Junkbox Jury - Primed

I have been rather remise in not keeping you up to date with the progress of various models, but progress has been rather slow as priorities change and new whims took charge. The dismantled diesel has at least had a coat of primer, which as ever brings together the various materials to an even finish. As there will no doubt be red on the bufferbeams somewhere, and possibly the need for red primer to appear underneath where the coupler would be, I also masked off and sprayed red oxide primer onto those areas.

From the cab end the various bolt holes show up rather well as does the gap where the gearbox should be. This work was completed in October but I then got distracted and it has now possibly missed it's place in the paintshop queue until the new year. That does however give me the chance to refine a few painting techniques elsewhere as I'm a little out of practice!

Also now primed is the passenger carriage for 'Odsock Corner', which has been waiting for a dry(ish) day to head to the workshop for primer. It is now a lot easier to photograph, although I refrained from fitting all the seats back in place for the photo. You can now see the boltheads on the solebar which supposedly hold the axleguards in place.

Livery for this will be light blue, the jury's still out on whether to go for the Lincolnshire Coast style blue to match my FK3D Motor Rail or something more subtle...

More soon, including the distraction(s)!

Colin