Neil
Western Thunderer
The last few days I've put diy onto the back burner and managed to get some time at the work bench. It's a simple and very non-finescale project turning an old Hornby Dublo trainset brake van into a freelance creation which might look ok in a light railway or industrial setting accompanying my Peckett. I had spent some time on the body getting rid of the ducket and filing out the gaps in the moulded on footsteps. Earlier tis morning I set about giving the body a coat of Halfords grey primer to get rid of the bright red plastic when I dropped the body and snapped off one of the footsteps. Never mind, I found the broken bits and put them to one side. After painting I tried the body on the shortened chassis then I had an idea and tried a different style of footstep from plastic strip mounted on the chassis. Much better than the moulded ones I thought.
After the photos the remaining three body mounted footsteps were cut off and replaced by fabricated examples mounted on the chassis.
After the photos the remaining three body mounted footsteps were cut off and replaced by fabricated examples mounted on the chassis.