This afternoon my LMS transfers arrived from Fox, so I decided to continue my research for a suitable prototype 2-4-0 in my books.

I came across a photograph of an identical locomotive, photographed at Peterborough Kettering in 1933 and chalked "condemned".

Perfect.

I can now pretend that it was saved and reassigned for use on a local branch line somewhere in the Midlands area.

And so my model has become LMS No137.

I found some old 2mm scale LMS numbers for the smokebox door - a good job as none were included.

Tomorrow a touch of purity seal to make sure the transfers stay put ( though I always add a little PVA to the water, which helps); and then I can consider how best to weather this to make it look a tad sorry for itself...

(This photo reminds me I need to go back and revisit the paintwork on those drivers!)

Last night I started to construct the Ratio clerestory coach.

This is the progress - I just primed the sides earlier this evening. Notice the roof, which is just resting in place, is quite bowed. This has been a feature of the coaches built so far, and requires it to be held in place while the glue sets.

Cheers

Chris