Kirk Parcels van ready for Sale (well almost!)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rob Pulham

The Kirk brake is even nearer the finish line/small adds.

7mm Scale Kirk 51ft Parcels van in BR Crimson

Sadly the eagle eyed amongst you will notice that the roof doesn’t sit down right at one end. That’s despite lots of work making them fit in the first place. I only noticed it once I had glued the roof on so it will need to be filled. Not the end of the world but a little frustrating.

7mm Scale Kirk 51ft Parcels van in BR Crimson

I had a bit of a Doh! moment when ordering the transfers for the CCT in that I did plan any for the Parcels van. I am very grateful to Warren for coming to my rescue with these.

Ex NBR Bogie CCT – The Last Lap

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rob Pulham

Well the end is in sight and this one is almost ready for the small adds.

The only thing that’s left (unless I discover something else) is to glue to roof on.

7mm Scale Ex NBR Bogie CCT in BR livery

And finally a close up of the transfers that I had commissioned from Precision Labels (I took the opportunity to get a second set LNER set at the same time for the one that I plan to build for me.

7mm Scale Ex NBR Bogie CCT in BR livery

7mm Scale Vacuum and Steam pipes for the Kirk Parcels van

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Rob Pulham

Well the last pieces of the puzzle are ready to be put in place.

Vacuum and Steam Heat Pipes

Kirk 51Foot Parcels van – final detailing.

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Rob Pulham

The weekend’s endeavours also saw the Parcels van heading towards the finish line.

It now sport’s glazing, guards grab handrails and T handles. Still to add are the luggage door handles, vacuum and steam pipes and transfers (I think) plus tidy up the paintwork and matt varnish.

Kirk ex LNER Parcels van

Note to self: clean of all the plastic dust from drilling out handrails etc. before taking more photos…..

Ex NBR CCT, almost the final chapter (I hope)

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Rob Pulham

Another weekend and a couple of hours, on a couple of evenings, has seen the NBR CCT almost finished. In terms of detailing that is – I need one more steam heat pipe for one end. All that’s left is more paint and transfers. Then glazing and fit the roof which is just placed on for the photos