Pugbashing - there's a controversial subject if ever there was one in n.g. circles!

Nice job though, and the open water filler is a nice touch. The new cab front suits the loco well, but I have to say that the rivets do look a touch too large (sorry!).

Paul.

Cheers guys, no don't apologise halfwit. There were a lot of mistakes a made with this model. I'm gonna retain the large rivets for future locomotives (Im planning to build around four of the blighters) although they are unnecessarily huge. The plasticard I used was way too thing and found it warping slighting with the fitting of stuff but that will be disguised once it's fitted together. 

Next time I'll use slightly thicker plasticard. 

I'm hoping the chap who made County Gate, Cliffhangers, and Glenthorne Harbour will appreciate the effort if not the model.

There's an interesting standard gauge pugbash tram engine in a photo on the cover of an awfull scenery* book that I like the look of which is made from two kits, double cabbed similar to a LNER Y10 Sentinel. Like yours it has open backed cabs. One day I mean to make my own version as a lighthearted project.

Paul.

*One of a couple of books that I keep simply because they're so bad.

Looking really nice that is

Cheers guys.

Yeah, the open back thing I do quite like, at first the loco looked a little ungainly and front heavy but once the cow catchers had been added to both ends, it looks a little ore balanced. 

The partial inspiration of mine was one I saw in Railway Modeller a few years ago. Wasn't a great layout ad I wasn't too impressed by the pugbash itself but it had a few good points which I took from. 

Mine was originally going to be quite lighthearted but then I think these things are resigned to a fate which I don't think they necessarily deserve. I think something quite respectable can be made from them, providing you're willing to put in the effort.