Well my infrequent blog is updated two days running. As you all guessed it is of coursea Bulleid tender for a DJH Merchant Navy that a bought a fair while back in the days before Hornby's efforts. I have just sold on ebay a Crownline Q1 kit again bought before Hornby bought out their RTR model. I decided not to build that as I purchased one of Hornbys finest.

The Merchant Navy came out of the draw at the same time and I decided to make a start on it.

Anyway this is the state of affairs after another day at the workbench.

I have also added the whitemetal castings for the coal space which can't be seen in the pics. On the whole the kit goes together very well but the instructions leave a bit to be desired. There should be a cople of castings to fit in the front of the tender (front tender curves or something) but the drawing is so vague I can't identify the castings in the bag, so the plan is to leave them off for the time being and see whats left at the end.

I know that there is still a blob of solder to clean off of the tender side and some other bits to identify and attach but so far I am pleased with the result.

I would like to thank Tony Wright at this point for is kit construction dvds which gave me the confidence to solder the white metal parts to brass. Hope you will be back to full health as soon as possible.

Regards everyone!