I found this photo of an old LBSC van that had been restored
I thought it would make a nice model so I looked on the GANSG site and found a drawing of it
I stuck the prints onto card and coated them with Shellac. I make a couple of cuts along the planking lines and then peel out the cut strip. Slipped over the door a couple of times and had to fill the cuts with Seccotine, this is what you find!
The drawing and the photo don't quite match I've had to do a bit of one and another bit of the other, to get it half way reasonable. Reminds me of the draughtsman and the pattern maker at a foundry, "We can't make this!" shouted the pattern maker across the drawing office, followed by some expletives, followed by applause and laughter from the draughtsmen.
I tried blobbing PVA mixed with talcum powder for the bolt heads it worked OK but it dried a bit too quickly. I then found that Talcum/Seccotine lasted much longer, it does need to be quite thick. I had to start again with another way of doing it because I'd used the last of the Seccotine I bought in the 80's that had gone really thick, I suppose it would wouldn't it.
It's not going to look anything like a kit or RTR though, but from a reasonable distance it will look quite good. And as I am a cheapskate it has cost about £10.