Leyland National - Peco 1/76 - London Transport

[Tim R-T-C]

Hello all,

 

First WIP on here, so please be gentle! I've only recently gotten back into plastic modelling after spending my 20s in the wilderness. A model railroader at heart, I find the hobby is too much about just buying pre-made, pre-weathered stock these days, so very little creativity, so I'm turning my hand to plastic modelling instead.

 

I stumbled upon the Peco Leyland National kit at the York model railway show this year and it seemed like an easy starter kit. Formerly a Tower Models sculpt I believe, it is a very basic kit - the interior has block solid seats and a basic driver's position, but little else.

 

 

I decided the interior needed some work to make the project worthwhile, so found a cheap pack of seated 00 gauge passengers, who actually fit perfectly into the seats:

 

 

Assembly required pretty much immediate glazing of the large windows, so I have decided to pre-paint the exterior before assembly to avoid having to use up all of my masking tape. I'm also gathering interior photos where I can, to plan some more detail that I can include.

[richellis]

Nice build of a good little kit.  What’s the plan for the livery?

[richellis]

Link to some useful pics 

[Yorkshire man]

Here is a standard NBC interior shot.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-basic-interior-of-a-leyland-national-showing-the-nbc-moquette-47661907.html

 

If doing the kit in NBC red, I would recommend the following Halfords or Hycote (which is cheaper but as good) spray paint Ford Sunburst Red.

 

Edited July 25, 2019 by Yorkshire man
Additional info.

[Tim R-T-C]

Thanks for the image links. I'm going for classic London Transport red (as those are the decals the kit came with) and I have a Phoenix enamel which I am going to try brush painting (the budget for an airbrush is still awaiting approval...)

 

So I hit the outside with primer, in my high-tech spray booth:

 

 

Plus it has now had two coats of London Bus red:

 

Not perfect, but I know it can take two or three coats to get reds smooth. I'm going to put the front door in yellow as seemed to be standard.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

 

Raided my dad's enamel stash when I went to visit. Lots of stiring required!