Hi Rob,
That CCT looks great, the half round beading is really visible in the larger scale and I really like your idea for hiding the joint in the solebar.
It is a shame that Kirby Stephen is a little too far away to justify a visit. I've recently dug out my Craftrobo, which I think was the predecessor to the Silhouette, and have been playing around with vinyl stuck to clear plastic to see if I can produce a reasonable representation of a GNR coach.
To produce the lowermost panels is simple, just remove the vinyl where there should be a panel, spray the whole lot in a base colour and then finally remove the vinyl from around the windows (works well with an airbrush by not with a rattle can as this bleeds under the vinyl to the windows). I'm still trying to decide how to model the lower beading as the original idea of simply using another piece of vinyl has proven too difficult (the beading is overscale but still only 0.3mm wide!). I think the solution may be to remove the cut lower beading and replace this with some 0.25mm plastic rod - time consuming but should be comparable with the upper beading which is c. 0.1mm deep (still a bit over twice the scale thickness).
Why go to all this trouble? Well, apparently Bill Bedford is no longer producing his etches in 2mm scale and I'm too poor at the moment to commission a set of etches for myself.
Anyway I've distracted you enough from your own work. Looking forward to the next update.
