After a couple of evenings working on "modern" stock if you can call 1998 modern, it was back to the 1940s last night and some stock for Brent.

First up some engineers wagons, I am not to up to scratch on my 1940s engineers knowledge so I will need to do a lot more research in order to nail down a full formation for this working. However so far I a tipping ballast wagon (that would later be known as a Mermaid), converted from a Cambrian kit. Along with a steel sided P17 from Kirk that I built way back in 2013.

As part of a bulk buy of second hand kits from eBay, I have an old Cambrian kit for a P15/P18, the kit was rather crude and the chassis completely wrong (in that it had a wooden solbar, I suspect that the current version is a lot better quality. I started by building the basic box for the body (using some Plasticard to reinforce the joints that will be hidden by the load.) This was followed by scratch built headstocks, and a new chassis from Cambrian U channel spares. It will be fitted with Bill Bedford units for suspension, single side breaks with Morton leavers as a P18. I plan on getting another (new) Cambrian kit to add a P15 to go with them.

I have also made progress on my Toplight composite, this has now been fitted with the queen posts and soldered on the trusses. The second hand kit was missing the buffers, so I have added a set of Comet castings to finish off the ends. It is now ready for painting next month.

The second Toplight (third) chassis has been on the bench for further attention, this needs holes cutting out to clear the wheels. A task which is slowly progressing, but could do with the Dremmel to finish it off. As is common with DC Kits chassis this has bowed somewhat, and needs reinforcing with brass to get it straight again...