Body, and a bit of paint

 

Well, this big scale seems simple enough! Building the body is no harder than it is in OO - to be fair, the pieces are just the same, but larger. 

Using Revell Contacta glue, two pairs of corners are assembled, then the four sides come together, and finally the floor is dropped in. The Contact tacks the lot together, with Mek-Pak washed inside the corners to set the joins. 

I took care to ensure the assembly was square - building it on an old bathroom mirror - but this was probably overkill. 

While the sides are prepainted, back ironwork has to be coloured on the ends and solebars. It's not too fiddly, although keeping a brush of thinners handy was a good idea a couple of times. While the paint (Revell 6) was out, I gave the underframe components a coat too. Easier now, that trying to dodge the green solebars with the W-irons are attached.