I can't believe it has taken me a year to complete this wagon, but I finally got round to finishing it. The brass fittings supplied in the kit were fixed to the body using cyano adhesive; the underframe was glued to the body, and once the working sliding doors were fitted, the interior was masked off and the body was given several coats of grey primer spray paint. I did not use the ply roof supplied, but cut a roof from a sheet of Brandbright corrugated roofing material. This was glued in place once it had been formed to shape, and was then painted matt black.
Once painted, the axleguards (including wheels) were fixed in place with wood screws; a handbrake from IP Engineering was fitted, this works on one wheel only, as per the prototype. Lettering and numbers were then applied - Letraset rub down type - and finally the wagon was given a light weathering by gently wafting some olive drab model spray paint over the whole. Finished at last!
Once painted, the axleguards (including wheels) were fixed in place with wood screws; a handbrake from IP Engineering was fitted, this works on one wheel only, as per the prototype. Lettering and numbers were then applied - Letraset rub down type - and finally the wagon was given a light weathering by gently wafting some olive drab model spray paint over the whole. Finished at last!
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