Hopefully it wasn't just me who had an accident this week with Hattons O gauge sale. I have been thinking about picking up a RR 37/4 for a while to do as 37427 but had been putting it off. Seems other than Hattons they're getting a bit scarce. So as I doubt Heljan will be in a rush to re-run these I figured I had best bite the bullet.
It has already started to go through the works. That horrible bracket that the ETH jumper is fitted to has been removed and a couple of smaller brackets knocked up out of platicard, WR lamp brackets fitted, then the noses re-painted to get rid of the mascara around the marker lights. Cant rail stripes around the bonnet touched in with black (427's only went over the cab), most of the buffer beam detail fitted and transferred up.
Multi jumpers will have the cable replaced with wire then both these and the ETH jumpers will be re-fitted. Also needs some blue stars before satin varnish and fitting of nameplates. I have a sound chip kicking around earmarked for a 37/0, but it can go into this and get re-blown at some point, it will do for now so it'll be off to Cam for sound fitting this week. At some point (when I have sourced some) it will also get the high central lamp bracket above the nose.