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Gordon: There was a maze of wires under the Buckingham baseboards; what some were there for, nobody knew! This photo of a small part of the 'maze', taking during the unhappy task of dissembling the railway, may amuse you. I reckon Tony Gee deserves a medal for getting it all running again. I haven't spoken to Tony for ages. Does anyone know whether he eventually restored the AC to working order?

The driving wheels and the trailing wheels are drilled out of solid block, no lathe work at all. And yes they are round

very nice results. I have recently been paint stripping models for the respray and in order to strip then i used Nitromors. Although it may be a bit aggressive it does get the job done well. After the Nitromors has been thoroughly rinsed i then use some cif and a soft tooth brush to degrease everything then a final rinse and leave to dry for a few days prior to using the halfords etch grey primers and then the top coats int he same way as you described. I have used the nitromors and Halfords paints on a vintage gauge 3 M7 that is in for a complete respray from LSWR pea green to Br Black and also some new batteries for the Radio Control equipment. The M7 was built in 1940 during the air raids in the anderson shelter as a means of passing the time by the builder and owner. The model now belongs to his son. Looking forward to seeing more updates

Looks like that strip magic is useful stuff. Does it work on acrylics and cellulose, or just enamel type paints? The loco looks great by the way!

Ah you've a few to go yet Mick! Hee hee