So are you going for the six-coupled or 4w (or four-coupled for that matter?)? The link to the '68 publication is interesting, though, having built one already, nothing I didn't already know!

The cab doors on the real thing slide btw and perhaps surprisingly, the cab is very small and you can't see as much of the interior as you might think. Nice prototype and a good kit, even if you do the most common, 4w variant on a Black Beetle you'll learn a lot. If you want any advice on this one, please ask.

Adam

Thanks Adam - I am doing the 4w chain driven one, on a P4 black beetle. That one looks superb! Is the striping transfers or have you pain-stakingly masked it? The weathering is lovely and subtle on that too! How does she run?

I would love to fit it with DCC and do the lights and a flashing beacon for the roof - we'll see how we go

EDIT: Oh and the MSC ones were modified in the era I'm modelling to have opening doors so I've a little modification to do to the standard kit , along with fitting an air brake compressor, pipework and grill.

Thanks, yellow is an absolute swine of a colour to weather over as it shows exactly what you managed to miss... I took the easy(!) way out and masked it. Each manufacturer of industrial diesels had their own pattern of stripes and this effort is based on Rolls Royce/Sentinel's factory finish. The transfers are generally meant for BR liveried 08s. It's taken from this image as it happens (but in the condition the loco would have been delivered in rather than as it was in 1993 since I model the '60s period):

http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/grp/image.asp?Colour05/Bromford_14_4_93.jpg

More here:

http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/sentinels/index.htm

http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/nwind/index.htm

My opinion (and it's only that) is that the lights aren't worth the effort since you can't see 'em/they weren't used in daylight, though the flashing beaon probably is.

I'm pleased with the running. It's EM, has simple three point compensation with Sharman wheels and a High Level 108:1 gearbox in it and is pretty smooth and appropriately slow, in accordance with a real machine which has a 21mph top speed.

Adam