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As a scratch builder i buy my plasticard from Station Road Baseboards. Im not sure of the postage to the EU but to NI it,s reasonable enough considering RM have hiked up their charges. As for Evergreen strip i buy from Hattons or Ebay.

An excellent result and very enjoyable thread well done, having a silhouette certainly made it easier in respect of making two sides the same height etc, unfortunately i dont have one and went down the etched brass sides (got them made privately) for some Irish bo-bo Sulzer loco,s i built some years ago. I wouldn't worry about a discrepancy of 0.5mm in height or any other dimension of your build as your model has captured the real machine beautifully and captures the imagination even more as your video shows.

Excellent work and great detail well done, more pics as you progress with painting please.

Stunning end result and the detail is amazing, dont forget to post more pics when its all built up.

I forgot to ask are you intending or have started building some stock to run with this loco. Regards Gareth.

A work of art its brilliant to see workmanship like this. Any chance of pics of the cab interior and the underneath of the loco. I look forward to the finish model.

First class job and you have caught the character of the real loco in miniature which is what you have set out to do.

Impressive looking models a credit to the builder.

Excellent work i wish you all the very best for what your going through and i look forward to more pics when you get the time.

Top class work the detail is excellent.

Very tidy work and nice to see an older brother looking after the youngest chap.

I dont know about paint colours Nelson but British Rail had the livery on some of their stock http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3308904 so there may be a chance if you ask on this site some one may be able to point you in the right direction. Another pic for your viewing. http://www.geograph.ie/photo/881797

I found this and thought it may inspire you with the 70 class .http://www.geograph.ie/photo/3600866 Pic is belong to a gent known as the Turf Burner.

https://www.eileensemporium.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=9&page=shop.product_details&flypage=eny_fly_default.tpl&product_id=5622&category_id=285 I thought i put this link on my post last night Nelson i must have made a boo boo sorry and micklner is spot on.

The bird cage looks damn good Nelson you have put a lot of thought into it and got a top class result. I dont know if you have a Bill Bedford hand rail jig in your tool box but a handy item for making very accurate hand rails especially for the 70 class brass sides ( i am really looking forward to this project when you get started) I have posted a link to the jig which i hope is ok with you and the mods and i look forward to your updates as you progress. Regards Gareth.