daryl43068

Thanks very much for them Popeye!

Thanks Kirley, it can take a while to get a good finish!

Thanks again chaps! The coach has been primed, nothing special just a rattle can from Halfords, to show any areas that need further work. Below shows some more filler is needed on the middle doors. The ends of the coach need some more filler in places. The lip above the gangway door is where the roof slots in, keeping the coach square. There is a slight gap, which I will fill best I can with some styrene strip. I wont be able to fully remove the join, as this would prevent access to inside the coach in the future. Cheers, Daryl

Ooo thanks very much for that, top man!

Cheers! I am on the hunt for interior photos, I think there is a water tank at each end, and an engine in the middle and a guard somewhere!

Nice work there Jason, some very nice weathering, especially on that container! Daryl

Thanks again for all the positive comments! Been doing a bit more, Footsteps are now added under the 'new' door, from some styrene angle. The door will be scribed into the plastic once all the filling and sanding has been completed. Starting to get there! I've picked up some LMS suspended gangways today at a local model show. I will probably paint the end door orange first, fit the gangway, then mask the orange before painting the rest of the coach. I've fitted Replica Railway's B5 bogies to the model, with minimal surgery. Bogie wise, the coupling was removed, and on the coach, the bogie pivots drilled out to 4.8mm and some plastic removed to allow the bogie to clip in. I forgot to take pictures of that bit but if anyone is interested I can take some more to explain better. Bachmann do a B4 bogie, which is visually very similar to a B5 (the horizonal bar is thicker on a B5) but I personally like the 'beefy-ness' of Replica's bogie. I've also added the water filler pipe recesses on the bodysides, and a small hole drilled and wire inserted. Cheers! Daryl

Thanks for the comments!

Thanks all for the positive comments! Really inspiring to do more, which I have done today. I've finished detailing the fuel tanks. And to fill in the windows I placed a bit of plasticard behind the windows... ... and filled in the holes with plasticard, reducing the amount of filler needed. The windows and doors have since had there first bit of filler applied. I've also added a pipe that sticks out the roof near the big vent, And removed all the end details bar the lamp brackets. In the next few days I will get round to the sanding down the filler and applying more where needed. Thanks again for the positive comments! Cheers Daryl

Hi All, Been a member of the forum for a while, but thought I would share my first Irish project, a Mk1 GSV. The finished model will be of 3188, as like the model it lacks raised window frames. The model started of life as a Bachmann Mk1 BSK that I picked up second hand in my local model shop, To create the door, I cut out the door window area, and fitted it to the existing passenger window hole, (an idea copied from Popeye on here while researching GSVs, Thanks for that! ) The bodyside grille was created from Evergreen clapboard, and a thin styrene strip to create the dividing bar. I'm not 100% about it and may swap for an etched version, I've also started making the exhaust cover/ port on the roof, And the fuel(?) tank underneath. The steps are made from various styrene strips and angles, Thats all for now Cheers Daryl