Yesterday I attatched some wires to the motor for the Fairlie to give it a spin, and it worked (unsurprisinghly!). I also bent the running plate, which took rather a lot of work and ended up with me making a jig to get the two curves right. The layshafts for the gears have been cut and the gears Loctited in place.

I also put together one of the Mercian kits that I'd picked up at Doncaster. the FR Tank wagon, more information of the prototype can be found here http://www.frheritage.org.uk/wiki/The_Brine_Tank_Waggon The kit went together quite well, with some nice rivet detail and it even comes with etched couplings, but with no mention of them in the instructions, I has to find a way of fitting and setting the height of them myself which wasn't too much of a problem.

Now to crack on with the other two wagons I got, and the Fairlie, and a bit of tidying work on Scrayingham, and so on and so on (I'd only moan if I had nothing to do!

J