Future projects - class 37, a 121 and life getting in the way!

Little progress on anything related to modelling this month, only one blog post reflects a lack of any activity. In short, life has all been work and this looks set to continue into the near future. However, significantly buoyed by my recent class 121 project and class 25 repaint, I have stripped a couple more models ready for repainting. Both were submerged in a bath of superstrip. Interestingly, the superstrip removed any details glued on the old lima body shell with superglue, but not araldite. Anyhow, I guess both these shells will be waiting around a while before any further happens, but when I next get started on a modelling session they are ready to go.

The class 121 is the Hornby model, orignally in NSE livery, but now stripped ready for a repaint into a slightly faded BR blue and yellow scheme. The glazing will also be redone with a flushglaze pack and I intend to add a lot of smaller detailing parts.

Class 121 ready for detailing

The class 37 is an old lima model favourite. It certainly reminds of teenage days and a desire to get into 'proper modelling'. This one will also be repainted into a faded BR blue livery, building on the lessons I learnt on my previous class 25 repaint. I have a variety of grills and body detailing parts to add.

Lima class 37 stripped

Anyhow, I guess these and all my other projects will have to wait a while. Hopefully I will be back to modelling by August, but until then I think progress and updates will be limited.

Georgeham micro-layout and an ECC wagon

Georgeham is now on its final leg to completion. Having taken a few photographs of it recently, I thought the backscene looked a little bare. I have a added a sycamore tree and a low relief barn, built from scraps of corrugated iron plasticard. This has been given some gentle green, rust and weathered black coats and now addes some depth to the field for the Georgeham shelter/platform.

The low relief barn is shown to good effect, working as the back drop for the platform.

Inspiration has been lacking a bit recently, so not to much has been achieved on the modelling front. The one small project that has got completed in addition to the low relief barn is the ECC china clay wagon coupling conversion. A couple of white coats and some matt varnish finished the wagon off, after hacking away a lot of the wagon chassis to get the coupling in.

I have decided that I will spend one more day on Georgeham. The tunnel needs a bit of work and the fence needs finishing at the front. Also the lamp looks rubbish and needs sorting out and having a switch put in. This and a few other odds and sods need seeing to, but none of them are big efforts. In general it is close to completion. Questions is, what to do with it once finished? I have little room for it, so it might get sold/given away to make room for work starting on Pottington Quay in earnest.

And another item of rolling stock ready for service on my layouts, the second ECC wagon is ready to go