My first coach

I've never been fussed by model coaching stock. Wagons are much more interesting, and far more interesting to build too. The paintwork is easier for a start. Recently, I found my first coach model. It's a Lima MK1 in my favourite blood'n'custard livery. The thing has been through the wars. Almost certainly operated on our very first layouts, even before The Cawood Wistow and Selby line. At some point, the couplings have been removed, but not replaced by Sprat & Winkles. I seem to remember this is the point where I discovered that you had to fit S&W's to the body, but this limited the curve radius the model would than traverse Window glazing is from Wills vac-formed units, and looks pretty good to my eye, even today, I'm not sure what to do with the model next. I'm not going to throw it away, too much history there! Maybe a quick tidy up, but then I find myself wondering about those roof vents. Replacing them would make a difference, and the roof is cracked anyway. What about the…