Just Like The Real Thing Gresley Coaches

Somewhat embarrassingly, I have had a JLRT Gresley Diagram 113 full brake sat on the edge of my workbench for the last couple of years. it had stalled at the final fitting of the roof stage.
On Sunday morning Chris asked me if I was ever going to finish it (it was a Christmas gift from her) So late morning I got stuck into fitting the roof and by the end of the day I had not only fitted the roof I had added most of the underframe fittings too - I had prepared the buffer beams a couple of years ago.
So here it is sat on a pair of borrowed bogie - I put the original Gresley bogies supplied under my first Kirk Parcels van build - I have a pair of Newbould Models 8.0' Fox to go under this but they need making up.





I hope to make more rapid progress on this going forward....

 

Toto wrote:

Thanks, they need a good clean since they haven't been touched since I soldered them up a couple of years ago.
I have a second JLRT kit, to make a Diagram 114 which might get a built a good bit quicker than this one now that I have had the proverbial kick up the backside to get on with them.
Although thinking about it, I bought the D114 so......

 

paul_l wrote:

Hi Paul,
Your mention of clear sides reminded me of the Cooper Craft LNER Coronation set which were done in clear plastic in an attempt at getting flush glazing. Thankfully I only succumbed to the observation car before reading up on how difficult they were to assemble. That one made it onto the bay of E unopened....

 

Toto wrote:

They did and you can probably buy the etch but it comes on the same etch with the angle underframe truss so you would get those as well.