if not months like me mind i decided to do my own chassis

and tomorrow is a free day so best my digits extracted

Well I am waiting for some buffers, guards and vac pipes.....so I have a bit of an excuse...!

I have also to decide which prototype to go for.

I have the Essery publication though so will enjoy a happy browse over what has always been one of my favourite engines.

Hopefully not months, though possibly weeks!

I guess that means your blue diesels phase has now passed... :(A good start Chris - Keep us posted on progress...

Not at all Pete.

Having just chipped them I have grown quite fond of them!

They are sitting on a length of easitrac on my windowsill as I type, where they can often be seen taking it in turns to move, whilst I am considering a small filthy industrial setting for them, in the form of a shunting plank!

I have no plans to change Little Midland from DC as yet.

...I have also to decide which prototype to go for.I have the Essery publication...

Which one? I found both An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives, vol 3, and the Wild Swann/NRM Midland Engines No.1 '1833' and '2228' class bogie passenger tanks to be very useful when I built my 4mm 1P. The former because it does cover all of the build variations from 1875 to 1895, and the latter because it has numerous drawings. Look out for differences in the sanding gear, brake cylinder, etc.

Nick

Nick. I have the latter publication - the No1 Wild Swan.

I am also going to trawl through my other photographs of these engines, before i finally commit, although I do already have a set of numbers for 2618 provided by Damien; an engine which I know worked the mainline between Bedford and St pancras circa 1905.

Thanks for the warning about specific details, I'll be sure to have a close look, though I might not be as picky as some over those!

Regards,

Chris

Which one? I found both An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives, vol 3, and the Wild Swann/NRM Midland Engines No.1 '1833' and '2228' class bogie passenger tanks to be very useful when I built my 4mm 1P. The former because it does cover all of the build variations from 1875 to 1895, and the latter because it has numerous drawings. Look out for differences in the sanding gear, brake cylinder, etc.Nick