I decided to add some minor relief to the wagon in the form of raised rivets and bolt heads. This type of detail is represented on the wagon by laser cutting a line around where the rivet would be, a cheap and easy solution to the problem of adding raised detail to a flat laser cut kit. I decided to use styrene rod for the rivets/bolt heads, so the first step was to fill in the detail lines with a touch of filler. Then a short piece of rod could be glued where needed, not just on the body sides but also on the chassis and the brake lever axle;
I also cut some corner and end plates from .020" styrene, adding rivets to the end plates;
I next gave the wagon a few coats of Hycote grey auto primer;
This has helped the extra detailing blend in. I now need to rub the surface down ready for painting.
Paul.
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