Hello

Spured on by the positive comments from the Wycombe show this past weekend things have been moving forward a bit.

Firstly I made this tool for forming some plasticard into the shape of the seats, its simply been filed from a piece of 0.4mm thick hard brass K&S strip. This tool was then scraped along a piece of 1mm thick plasticard to form the shape of the seat backs. I was going to use it for the bottom bit of the seats but didnt fit them in the end as I was worried it would make the seats too high.

This shows the seats fitted to the inside of the railcar. You can also see how high the false floor is inside the railcar.

The inside is nearly finished now. I am seriously tempted to fit a toilet to the loo although you will never see it once its all finished.

The above photo shows the LED fitted to one end of the roof, there is also the resistor (towards the bottom) and you can just make out the fibre optic which passed through the brass tube. This is all going to be covered to stop the light bleeding into the rest of the railcar.

The final picture shows the effect it produces. The roof doesnt quite fit properly as I used a bit of insulating tape to cover the LED temporarily to stop the light shining through places I didnt want it to.

Thats about it for now.

Missy