Firstly, let me introduce myself. I'm Nathan, an Apprentice Fitter for Southern Rail (TOC) and am an avid LNER follower. I volunteer with the Bluebell in the loco ops department as a cleaner - on hiatus currently - as well as at Stewarts Lane with the Merchant Navy Preservation Society, looking after 35028 Clan Line.
Over the past year and a half, I have started branching out in the unknown world of kit bashing, and repaints of rtr stock. My first attempt was of the Bachmann Henrietta, which I repainted into a dark purpley red, similar to what the NER W&U tramcars used to carry. It was originally meant to be done in teak, but following a problem with paints mixing and reacting with eachother on the body, this was taken off, and the red applied - as seen below.
![Image](https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t1.0-9/1380533_3494499539361_1653175306_n.jpg?oh=00e4d12a4023016134b9361c1a9bf657&oe=54B9886A&__gda__=1422284068_bb83cf4b3e5f5d2b0048cef71182c8c2)
Fastforward to about April 2014, and the coach was again repainted. Following on from my two repaints of Emily's coaches into teak - Phoenix Precisions teak base and golden teak being used - the W&U coach again got it's turn. It was stripped as best as possible, and reprimed. Then, the same was done with this as per the first two bachmann coaches done. Teak base, followed by Golden teak drybrushed over. This was the coach, and one of the six wheelers on show with a Dean Sidings P tank kit I'd repainted for a friend.
![Image](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10423945_704208919638097_4523344440355266113_n.jpg?oh=c0d85b2c9da060dbd872bc982264eb0b&oe=54F867E2&__gda__=1421311112_ba651a7cfa28d6028ad9a997d46a9680)
During this time, roughly April - June, I started work on a fictional kitbash locomotive, utilising a Bachmann Junior 0-6-0ST chassis, spare buffers from a Dean Sidings kit, and also a B12 tender and chassis. The engines body was originally going to be a scratch built one from firebox - smokebox utilising the original engines cab, and smokebox door. This failed to come to fruitition, and I eventually obtained a Dapol schools class kit, butchering the cab, boiler and smokebox into a shorter formation to fit onto the JR chassis' running plate. The smokebox door was inverted, and filled with filler, with the original smokebox door from the JR engine being placed into the filler. The dome was a spare Terrier one, and the sandboxes from the same kit as the buffers were. The lamp Irons were from Mainly Trains's brass fet, and were super glued in place. Due to the nature of the engine's stumpy looks, the original B12 tender body didn't really match the engine itself, so it was taken off, and a plasticard one made in it's place. The new tender body utilised a few Lego bricks to keep it sturdy, but more on that later.
I shall add more to this thread in due course with current projects and recently completed ones too.
Any comments on the currently posted repaints would be most appreciated!
Thanks,
Nathan...