Bits for Clan Line have now started to arrive...

First of all there is a nice pack from Comet which contains the front bogie, and a West Country trailing truck.

The bogie looks easy enough to build (just need to get round to buying some flux so I can get the soldering iron out!) and it looks like the trailing truck is modifiable once I get some castings for the suspension & axlebox (will be putting a request out in February to anyone going to the Tonbridge show to pick me up a set...) Still waiting on the con rods and tender chassis, but then both said to expect 28days for delivery.

Having picked up the rest of my existing parts from home which has allowed me to finish setting up the sprung axle, and add the bodyshell again, was pretty amazed that with the body fitted it has perfect balance (which does however make me a little worried about how I will add extra weight.) One option I am considering at the moment is to have the chassis frames wider than scale width to allow the fitting of lead sheet on either side......

Have attached a photo with some of the old Hornby con rods fitted, along with the tender with new wheels just dropped in.