Back Back to Model Railway index.

GWR AA19 Toad brake van

GWR AA19 Toad

Built from a Parside Dundas kit, this is by far the worst kit it has been my misfortune to experience. A multiplicity of different materials needing different adhesives was compounded by a system of attaching the handrails which didn't work. Not only were the enormous pockets for the handrail brackets in the wrong place, but the templates given for the rails were wrong.

I actually shelved the kit for about a year before I came back to it determined to finish it or scrap it. Getting things right was a matter of filling the pockets and making new brackets and then producing handrails based on photos - virtually a scratch build. Parkside kits aren't exactly cheap, either.

Coloured divider

Top Home Links What's New