They say that joining the railways is a job for life. It certainly is if someone chops your legs off and superglues you into a model loco cab.

 

Right back at the beginning of this project I was looking at what was available in 1/50 scale. I found that figures were made by several suppliers. Clearly they are aimed at modellers who want to make dioramas with their 1/50 scale  diecast road or construction vehicles. There are some nice accurate expensive ones made by Prieser, or you can get 100 rather dubious ones for 8 quid from china and have some fun Mikkelising them. You can guess which option I chose. They are not the best of figures, the faces are just painted on,  but ok for playing about with and viewing at a distance.

 

Anyway, here is a drivers chair. Bits of brass soldered up mainly, however the seat is a bit of iron transformer lamination. The base is threaded so they are height adjustable.

 

 

 

A freelance drivers desk with a rather formally attired driver.  I understand why other railways might go for left or right but given no other constraints a central driving position is logical.

 

 

 

A more relaxed looking driver.

 

 

 

 

Purely in the interests of equality, another driver.

 

 

 

 

 

Since we are in polite society I shall leave it up to the reader to decide which aspects of their personalities are particularly magnetic.

 

The front part of the drivers desk will be fixed to the body. Just sat there for now.

 

 

 

 

The body now has a roof.  Conveniently the exhaust port is directly above the battery isolating switch so it can be turned on and off without removing the loco from the track.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time to get it all in primer, then the hardest choice of all. Choose a livery.