I think I can safely say I now have enough parts to commence the Networker project, the difficult bit comes now but that won't be for a couple of weeks yet as there are a few Mk2 air con coaches and a Class 47 stuck in the queue ahead of it at the moment.

One corner of my workbench now resembles a sort of neo classic homage to Vic Berry:

Suffice to say you can see what I will be spending my Christmas and Boxing day doing!! The plan at the moment from all the various bits I have managed to accumulate is to do a 465 and a revamped 466 to go with it as I measured up and the platform will just take a six car formation.

There is also the issue of powering the thing, the Hornby motor in these is from the 'couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding' school, I do have a Bachmann Turbostar chassis around here somewhere which might work though, need to do some experimentation.

Now, where did I put my razor saw...?