The Xmas break has arrived for me and this year I have a decent amount of time off over the festive period. Alongside seeing friends and family, I should be able to get a few days of dedicated modelling time and I aim to put this time to to good use, finishing off various projects. I have quite a few models in the paint boxes that are close to being completed - so I plan to get these models over the line, rather than starting too many new projects.
So the first one that is heading towards the finish line, is this Slaters GWR 3000 gallon milk tanker. The building of this kit is a joy - although it is a bit fiddly in places. The painting is a little awkward and to be able to fully paint the tank, you need the underframe and tank kept as separate pieces. So yesterday, with the paint and transfers finished, I glued the two body parts together, desperately trying not to spill glue over the paint finish. Today I need to glue on the ladders and undertake a tiny bit of touching up of paint in a couple of places. Hopefully this will only take a couple of hours and then the first model of the Xmas hols will have been completed.
GWR milt tanker nearly finished. There are a couple of small areas that require paint touching up, and the ladders added.
End view of the milk tanker, with the level of detail in the kit evident.
This is the first Slaters milk tanker I have built and it is the start of a small rake. Having now nearly finished this wagon, there are a few tricks to the construction and finishing of these tanks that I will employ on future builds, so this has been a very good learning curve. I have a second kit in the stash to start in the coming months and I am hoping construction will be a bit quicker. Ultimately I would like to build between 6-8 of these tankers to run into the dairy, although at the current rate of progress that might take me a few years to achieve!
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