The London Underground S7 and S8 Stock are commonly referred to as the S Stock.

This new type of rolling stock is now used on the Underground's subsurface lines replacing the A60, A62, C69, C77 and  the famous D78 stock.

The S Stock has been rolled out on the Metropolitan, District, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines.

This Stock has air-conditioning, lower floors for ease of accessibility for disabled people and it also has the "open gangways" to allow passengers to move from one car to another whilst the train is moving.

Building The S Stock

 

 

I have several old MK1 coaches lying around which  I picked up from a bring and buy model train show's stall.  

So I decided to try my hand at creating the new S Stock train.

As if my Underground fleet of C's, D's, and 76's are not enough  :)

 

 

Firstly, I took apart the coach back to the chassis.

 

 

After cutting out the end of the coach to build the driving cab, I then added/glued a clear plastic sheet.

 

I drew the stock up in my "paint program" and printed off both the front cab and side panels of S Stock's carriages.

I then glued the printed sheets to black cardboard, layering the card to build up the shapes required.

I proceeded to glue the card to the repainted MK1 coach panels.  

I also added some old plastic grills and hand rails I had lying around.

 I built a driving cab and added a driver.

 

I repainted the roof to give it a weathered look and added some fairy lights to the cab.

My new Stock is ready to run!