Construction and Painting of Light GS Trailers

These trailers are based on my standard 15mm square trailer body but are distinguished by having a canvas tilt cover exactly like GS wagons. The construction is exactly the same as described in the article on building GS wagons. The only differences are clearly the use of a smaller screwed up piece of toilet tissue and a smaller square of brown paper. I would caution the reader here that with the smaller size of the body comes a greater risk of getting hot melt glue on the fingers. During the making of this batch I ended up with one vehicle actually stuck to my finger !!!!!!  It really hurts and I commend you to be more careful than this clumsy blogger !!!!!.
Having completed the tilt, the next step is to fashion and fit the trail. This has also been described previously in the article on utility trailer construction. The photo below shows a batch of 30 trailers at this stage of construction.

The next step is to apply sealer to the end grain, when dry, sand smooth and add wheels as seen below.

Having completed construction we can move to painting, the first such task is to prime the wheels. Don't forget to prime any areas of glue that are visible.

Painting of the body is next, I think this is the stage they start to look like real models. The reader may also notice that, just like GS wagons, the pattern of creases on the tilt is quite unique on each vehicle. This  can be seen clearly in the photo below and I think gives a very realistic look. The last task is of course the painting of the wheels and the vehicles are ready for issue to units.