As you may well know, I originally got this hobby in my teens, being forced to take a break when I ran out of space and went to uni.
Spin forward 10 years and I now have a large quantity of rolling stock that I inherited from the offset, some of which is really starting to look quite dated and tired held up against modern offerings. The quality of models has improved leaps and bounds in that 10 year absence from the hobby, so this poses a question: How can I bring those old clapped out ‘toy’ coaches in line with the brand spanking new super detailed models on offer today?
I’m going to take you through a few processes I have been trying out to breath new life into my old stock, in particular this rake of Hornby LMS (Railroad) Coaches.
Beware: I’ve waffled a fair bit whilst writing up this project, it’s quite long! To break it down and to make it easier to digest I’ve broken the process down into three steps:
Calling All Stations 
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Reblogged this on Loco Yard and commented:
A brilliant series of posts by Andy of CallingAllStations on how to improve oo gauge coaches. I two rakes of coaches I want to improve and will be definatly taking some of his advice.
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