I am sorry, but I am having to give priority to the writing side at the moment - after all, it pays me! - and the model railway work has taken a back seat. I have actually made progress with the wagons and (I think) there are several that look quite respectable. I will try to get around to posting a pic. However they all, or nearly all, need proper brake gear adding, and at the moment I haven't the time or energy to fire up the soldering iron.

The next phase will be to build one or two from the base kit with Exactoscale springing - this is quite a challenge and not really necessary for plebs like me who work in 7mm FS as opposed to S7. However, I fancy having a go.

On another note, my life is in flux at the moment. The missus and I have been talking about downsizing and moving to a coastal town, and in the process getting rid of most or all of our mortgage. This will mean more cash, but less space. The fact is there may not be room for a model railway. This does not faze me half as much as it would have done even five years ago, but it does make me think twice about working on models until we decide what we are going to do. Fact is I don't have the energy I used to have, and even if the Lottery came up (big style) I'm not sure I'd actually want the kind of layout I used to dream about. Something very simple may do. Or even nothing. It's all in the air.