LSWR Brake Van Part 4

This post is about the fittings for the brake van. The handrails and goods door handle are a very fine wire used in embroidery. The holes to locate them are made with the point of a very thin sewing needle.

The prototype shows the handrails painted white but I like the natural brass colour of the wire.

Stove pipe is a piece of wire and the three lanterns on the rear are made from balsa wood. I'm no expert on their use but from what I have read the white lantern signifies the train is complete. The black lanterns fitted on the outside of the door pillars identify this as an unfitted train, which means vacuum operated brakes are not fitted. These two lanterns show red lenses to the rear and clear to the front so that the driver can look out of his cab to see the lanterns thereby checking that the train is complete with the guard van in tow.

To Part 5.

To Part 1.

David