So it has been an indecent amount of time since my last post.  I have been busy....

As some might have been following, I’ve now got a layout thread (which also had not had a post for a while) and a 3D workbench thread which because I can do it in my lunch break at work gets rather more progress, although when the prints get printed they fall into the workbench black hole!

Still when family, work and home maintenance permit I have actually managed to do some real modelling - just none of it mine!

First was a Brassmasters easi-chassis for the Hornby 42xx for Davies the bridges.
 

This was, despite its name, a difficult build. But the dam things finished, worked on the bench and as soon as lock down is over will be dropped back to its owner.

Then there were these strange things:

Yes, they really are diesels and no they are not 4mm scale.  They belong to my 6 year old son who had been given them by a friend on mine who wanted to dispose of his N gauge stuff.  The end result was that Teddy gained two more locos, some more coaches and a lot more track that just had to be incorporated into his layout!  
 

The class 47 also needed some tlc as it made an audible clicking and ran roughly.  After much investigation (double drive is great for haulage and electrical pick up but my word them are lots of bits) it was found that one bogie was binding. Yet more investigation found that it was one axle causing the problem, and the problem was a split gear.  Replacing the axle and gear solved the problem.  
 

The DMU needed to be de-chipped but getting the body off was nowhere near as gentle as the service sheet implied! Eventually it came off without damage.  Teddy now enjoys drive the diesel in the dark so he can see the working head and tail lights, which impedes work on my workbench!

Another update to follow to discuss the GWR ex MSWJR 2-4-0 as the photos exceed the 10mb limit...