Ex Milk Tank

[Richard08]

The exGWR milk tank finally got it's paint. Intended to show the wagon in it's final days in departmental use, waste oil. Working from a picture on Paul Bartlett's excellent site, this livery has the advantage that bar some elctro-flashes no transfers are required, not even a running number - just something on the sole bar I can't make out. As ever the photo reveals that one of the tank straps needs re-fixing... and I've whacked the vac pipe. Obviously buffers and screw couplings to be fitted when the paint is really dry.

[Bigmet]

One option is not to fix anything. Many will remember one such which was abandoned on a siding near KX, and which steadily fell to pieces over the years before removal. Sufficiently far gone that parts of the outer cladding rusted away to reveal the insulation...

[Richard08]

After other adventures I finally got round to sorting out transfers. The original plan was to work to a photo that had no markings at all, but I found another with a number and some electro-flashes. There's something above the number in this new photo that's bee removed, but I cant make out what it was, so quietly ignoring mode is on. There was also 'something missing' - lamp brackets. While fitting these I realised the the bars between the bottom of the W irons were missing from the kit - so now added. I think it really is complete now.

[Having a bad camera day...]
Now I'm looking at those ladders - a bit chinky. Maybe....