Here's the loco shed with all the windows fitted..

Before I can finish off the building I need to finish of the loco on the lift first. So first job has been to scratch build some bogies. Origanaly I planned to make a mold of some streached Hornby bogie sides but the silicon didn't set properly. Doing a bit of research on the internet yesterday I discovered that howes are supplying Heljan 86 bits as spares but as time is now tight I have had to make do with what I have at hand. The remains of the chopped up Hornby frames were sorted out....

and reassembeled on to some plasticard..

Now pics of the real thing are proving difficult to obtain although I did manage to take a half decent one of an 86 in mid air at crewe works in 2003. The other pics are from wnxx.com..

Due to the lack of information I had to do some guess work starting with the pivot point in the centre. This was cut from 3mm foamex..

The end sections were again cut from foamex and curved at the ends to match the pics. This is the underside showing the additional webbing added in the centre..

The missing pieces were replaced on the bogie side frames..

With potters lane I want to model stuff that is not normaly seen on layouts like the locos traction motors so again using foamex..

The motors again are pure guess work but as they wont be viewed close up I should get away with them. The motors were mounted into the bogie frames and then additional bracketry added again based on the limited pics I have..

A coat of black paint followed..

The second bogie was built in exactly the same way..

They should look realy cool when sitting under the loco body being lit from the pit lighting!