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The trouble with tie wraps is that they don't bend: I'm going to be tucking the ones I've made down the back of the inner skin and a tie wrap wouldn't bend enough to do the job- plus they're thicker.

Don't need holes in - these windows are "all or nothing"!

They are thinned out with a scalpel and curved at the top to decend into a slot benneath the glazing

Ah - THAT's how you do it!

You do it your way, I'll do it mine!

What a good idea, then I have used real leather that works real windows.

I've done rather a lot today, including fitting the bar - see http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mdltrly/buffetcar.html as always.

Here's a taster...........

Nice bar.

I'll have a pint of bulmers cider please.

It's certainly coming on well!

I'm aiming to get it done for Stoneleigh............

MDLR wrote:I'm aiming to get it done for Stoneleigh............

Haha, it's good to have a deadline, works for me anyway, otherwise my whr coach could take forever to get finished!

Matt wrote:I'll have a pint of bulmers cider please.

Doesn't look like the serve it matt.

Today has seen the rest of the seats and tables fitted, all the lights connected and working (and that was NIGHTMARE job) and a start made on the roof.



shows the bar all lit up..........

For the full story, take a look at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mdltrly/buffetcar.html , as always................

Coming along nicely, the bar looks great lit up.

Looks great.

Brilliant!

I thought about putting more lights in the main part of the coach, but I want to wait and see what it looks like with the roof on before I decide whether or not to add them.

That is looking wicked Brian. I've just nipped over to your site and had a good look at all of the build to date - I take it the roof is still drying?

Personally I'm now impatient to see the finished article, (but probably no more than you )

Excellent job and I predict it will spawn a whole rake of buffet / diners across other lines!!!!!!!

Narrow Minded wrote:I take it the roof is still drying?

I've just come back into the house from the shed where I've been repairing a superglued loco kit which decided to de-construct itself on Friday - now all thankfully back in one piece - and putting some better handles on my coach box, so I don't drop it again! It seems to be "going off" quite well but I'll probably leave it for 24 hours before finishing off the ends and "canvassing" it - it's going to have roof beams as well.

It certainly sounds like the dogs' dangly bits and you should be comfortably complete ready for Stoneleigh

I've now removed all the tape which was holding the roof together whilst the PVA went off: the coach won't need any more lighting - the four table lamps are just enough! No more work tonight though - I want the glue REALLY hard before I sand the outside and varnish the inside!

I can'wait to see those tables lamps. I think they will look amazing through the windows.