Refitted Carriages

I apologise for not posting as regularly recently. I am on my summer break from work and that has meant that house jobs and other things have come to the fore. I am working through the list of summer jobs for the layout and those for my house. 

After several weeks of pondering and debating on what to do with the newly acquired carriages, I took the plunge and set about the refitting of the Austrian carriages. The initial plan was to repaint them into BR Blue and Grey however something was holding me back from travelling down that road. I decided to go down the more traditional BR Maroon route after seeing a picture online that showed a maroon dining car.

Image taken from Google.

This image prompted me to begin the process due to the recessed doors looking the part.

I took the carriage to pieces and set about removing the printed on details using a fibre glass scratching brush. I then used Railmatch BR Maroon spray to add two coats on to the carriages. 

I masked off the carriages and then sprayed the ends in BR Black.

I then painted the rooves using Railmatch roof dirt.

Here are the first two examples on the track behind Vale of Elan. I am really happy with how these have turned out. I am hoping to set to work on the third example and try something a little different with this one.