The New-Look No.3

As previously discussed, the Somerthorpe Miniature Railway workshop crew's winter project has been a rebuild and repaint of diesel No.3.  Here she is after the attention of the paintshop staff:

The main colour is Games Workshop/Citadel 'Regal Blue'. I had contemplated keeping the chassis in dark grey as before but eventually chose dirty black with red headstocks for visibility.  All painting was achieved with acrylics (other than some red enamel used as an undercoat) and the varnish is Citadel 'Purity Seal', which despite some of my recent issues went on fine....

The new driver (just) fits in the cab, I had to remove part of the false ceiling to get his head in!  The old detailing bits, lights, exhaust etc have been re-used without change, however the numberplates are new, being old Jackson-Evans etches.

Around the other side the cab window has lost it's dividers and is now a single piece.  The van is a recent quickie build using a spare Black Dog Mining under frame and some Parkside Dundas 4mm scale van doors. The pointed roof is just to be different!  It isn't really an SMR vehicle and makes no.3 look quite industrial, but that is not intentional.....

Well, that's about where the workbench breaks up for Christmas, any ideas of a holiday project are just that, ideas, as there seems to be an endless list of other activities to be involved in!  So to all readers of O9 Modeller, have a great Christmas and a prosperous New Year.  I'm not yet sure what 2013 brings, but I can sense change in the air.....

Colin