks interesting but the model does not seem to match the picture of the wagon on the box… Cheers Darius

Please don’t mention those. I’m trying to have lunch.

I would like to say that they were Pukka, but their bases are too small. Actually it was an M&S fish pie. Cheers Darius

The newly announced Accurascale “Clayhood” wagon is very nicely detailed but I have several Bachmann versions that are nice apart from the awful, ill fitting, “tea cosy” fabric hood. I have thus fitted aluminium sheet hoods using the thickish foil from left over pie bases. This technique can be used for any tarpaulin covered wagon and the aluminium sheet is easy to fold and keeps its shape once folded. I primed the completed hood with grey primer and then airbrushed a light blue enamel finish. Cheers Darius

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And now for something completely different. Cheers Darius

MDF and card provender store kit completed. Cheers Darius

Looks like a kit manufacturer called Organised Octopus is using the same concept. Cheers Darius

I think you need to study how other manufacturers design their kits using laser cut and etched parts. They usually deploy a range of materials of varying thicknesses. For example, the 2mm thick mdf is often used to form the core of the building, which is then covered with etched thinner card overlays that provide the surface texture and cover the edges/corners of the thicker mdf core. Thinner card is often used for the roof as it won’t present an unrealistic thick edge - unlike the mdf. Your container would look ok tucked into the background of a layout but the lack of 3D depth to the corrugated sides and ends plus the exposed edges of the mdf “destroy the illusion” I am afraid to say. In a way your concept reminds me of the Hornby railway building “kits” of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s with their smooth printed sides. They were ok for the time but, to me, would not pass muster today. Darius

Found this on eBay… Cheers Darius

GS sound version duly ordered. I remember admiring the locomotive in the museum in Witham Street when I visited many years ago with my Grandad. Cheers Darius

Yesterday I was mainly adding details to the row of terraced houses. Cheers Darius

Propeller wagons built using the 247 Developments resin wagon tops and crates fitted to a Peco chassis. The resin wagon tops were somewhat bowed as supplied so I gave them the hot water treatment, which initially straightened them. They seem to have a memory, however, and the bow returned. This was fixed by brute force, superglue and a lot of swearing. 247 Developments really need to look at this bowing issue I muttered whilst sorting the bow - or something like that… Cheers Darius

The result looks good but the laser cut edges and corner interfaces do stick out. Furthermore, the corrugated roof sheeting looks ok from some angles, but being flat and smooth, will not look quite so good from other angles - especially with larger roof areas. Cheers Darius