{"id":7674,"date":"2026-04-24T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7674"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:51:52","slug":"connoisseur-single-bolster-wagons-primed-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7674","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur Single Bolster Wagons Primed at Last"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post is a bit in reverse order of what I&#8217;ve been up to in the last week with the latest first because it follows the previous post better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chance discovery of a part can of Halfords grey primer in the shed and yesterday&#8217;s cold, but dry and windless conditions, had me dig out my outdoor spray booth (aka a big cardboard box that sits on the dustbin) and prime the bolster wagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-1024x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-1024x475.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-300x139.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-768x356.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-1536x712.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-2048x950.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-totherside-500x232.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7676\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-1536x769.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-2048x1025.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Primed-LNER-Bolster-Wagons-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the replacement spring has all but disappeared into the background and I suspect if I don&#8217;t mention it casual observers will be none the wiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a bit in reverse order of what I&#8217;ve been up to in the last week with the latest first because it follows the previous post better. 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