Modelling time in the last week has been a bit limited due to other things taking priority but over the last few weeks at our arts and crafts group I have been working on a scratch build of an LNER Conflat V.

This came about when a friend converted a Connoisseur Lowfit into a Conflat S. While we were exchanging emails on the subject i looked it up in my Tatlow wagon books and noted that the earlier Conflat V’s were made from the underframes from redundant cattle wagons. This reminded me that I had a spare pair of Parkside Cattle Wagon sole bars in my plastic kit spares box.

A rummage through said spares box got me W irons, axleboxes and brake hangers and shoes. I also have styrene sheet, angle and square/rectangular rod.

After getting the basics together I started to add the details starting with the clasp brakes

Then I moved onto adding the various bits of timber and iron work on the top.

It was at this point that I realised just how difficult getting decent photos of white styrene is and after adding more details I have it a blow over with some Vallejo red primer.

Still some way to go but it’s looking the part so far.