This new rule of posting fortnightly is already proving its worth. Due to the lack of proper modelling time over my Christmas shutdown it meant I've been able to steadily plod along and get the cut n' shut Vale of Rheidol coach set finished without feeling rushed by personal deadlines.
And speaking of the set, here it is:
They are very nicely proportioned. I think i might have gone a tad overboard with the wash of Tamiya 'German Grey' on the coach sides, but I think I can just about get away with them looking unclean rather than decrepit. The seated figures all came from the Noch advent calendar from December last, I was very thankful they made up roughly 1/3rd of the contents!
In an attempt to backdate the look of them though, besides repainting all but one of the figures into slightly duller colours, one of the figures gained a piece of headgear made simply from one of the gas lighting roof pieces from the coach kit! In the semi darkness it really does look like a convincing wide rimmed hat.
And just to have a quick preview of how they look in a scenic context, here they are on the station curve on Corrillyn.
There is a slightly amusing snag after finishing the set though. Some of you may remember that before embarking on this set I had a try at making a
5 compartment VoR coach. Taking some rough measurements at the time I'd calculated that this new three set would be shorter in length than creating another passenger brake to make the five compartment-er. I clearly got my numbers wrong somewhere, a pair of five door coaches would certainly be shorter than these linked together.
I guess the only thing for it is to get another coach body and brake.
Oh dear, how sad, never mind, better do some more modelling.
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