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Fourth and last Class 455 interior completed. Cheers Darius

Class 455 motor coach interior completed. Cheers Darius

Lots of wear and tear and weathering to apply. Cheers Darius

Trailer coach interior completed. Cheers Darius

Plasticard 8ft. skip. Cheers Darius

Back to the Class 455 EMU and an interior using 3D printed seats from Isinglass Models. Three more coach interiors to do. Cheers Darius

RTR as supplied by Britannia Pacific Models - with the following additions by me:- - Cab front pipework - Etched ladders - Cab and bogie step boards - Pantograph gubbins - Roof spotlight arrays - Horns - New couplings - Light weathering to chassis Cheers Darius

Stores Van completed. Cheers Darius

Chivers Finelines 6-wheel LMS Fish Van kit assembled as a BR Stores Van. I wasn’t keen on the dummy cut-off centre wheels that came with the kit so I removed the “pinpoints” from some 14mm dia. wheels and fitted them to a scratch-built (from plasticard) “caddy”. This allows the centre wheel to move transversely and the wagon happily negotiated 3rd radius curves. Cheers Darius

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Another modified Mainline LMS parcels Van. Cheers Darius

Another survivor from my friend’s childhood train set. Brass wire bracing added along with metal wheels, new couplings and a repaint of the chassis. Cheers Darius

Some more Triang bolsters… Cheers Darius

Another ex-LMS parcels van from the Mainline model. Cheers Darius

Canopy completed and weathered. The brass rod rainwater downpipes also act as dowels to mount the canopy to the baseboard. Cheers Darius

Refuelling point canopy under construction using Plastruct I section and 1mm/0.5mm plasticard sheet. Now waiting for channel section purlins and corrugated metal sheeting to arrive. Cheers Darius

Modified Triang R17 single bolster. Bolster block removed and load added. Triang wheels replaced with metal ones and NEM couplings fitted. Cheers Darius

Hardstanding laid for the diesel refuelling point. Cheers Darius

Something different using the Parkside LNER CCT kit. Cheers Darius

Received my Vol.2 from the RPSI yesterday. Wonderful stuff. Cheers Darius

The folk in the know on RMWeb pointed out that the chassis was about 2mm too wide so I set about narrowing it… Cheers Darius

Mainline BR parcels Van with new metal wheels, glazing, window bars and couplings - otherwise oob - plus some weathering. Cheers Darius

More ballasting today - the lift-out section above the helix - and some buffer stops. The buffer stops need a spot of weathering to tone down the “redness” and the track needs to be dirtier. Cheers Darius

Lima LMS GUV repainted into BR blue. Plus new wheels, couplings, cleaned up undergibbons, glazing and glazing bars. Cheers Darius

And now for something completely different… Parkside Lowfit with Oxford Diecast Invacar. Tissue paper sacking padding and 0.25mm marine model rigging thread. Cheers Darius