In an attempt to make up for some of the lost ground this week (and kindly facilitated by the awful weather), I attacked another Wrightlines Baldwin and have made great progress;

OK, so I cheated a bit. This is one which I got from Ebay a while ago with the chassis already completed and rather well at that! Only downside though is that it has been made as per the instructions so the flat motor drives the center wheel thus being visible where there should be daylight and it invades the cab. I had intended to rebuild it like my other Baldwin driving the rear axle and reversing a Mashima can motor into the boiler but am now taking the line of 'if it 'aint broke don't fix it!'

Not everything went smoothly though. I know the reason Wrightlines stopped producing this kit was that the moulds were worn out. Well I think this one must have been one of the very last. The castings are far from flash free, sometimes misaligned and generally just not of the quality you would expect. Lots of sanding, filing and filling. Good progress all the same and as I made it past midnight without turning into a pumpkin, I might manage a bit more.

Now I know I have two spare sound decoders somewhere ........