Very useful folder, the 'teeth' allow you to get into small places to fold.
Industrial benders - bought these years ago from Connoisseur.
Both the play and banana vans are very similar, so these pics go for both of them really.
Strapping and rivet strips added.
The door unit ready to fit.
Despite being white metal, quite a lot is going on underneath.
Straps and locking bar added to the doors.
Discovering that the compensator was quite right, it lifted the wheels up towards the body when the tabs were turned.
Looking at the bits to see if I'd done something wrong - couldn't see anything.
Just the buffers to go, on back order.
Bending plastic sheet for the roofs...
Plan B - a screw and a spring - it works.
Buffers arrived. Don't know how I'm going to cope without Invertrain.
Dapol screw couplings and MMP/Dave Parkins brake pipe kits on the ply vans. Another loss to the hobby. Transfers from Railtec, I really must get round to blending them in properly.
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