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The colour is Precision Leaking Oil! What I like about it is that it creates it's own shadow lines around the vents and rain strips. I think once some roof dirt is misted over and some weathering it will look quite nice or filthy.

Dave

That's coming on nicely Guy. Your a bit ahead of me, I've only just slapped some paint on my one. LOL.

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Hi Paul. Yes I will dirty it all up when I do the weathering for the complete coach. It was just to get opinions on the colour.

Dave

Just a quickly {the bishop said to the actress} What do you think of the colour of this roof I've just sprayed. I quite like it but before I tell you what colour I used what does everyone else think.

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It's all trials and tribulations David but your work is spot on.

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Hi Mike. Here are a couple of images showing you how I fix the windows into place. Like I said this is the first coach kit I've done in many years so it's not neat and tidy as I would like. It didn't help me deciding to change direction and then change back but by then I had made up the basic coach ...

Excellent work there David. Great stuff.

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Gosh guys I'm blushing. Thanks very much for your kind comments. I thought I screwed the weathering up. When I first start the weathering process I use the air brush to apply the overall grime colours to tone down the fresh paint. Track grime/dirt for the underframe and roof dirt etc for the body. B...

Hi All, just finished off last years Christmas project a couple of BR 12 ton Vans. They are Parkside bodies on Rumney chassis. Great fun to build though I found the instructions a bit vague and disjointed in places. I was very impressed that once built they run without any need of adjustment. I was ...

Thanks Mike. The plastic what your are seeing around the windows is the internal lining for the coach sides. What I do is frame around the windows {except the droplights} and then glue thin plastic sheet over the entire side of the coach. You then cut away the plastic from the window openings. You t...

Hi All, you lot have been quite busy on this thread. I forgot to click on the "keep me notified button" so I've only seen your replies today. Apologies for not replying sooner. I'll respond once I've read all the replies. Anyway in the mean time I've all but finished the coach other then i...

Hi Guy. If I had a brain I would be dangerous. LOL. Thankfully the coach I'm building is all 3rd class. I think I've got it sorted with the Ratio ones sorted now. I chopped off the top read rest and lowered the back of the seat by about 4mm and then reattached the head rest. This alone reduced the d...

Hi David, I have to agree with Tony's comment. A modeling at a skill I can only dream of. Well done and I look forward to seeing it painted and finished.

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Hi Paul. I'm glad it's all sorted and easily fixed. I've still got to go back to my control panel and fix a MERG booster panel I made last year.

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Thanks Guy. I've spent the afternoon butchering the Ratio ones. First thing to do was reduce the height of them and then slim them down. If you say the Slater ones are fatter in the back cushion's they might not be any good. I'll slog away with the Ratio ones for this coach and get a pack of Slater ...

Hi All. Does anyone produce decent coach seating? I'm fitting out a coach using the the Ratio seating that is supplied with the Comet kit. Not over impressed with it and was wondering if there is anything else available.

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Oh dear indeed Paul. Look on the bright side. At least there were no flames!

I hope you get your issue sorted.

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Thanks Mike. Insanity runs deep in my family, I do these stupid things. LOL. This is one of the problems with the Pendleton/Mitchell bogies they are very open and so there's nothing to attach things to. I added the two bits of flat scrap brass to hang the safety loops to. There is also a larger safe...

Hi All. I've been working on a Comet Kit of a LMS D1735 Brake Third. This is the first coach kit I've built for well over twenty years and it was a bit of a learning curve trying to remember how I used to build and improve the basic kit. One thing I did remember straight off was to replace the bogie...

That's looking very sweet and made in just a day, well done. So theoretically you could have to other 30 done my the end of February just as lockdown finishes {we hope} and you'll be able to plant then on your layout. Jobs a good'un. LOL. I don't have as many as you to build but like yourself I've n...

Hi Noel. Thanks for the advice on the Holler posters. Sadly I don't have any images of Clarke Shoes wagon posters, hence why I spent most of the morning looking for them. I remember seeing a S&D video on Youtube {a home made film} where it should a scene at Highbridge station {1960 ish} of Clark...

Thanks John and Alastair that's most helpful and all on the P4 website as well. Dough! Sharpe as a pin me. LOL.

Spent most of the morning trying to find images of the type used by Clarke Shoes.

Thanks again guys

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Hi All. I'm looking for product posters that were used on wagons, mainly box vans etc. I remember Parkside Models used to sell them but they don't seem to have moved over to Peco with the rest of their range. I've looked at Tiny Sign, Trackside Signs but to no avail. Any help will be much appreciate...

It sounds like the testing and fault find was even harder than building all the track and controls in the first place. LOL. I'm glad you've got it all sorted. It never ceases to amaze me that a slither of a strand of wire that's gone astray can screw everything up big time but when you deliberately ...

Hi Steve and Pete. Steve. Please stop selling me leaver frames. My wife is getting very suspicious. LOL. Besides I still have lots to do from my shelf of shame, which was empty but now seems fall again. Pete. The easi-chassis can only be an improvement on their kit version. LOL. One of the issues I ...