The taller roof vents I believe are both part of the ceiling gas light holder and vent for fumes. The smaller vents coincide with those compartments that allow 'smoking' and simply vent the stale air from the compartment. They were all adapted from spare 00 gauge kit components that looked like vents but were designed for other purposes.The roof is simply cut out from photo paper. It takes hole drilling for the vent spigots very well.
This was my first attempt at scratch building an 'n' gauge model. From normal viewing distances the coach looks good. Close scrutiny however, does raise eyebrows about the window frame edges. I'm sure this can be improved on the next build but there is no doubt etched brass body sides would be best.
We have also considered punched card or milled metal for the body sides and window cutouts but the specialist tooling required may be prohibitive.
You will see from the posting below that another M7 has been obtained. This one in Southern livery. That means I will be making a second coach, this time in Maunsell olive green with leaf spring bogies for the later period of the line.
To Part 1
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