I guess sometimes these things are just meant to happen!

It was necessary to swap the 4MT i bought just before Christmas after it developed an aversion to going backwards. A fairly critical requirement for the Ropley project! The only available replacement was the smaller tender version, which turns out is what I should have picked up in the first place! During more research for the project I now see that the 4MT based at the Mid Hants has the smaller tender, and so the model will now just need a re-number to 76017. The perils of a D&E man dabbling in steam!

Anyway, the new 4MT is just as good a runner as the original and is happily trundling around my small oval of unitrack running in.

Also, I thought I’d post a couple of photos of the model which started this foray into the Steam world. Farish's lovely little 3MT tank. I know non of these survived to preservation (although I understand there is one being built 'as new' at the SVR) but it's such nice little model I couldn't resist!

Such a difference from just a few years ago, and these new models from Farish really make N steam just that bit more appealing to model.

Cheers all,

Tom.