[Further planning progress]

Hi Rod

Only just caught up with the ambitious plan to link Balcombe with the rest of the known universe: looks brilliant, go for it!

The ###### boys were at Geoff Taylor's on Monday night: his railway has four scenic 'locations' and three fiddle yard locations: the sense of driving a train from one place to another (rather than just fiddle yard-scenic bit-fiddle yard) is very satisfying, something that your scheme would definitely provide.

 

Good luck with it!

 

Edit: rather amusingly, the ###### in the paragraph above is because I used the acronym for the Shropshire and Herefordshire Area Group!

[Started work on J39 chassis]

You'll enjoy building this! I did one a few years back and it all went together very well, though you DO need to read the instructions. I also found that some of DB's sketches can take a while to figure out (particularly the dummy inside valve gear one). There's some pictures of mine on my workbench if you're interested.

 

As with Dave Holt, I've got some other DB kits stockpiled: WD, B1 chassis (and hopefully in the not too distant future a Q6) in my case.

 

 

[Part 4]

Photos just keep getting better and better. Wonderful