O9 Dapol Pug "bash" - 2

 Dapol Pug conversion

A photo of the model with most of the painting done.  Painted using Revell 350 satin dark blue, and also Revell Matt 9 charcoal.  One or two little touches required, plus a driver and name plates which I have to order.

After years of painting using Humbrol enamels, I am now taking to Revell.  I am finding Humbrol colours inconsistent recently, some of which won't even dry for three days, and also some of the tin lids do not even fit correctly and fall open.

O9 Dapol Pug "bash" - 1

 Dapol Pug conversion

I decided to try an old technique of making an O9 scale tramway locomotive using the Dapol Kitmaster "Pug" as a basis.  Here is the basic body using the tank/boiler and footplate from the plastic kit, a resin chimney, and a cab and skirts from (mainly 1mm) plasticard.  Other small parts of the kit were also used.  The footplate was cut so that it would fit a Kato 11-103 chassis, as I have a couple in stock.

A pre-curved aluminium roof was exchanged for the original plastic one fitted, which flattened on the back edge.  Here is the loco now in primer.  

The general size and shape matches the Shapeways/Tebee 3D prints that were completed earlier.