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Bodmin General (ish)

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As it happens I do have a few scrap bits of wood in the shed and found a suitable scrap piece of ply (old draw side which happens to be of high quality wood),a nice wide strip of pine beading was stuck to it, then a slot with a razor saw was cut at right angles

 

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A start was made on cutting the timbers, as it happened I had to stain a few timbers as several lengths of thicker ply had got mixed up with some thinner ones. Anyway a few mins work and all will be cut

 

A new etched chassis for the Southeastern Finecast 02 arrived today along with a few parts which were missing on the loco. Looks like the kit is of the Isle of Wight version with the larger bunker, still modellers licence may occur. Another thing is that it needs 19 mm drivers, I have 18 & 20 mm Romford wheels, so the former will be used.

 

For those modelling the GWR, the Nucast Partnership has the 16xx kit (is this the old Stephen Poole kit?) available with a new etched chassis, if so I will get a chassis for my kit. The prices are £97.50 for the full kit, £65 body only, £34.50 for the etched chassis. They are offering on limited availability (till stocks last) a body with the old style Autocom brass chassis at £80

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A quick update to say nothing has happened with Bodmin at the moment other than buying another K's autotamk to re-gauge to EM. £10 = £5 postage

 

Due to my wife getting a new job I have had to dig out a driveway extension (2 cars side by side rather than one behind the other), to date I have been parking on the grass, however this would get very messy in the winter, 18 sq meters of baked hard turf was a pain then about a cubic meter of stony clay'ish soil had to be removed so I had a nice level 75mm depth for the chippings.

 

Plus I am building a complex P4 formation which is taking a bit of time

 

Back to the motive power, a nicely built K's autotank without a motor. For once I was hoping for one of the newer chassis ones, but it was the older style with the decent pre-quartered wheels waiting for a Mk2 motor which I have and some pickups. The plan was (which I have successfully done to a 57xx was to stick 1 mm black plasticard to the sides, drill axle holes and fit Romfords and using an Anchorage motor, I may instead go into the loft to see if I can find another autotank (longer term I have a Comet chassis which can be used 

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