Suddenly there were three of them!

I have completed an all first and a brake composite.

The all third is structurally complete and just needs final painting, transfers and varnish.

Moving on to the second brake composite...

The underframes and the two sides cut down to length and Hornby Gresley ends fitted.

The original bogies and their connecting rivets were sawn off, then holes frilled through the floor to allow the body to be lowered a few millimetres.

Bachmann Gresley bogies were then screwed into placeand Kadee couplers fitted. Next steps now with this final member of the rake will be to block out the extraneous doors and windows, file down the beading in a few places and then into primer and teak.