Bogie Mink

This model was purchased from the S/H stall at a 3mm Society meeting some time ago. It is an elderly Ian Kirk kit of the GWR bogie Mink. There is a couple of pictures in Russells books, mainly of pre-nationalisation liveries. There was one that survived into BR days, mainly used as a store at Swindon I think.
The kit came without a roof and after much searching I found an old Venetian blind, one of the cheap plastic ones, that had been discarded. This was found to be the right width so one of the slats was cut to length , microstrip was cut for the slats on the roof and fixed into place.
Another wagon is now in the fleet,although somewhat tenuous-show me the picture that it didn't happen!