Repurposing an old coach

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Phil s
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Repurposing an old coach

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Hi all,
For some time now I've been thinking about getting an airbrush, however, because my skill level isn't that high I thought I'd have a go with some rattle cans first, see how I go.
So having a number of very old hornby coaches, I thought I would try and convert one to some sort of test coach...
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It won't strictly be correct but it's just a look see project.
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A bit of prep work then into make shift paint booth. I got primer and paint from rail match

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Managed to get some water transfers from rail Tec transfers.
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Not sure about the end result, painted the black widows with a brush (obviously) which in hindsight was a mistake.
Was an interesting project not sure it's worth doing again tbh.
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Doesn't look too bad from 4 feet away.
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Well Phil I can't see a lot wrong with that, well done I think. :D

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Mr Bones
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Looks good to me 👍
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Thanks for the positive comments guys, may now have a look at doing a couple more and make up a full test train.
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Here is one i did Phil,
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from this
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