BR Sharks as CIE?

[Boxcar Willie]

A while back I made a passable representation of a CIE brake van by cutting and shutting two old Hornby ones. I'd like to do another but I see that the BR Shark is pretty close as far as door and window positions are concerned. If I got one and did a repaint as well as some fiddling with the under frame detail would a man on a galloping horse see the difference?

[heirflick]

no! give it your best! heres my shark converted....

 

[Glenderg]

Specsavers, now - the pair of ye!

[Boxcar Willie]

Don't get me started on Specsavers - I've to get injections in my eye soon. A blood vessel started leaking and the resulting oedema is pilling the retina away; caused by high blood pressure and a blockage in a branch vein. In fairness to Specsavers if it hadn't been for them I'd have gone blind - and if it hadn't been for the eye dept. in Waterford doing some blood checks I might have ended up with a stroke.

 

Happily it's all fixable and I can stlll build models with mu good eye until they fix the bad one!