Clearing the desk

The last few weeks have been spent trying to make a knackered old Castle look like a Hogwarts Express. This is about as good as it's going to get:

Now to finish the other Castles, which have been cluttering up my desk for ages and feature in the background of many of my other photos.

With Dorchester Castle finished a while ago, I wanted to do a similar restoration job with the remaining bodies. So more transfers were ordered, this time from Modelmaster Decals.

Both Castles were stripped and painted at the same time. The linings were then applied, followed by the brass nameplates, numbers and handrails.

Both have had major mechanical overhauls. With a show coming up at Harman's Cross, it seemed fitting to make a Corfe Castle:

And somewhere between Dorchester Castle & Corfe Castle, you'll find Lulworth Castle:

Including Hogwarts, that's six running Castles. The five green versions are now all together in the stock box, ready for the next outing...

And that will do for Castles, unless of course any freebies turn up out of the blue!