Rusty is probably one of my favourites, as for some reason he is the only diesel I liked when I was younger...
Goodness knows why?
Anyway, I have wanted to make a model of Rusty for some time, and at Warley I got a second hand Bachmann 0-6-0. Realising it had bashing potential, I pulled my Ertl rusty out to have a look at motorising it. Bad mistake.
Ertl models are not to scale. The only use they have is faces, and even then they tend to be off.
I got a couple of sheets of Plasticard, and put together a body:
Good for a first try. I then painted it and looked at it...
Windows? Damn, I'd forgotten them. Time to fix that:
Mutliated, Rusty carries on smiling whilst I repaint him. The poor devil doesn't know what he is going to become.
He presto! Just needs a face...
Where is that Wind-Up toy? :D
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