MPR

Given the volume and weight, it can only be cast aluminium - and therefore a replica. (Nice, though!)

A few from the early 1990s in Devon and of course positioning moves for railtours

I've been scanning some old negatives - from IAT Fairford 1989

There are handrail knobs on the side of the smokebox, so not a 57xx (could be 97xx/94xx/15xx. But looks more like a std 1 to me.

I used a little tacky wax to hold the chimney in place.

I'm starting to scan old negatives - I have some way to go with learning the software, but here is an early effort - a photograph taken on 7th July 1985 next to the Teign estuary.

A few more...

Starting to scan some of my old BW negatives - from mid-1980s - I'll update the details later when I've found my notes.

I found it a very imposing aircraft on display (RIAT, 2007)

D1015 Western Champion

Here, please! (also, if you have any of Torre, I would be especially interested to see them)

Speaking of Scaleforum 2019, John...

That’s a lovely addition - it fits the overall look and feel of the 3D parts of the railway so well.

Moving on to the cosmetic parts between the frames, the first step was to add the slide bars. These fitted well, but needed to be filed to remove the etch cusp to fit into place - a 0.5mm drill bit was used to poke at the edges of the slots they fitted into as well. These parts are handed, but have been thoughtfully marked “L” and R,” so there is no excuse for getting the wrong way round. They are inserted into the rear slot, pushed as far as they will go, then slid forward until engaged in the front slot too and soldered into place. The top piece is then added in the same way, followed by the middle packing piece. The process is then repeated for the other upper slide bar. Next step is the valve linkages, which will require some thought and even more fiddling to assemble.