I really don't know why I'm titling my blog in French with vague culinary references but it has to stop soon – I'm running out of ideas and the drift is getting wider.

You may notice from the picture below that there has been a change of workshop location. I'm afraid the 'Goodwill to all modelling men using the bookcase as a workshop' season is over and I have resorted to bringing everything into the office. But onwards the march.

Over Christmas I have been trying to steal a few moments here and there to get as much done as possible (this is meant to be a quick build, after all!), but I've failed miserably. Quite a bit of what I had managed to fit in was all mundane filing and drilling, the labours of which hardly ever show on the model, but the fruit is in a good fit and smooth, level running.

To that end, the axle guard units have been assembled and fixed, along with the actuating lever of the DC1 braking system.