{"id":2152,"date":"2016-06-06T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2016-06-06T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:56:52","slug":"first-kirk-parcels-van-ready-for-the-paint-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"First Kirk Parcels van ready for the paint shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">Over the last week, in between working on the front garden up north and a few days out, much progress has been made on the the Kirk parcel vans.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The first is now ready for the paint shop (apart from its bogies of which I still need to finish one of them because I am upgrading it using some spare JLRT bogies on this one).<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2155\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2155\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2155\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2155\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0654.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0654.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0654-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0654-768x468.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0654-493x300.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2156\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2156\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2156\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0659.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0659.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0659-300x174.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0659-768x446.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0659-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2158\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2158\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2158\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0669.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0669.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0669-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0669-768x504.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0669-457x300.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2157\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2157\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0664.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0664.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0664-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0664-768x550.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0664-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2154\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2154\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0689.jpg\" alt=\"Modified by CombineZP\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0689.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0689-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0689-768x550.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0689-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modified by CombineZP<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2149\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2149\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0575.jpg\" alt=\"7mm Scaler Ian Kirk 51 foot bogie brake van\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0575.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0575-300x164.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0575-768x420.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0575-500x273.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7mm Scaler Ian Kirk 51 foot bogie brake van<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The roof has been done with my now usual covering of lense cleaner tissue laid in overlapping sections.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2159\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2159\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0679.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van8\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0679.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0679-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0679-768x550.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0679-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van8<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2153\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2153\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2153\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0684.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0684-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0684-768x472.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0684-488x300.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded Kirk 51 Foot Bogie Brake Van<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The second one has had the sides stuck together and a start made on putting the underframe together. I plan to use the Kirk fox bogies on this one because it&#8217;s going to be depicted in a much earlier timeframe. I have started to add the quite prominent step boards to them and it has changed the appearance quite considerably in my view &#8211; sorry no photos of those until next week.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week, in between working on the front garden up north and a few days out, much progress has been made on the the Kirk parcel vans. The first is now ready for the paint shop (apart from &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2152\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kirk-coach-builds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}