It has been almost six weeks since I made the last posting. Time has been busy, and with other things on the go, my layout has been neglected. It has been too cold to stay long downstairs in the basement. I have to confess that I did spend a lot of time with my Br64 from Lenz.
The "Bubikopf" (translation: page cut) so named after the flappers haircut of the mid 1920s is a lot of fun to play with. I did spend some time on completing my kit for a box car. This conversion is from Juergen Moog, http://www.nullmobau.de.vu/ It is the kit Gms 54.
This is when you take an old Lima box car like this one:
And then turn it into something like this:
There are two sheets of brass etchings in the kit and very good instructions and decals. However, it was a bit of a learning curve, since I am not used to building German freight cars and where all the bits belong. In hindsight, I would do some things a bit different. The next time around, if I build the other kit Juergen sells on his web site.
