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The pva has worked fine. The main issue is that the inside surface of the bodyshell is rough and uneven so a snug fit of the glazing is difficult. A coat of Pledge Clear seals everything in and cleans up the glazing. Cheers Darius

Handrails and glazing fitted. I used panels cut from an acetate sheet fit the cab side windows. Cheers Darius

Silver Fox provides cab glazing in the form of a small clear vac-formed sheet. Unfortunately the cabside windows don’t fit the openings in the body so are pretty useless. The cab front glazing is a better fit but each window panel needs to be trimmed to fit as the inside surface of the body is quite rough. Another issue is that the plastic used for the glazing can’t be stuck with poly cement, super glue or MEK - presumably Mr Silver Fox uses Copydex… I used pva to set the cab windows as best as possible. Cheers Darius

Filled the gaps in the sea wall with some vegetation. Cheers Darius

Not much progress today - modification of cab roof paintwork and buffers fitted. Rear face of buffer headstock trimmed so that bogies can rotate freely. Cheers Darius

Hi John. The wagons are Ree Models HO gauge SNCF hoppers repainted with Railtec decals applied. They are the closest rtr match to the actual NIR wagons that I could find - not strictly correct but reasonably close. Cheers Darius

MV heads north past Whiterock Head with some new ballast wagons from France. Cheers Darius

Dunpaintin. Cheers Darius

I’ve had this box of weights for about 10 years now and am just about half way through. I think I’m good. Cheers Darius

Phoenix “CIE Golden Brown” enamel airbrushed on. Self adhesive car wheel balancing weights fixed to chassis. I got a big box full of these quite cheaply several years ago before they started being sold as single strips to railway modellers at exorbitant prices. Cheers Darius

- Resin body cleaned up and sprayed with white primer. - Hornby Class 73 chassis cut and shut to size with plasticard reinforcement. - Sides cut from Hornby bogies and replacements grafted on. Cheers Darius

Back to Irish Railway Modelling, and the next project has arrived Plan is to finish it in Black & Tan livery. Cheers Darius

Why am I not surprised Cheers Darius

Fortunately they seem to be the only side effects I’ve had so far although they seem to be less frequent now - or just less apparent in the heat. I thought I’d got away with it but my hair started falling out on Tuesday and has continued to do so. Not sure which look to go for… This Or this Cheers Darius

Silver Fox model - tweaked and weathered. Cheers Darius

Hi Leslie. On the Hornby 08 the boxes are separate parts so you can just prise them off. Cheers Darius

Now on the Whiterock roster. I enjoyed this conversion so I’ve obtained another Hornby 08 - to become D304 in Black & Tan livery. Cheers Darius

D301 hauls a CIE PTO to Larne Harbour on a special working. Cheers Darius

Decals, glazing and weathering to finish. Cheers Darius

Irish Freight Models Cheers Darius

Painted. Cheers Darius

Ready for painting. Cheers Darius

Bodyside doors cut from plasticard sheet. Primer on Test fit to chassis. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cab truncated. Bodyside skinned and cab modified. Louvres scribed and side boxes added. Cheers Darius