The PDF kits are very impressive, I seem slightly addicted to them, the Baldwin was a little bit of a pain until I learnt of ways to over come the print lines. The plastic is very robust and trying to take It straight on with sanding paper was hard work. However the next PDF project (which as you will all have already guessed is still work in progress) built on this.
So in the railways history this is one of the original loco's, thankfully it came to light that it never made it to the front when the railways went off to war, it was used in training. Run to the ground and abandoned. It has since been located and rebuilt and over hauled. It is a PDF Linda, that's been messed around with. Some suggestion has been made by the railways staff that it was made just after Charles and was the evolutionary process that led to Linda and Blanch. But Hunslet records don't seam so agree.
I've now found and automotive repair filler from Halfords that is acrylic based and easy to sand to cover the fiddly bits and went for sticking thin plasticard over the bigger body bits.
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Because its a rebuild / overhaul i've been able to take some liberties over riveting details, creating something not accurate but pleasing on the eye (i hope)
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One if the rivets fouled the fit, sadly the repaint then removed some of the green. But it should be a simple fix
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I didn't want to run with a tender so a coal bunker was added to the rear.
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