About five years ago I was lucky enough to be given a big box of Gn15 models by a good friend after they had started modelling in 16mm scale. The box contained many items, from lovely complete scratch built whimsical models to unstated kits, with everything in between!
I had started to build a couple of the Sidelines kits in the box, but never really finished anything, Gn15 been a scale I hadn't particularly thought about modelling in. Recently, after sitting for five years in a cupboard, I dug the box out and made a start!
My first victim was a Sidelines 'Firefly' kit, running on what I beleive is a BEC models chassis. Originally the full cab version I had clearly made a start on it at some point, hence the remains of black paint. In a moment of madness (!) I chopped the cab off and rebuilt it into a open cab loco, adding the bolt detail back in with nail art gems!
After giving it a spray of Halfords finest grey primer, I was quite taken with how well it looked in grey, so the details were picked out using a brush, such as the axle boxes and bufferbeams.
Some random Narrow Planet plates I had in stock with fixed to the ends, giving the little loco the grand name of 'Prometheus'!
The kit included various details for a cab interior and I'm quite happy with how it looks. The heavy gauge cable running from the controller is actually aluminium coated wire. I don't know what its actually meant for but it looks good here!
It still needs a driver, and I have a couple of suitable figures in stock awaiting painting, and a possible weathering, but for now I'm quite happy with it in its clean grey livery!
At least its another unfinished thing no longer lingering in a box!
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