A blast from the past.

I was going through my boxes the other day and came across this Merchant Navy loco. I remember painting, lining and fitting new plates. These are for 35014, Nederland Line. They were produced ,I believe, for a Dutch 3mm meeting some time ago. The bonus was that they were already etched to shape so just a matter of painting the surround red and an approximation of the flag in the centre.
I have a spare chassis for this loco so will see if I can make it run through Peco pointwork. Also it will need the bogie wheels replaced, may slit the face off the old Tri-ang ones and fit into a scale wheel.
The body is a very good representation of these locos, I think the repaint has brought it to life.

Hymek Resin Body Kit

Next new project is this Hymek kit. Purchased from Bruce Smetham it is a well cast resin body with fuel tank. The bogies, buffers and horns are cast whitemetal and are very crisp.
The body needs a bit of fettling to clean out the window aperatures. A nice touch is that the handrail positions are already marked, in the right place.
I will have a look at the Bullant motor bogie at the 3mm Society AGM on Saturday and see how it can be fitted, otherwise iy will have the Halling I already have.