Commission: Another dirty rat…
They get everywhere, as promised here we are enjoying 25196 (and typing this, another example arrived has recently arrived)… This one started out as a Bachmann example with Tops number under the cab window and 4 character headcode blind. First job was a minor re-numbering and swap headcodes for dots - both using Railtec products. A set of Heljan 47 ploughs were fitted along with a variety of Bachmann and Hornby buffer beam details supplied by my customer. The prototype sported two distinctive features beyond the ploughs… a silver (unpainted) cab window frame and paint flaking off the fibreglass roof. Popping the glazing out helped with the former, although I had to use a bow pen to add the side bar on the glazing itself. The roof was masked and sprayed with Humbrol 28, this was allowed to thoroughly dry before further work. The next step was to paint on the Rail blue paint that hadn’t flaked off, copying photos for the pattern and shape of each ‘piece’. Again this was left for a few da...
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