Ex LSWR Gate Stock.

While sitting here waiting for paint to dry on the Adams 02.

I was thinking about my Gate stock.

Having missed out on a Kernow model on that ebay site and another one sold for close to 200 quid, and not wanting to spend that sort of dosh on one. What could i do with the one i have?

Follows, is a list of jobs that will need doing to bring it up to today's standards. I hope you are sitting comfortably as this, i feel is going to get longer as i delve into it. 

It cant be any worse than the 'bug', can it?

First of all, the paint and lining is shocking. Also, there should be Two panels here, not Three. (2 jobs)

The handrails are somewhat over scale and it should just be a handle on the end. (3 jobs)

The driver's end is wrong for 1930s stock, we will have to change this for the Four verticals windows in the driver's end. Shouldn't be to difficult to make one as it flat without to much raised detail. (4 jobs)

The 'Gates' look ok but perhaps should be a bit taller, something i will have to live with. Rather a lot of paint here. (Job 5)

The roofs also need sorting out as they look rather flat and don't have the 'eliptical' profile that they should have. (6 jobs)

While we are on the subject of roofs, each carriage is different. The one on the right looks ok but are at different heights. This presents a problem as the carriage ends also look different. I was perhaps hoping that the Roxey Mouldings Eliptical roofs may be an option but they are to narrow. (7 possibly 8 jobs, could be 9)

Something has come detached on the inside. The lettering also leaves something to be desired. (Job 10)

The top row of 'opening' windows are also wrong, the ones on the right should look like the one on the left. (Thats 11 then)

Wheels! They are the correct size but of the wrong type. This also leads me on to a question of which i am unable to confirm, were they still fitted with Maunsell wheels with wooden centres on the 1930s stock? Alan Gibson does the exact one's, 3' 7" no less. (Job 12)

The Gas tanks will need to be removed and replaced with battery boxes. Perhaps adding a bit more detail to the underframe in the process wouldn't go admiss. (13 and 14)

Joking aside, this is going to be a long job, one of those jobs that will regularly be returned to its box, only to be bought out again for another bash at it. My plan is to strip it (job 15), de-solder it (job 16) and start again, guessing originaly that this was built from an old Jidenco kit, so no supprise really.

Coments greatly recieved.