Evenin all, thought id start up a blog thingy of the bits and peices im working on so here goes:

Main project at the mo is the super detailed deltic im working on, I always thought i should have a go at detailing one up properly and after reading Jon 020's posts and chatting with Mr Hanson at Burton on Trent i bit the bullet and forked out for the superb extreme etches ( minus the cantrail grilles, not brave enough for them yet!)

I was going to take pics as i went but i kind of got carried away and ploughed on so the pics attached are of the stage i was at over weekend As you can see the roof fan grilles are a massive improvent, extremely fine and delicate really tested my patience getting them and not blathering them with glue!

It started out life as a battered KOYLI off ebay, but with the etches geting added in its really starting to llok the part, i melted the sandbox fillers in by gently heating with a soldering iron, bit trickey but i think it really sets them in well and with a bit of sanding sit brilliantly flush especially on the nose ends. the new grilles are a huge improvement from the moulded ones, careful folding and glueing really pay off and the way they go together to for he 'unit' is most impressive. The latest 50 is perched above (part of the pair from ebay i got for 45 quid or so!), just finished it off as 50 028 if any ones interested.

Some of the work on the nose ends so far, looks a bit tatty here but its still on going, ironing out the dents and scrapes etc, the nose doors and windscreen etches really add the 'face', i cant wait to get the stainless steel frames added after painting and the dominoes in to the box. the lifting point covers have seem to stand out a bit too much, i may rebate them in abit but it may be more work than its worth.

Well thats about all the pics iv got so far, been working on the tanks and drawbar pipe work tonight so ill get some pics sorted for that at somepoint, Im going to finish her off a 001 St Paddy as its me old mans favourite, so as and when i can ill be purchasing a sound unit and bass speaker for it so if any one has any thought about which chip to pick give us a shout, i know its such a subjective decision but any thoughts are most welcome.

Hope it all makes sense, and as i go forward ill pop some better pic's/ details in future updates, hope it all makes sense as well!

And thanks Jon for planting the blog idea in my head, looks like iv found something else to distract from my modelling time!

Any comments/ suggestions/critisims let me know its all useful

All the best

James