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Well, I am really proud of my first attempt at producing artwork for etching. This arrived today from PPD, Special Delivery: It all looks crisp and clear, and, more importantly, the correct size. Here are the window frames for Freshwater signal box (top) and the magazine stand (centre and bottom): And the solebar overlays for the LBSCR 4 wheel carriages: And finally, some fold-up buffer beams and the guard's lower steps: I have actually 3D printed some buffer beams, with buffers and hooks, which I might use instead, though.

So the T3 is now ready for paint, so a few pics before going away!!

I have a rake of Comet coaches which I converted from 00 using Bill Bedford sprung bogies and Gibson P4 wheels. These coaches are a fixed rake and have now had Alex Jackson couplings added to each end to enable a test run of the complete set. As they are heavy I decided to use one of my converted Bachmann Peaks, D13, to pull the test train. For those interested the rake is made up as follows;- Corridor Brake Composite D1720A Restaurant Composite D1811 Open First - Porthole D2160 Corridor Composite D1925/69 Corridor Third D1899 Corridor Third D1899 Corridor Third D1899 Open Brake Third D1913

Well past the time to replace the bit in my 60 watt Solon iron! managed to get it apart, by destroying the old bit back together and working and Plan B, still there if needed for the future....