Delightful, with great craftsmanship and completely original - which we have come to expect from you! Thanks for posting.

Nick.

A brilliant and very unusual model. 

It is refreshing to see such a  combination of imaginative design and well engineered construction these days. 

I can only agree with the previous comments, I would suggest a career on "The Repair Shop" awaits, but fear you would be wasted!

Mike.

Fantabulous. I like the van in itself too, makes you realize how dull most railway stock is 🙂

Does Fun Town have a circus?

On 19/06/2022 at 10:54, snitzl said:

I've a couple of weird / or at least different projects in the design stage. 

I can well believe that! 🙂

Just had a look through a couple of your past blog posts that I don't remember seeing before. You mention Mike Sharman in the one on the traverser. Although your work is obviously unique, I can see how you and he may have been related souls.

So do I, The models of Mike Sharman were a significant influence on me. I still tend to design chassis using the compensation methods he used. 

As a vague aside ( and I would only say this in the blogs section ) I tend to fret a bit when folk say " lay your track so it's perfectly flat and make your models on a perfectly flat plate so they are perfectly square" . 

Harumpf .

I used to work for a company that made optical components bigger than our models to a surface tolerance of less than 2 wavelengths of visible light. Flat, but not perfectly flat.

If that wheel is just 1 thou off the track electricity goeth not up and tractive effort goeth not down. Thats what I learned from the models of Mike Sharman, once I understood it I realised how sensible it was. 

Anyway sorry to wander off topic in your blog Snitzl, I do enjoy them and have learned a few tricks on the way.