Well, I got going. And I got stuck. What happened, quite simply, was this. I imported the drawings into Silhouette Studio, then I set up the parameters for the material (size of sheet etc) and, without my noticing or even asking for it, the Studio software took it upon itself to rescale the drawings to suit.

Frankly this is a deplorable thing for the software to do and especially so if the re-scaling is so slight as to not be immediately noticeable. I ended up with a pair of sides of around 1/100 scale and a pair of bogies at about the same. (I actually built one of the bogies before I realised)....

So I've had to re-cut the sides at least. The bogies, whilst building them I came to the conclusion that they're probably beyond me, every layer that I fitted just seemed to be adding more tension into them and I can't imagine that I'd end up with something I could actually use. So I compromised; I had a spare set of Gresley bogies in my spares box and I'll be using those instead, suitably doctored. I've ordered in a couple more pairs too so the intended rake of four Barnums will run on a standardised set of running gear.

Moral of this? Measure, measure, measure and re-measure and then measure some more before you cut.

Anyway, hopefully now that is sorted out.... my plans for today basically run to re-building the sides and, if I have time after that, cutting the seating and the carriage ends and vestibules.