I haven't had much to say on here for a few weeks, not because I haven't been modelling but rather because it has been one of those periods where I'm doing stuff that is not particularly new, so there isn't a huge amount to say. In particular, I've been trying to trim my gloat box a little in anticipation of some re-stocking when some new kits arrive from Mr Higgs. The results are now ready for the paint shop when the outside temperature warms up enough for it to reopen.
The first one is an Ultima Hawksworth TK (or SK if you prefer) - a straight repeat of the BCK build with very little different, so really nothing more to say.
The next one is a repeat of the sleeping car build. I know that Farish will have an RTR one out soon, but we have shows this year and I wanted our sleeper train to be a little longer. I'd have built another one except that I only have one more set of the old Woodhead transfers. This one is a Met Camm built SLC, so will at least be a model of a vehicle that was part of the Penzance sleeper formation but which Farish aren't doing. Once again, Ultima sides on a body shell stolen from an old Fleetline kit in my gloat box. Please excuse the Blu-Tack.
Finally I wanted to finish a build that I started at least 2 years ago of a kit that's been in the gloat box for more than 20 years. This is a Fleetline Mark 2 FK and a repeat build of its friend the TSO that I built in the early 1980s. My original plan was to build the FK as a Mark 2a and run it with its friend but then I found that the Mark 2 and Mark 2a FKs have quite different windows so I had to stick (more or less) with the original intention of the kit. As with my other Fleetline builds, all of the whitemetal end and underframe bits have gone in the scrap box and have been replaced with bits fabricated from Plastikard and wire.
Now I just need the weather to warm up. Judging by other people's postings, I'm not the only one.
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