Well thanks you all for you kind welcomes, I will begin my first real blog my giving you a short introduction to what is on this newbie's workbench, well I say work bench it is actually just a bit of kitchen worktop supported by two plastic saw horses. The kitchen top was the waste bit cut out to fit a sink, so sort of sink shaped. I say sort of because my sawing skill need a fair bit to be desired.

Anyway back to the subject I now have a workbench of types so I could start doing some work on it. And for me as a complete novice what better place to start than with one of my childhood favourite model an old Hornby Shunter. The shunter had not be run since I was about 15 or 16 so some 40 years. The first thing to do was to download the service guide / sheets, quick google and job done! Time to set up a file with for my new servicing guides so I don't loose them.

New folder completed, complete with plastic sleeves for the sheets and all marked up with R152 -

Time to open up the old shunter... hold on this that kettle I hear?