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Fascinating! I’m looking to to seeing progress on this project.

The Mail Train is a very special model, makes everything else look mundane! The composite image is a first for me. Very clever.

I found some thinner than usual adhesive PVC tape that I put around the inside of the splashers.

The class 117 is a B H Enterprise kit, which had brass sides and cast white metal ends. In this case instead of building the body kit I modified some old Minitrix Mark 1s, shortening the bodies and filing the ends off before fitting the cast ends. It is powered by a Greenmax chassis in the centre coach The Derby Lightweight 2-car unit was a Worsley Works kit with brass sides and ends, built around a B H Enterprises body kit. It is powered by a Farish class 87 chassis. A pair of Cravens 2 car 105s, both Worsley Works kits, powered by a Farish Class 87 chassis. A Cravens DPU, a B H Enterprise kit on a Farish class 87 chassis. A Worsley Works class 127 kit adapted onto some old Minitrix Mark 1s. The ends were brass sheet and a little tricky to bend into shape, but worth the effort. Powered by a Tomix chassis in one of the centre cars. Derby Lightweight Single car DMU. Worsley Works kit powered by an old Farish DMU Motor bogie. Class 120 Cross Country set. B H Enterprise kit adapted onto old Minitrix Mark 1 coaches, powered by a Greenmax chassis. Class 116. B H Enterprises kit on old Minitrix Mark 1 coaches, powered by a Greenmax chassis

And they say computer-aided modelling isn't creative! Very impressive bit of work Mike, included the software manouvering and tweaking at the outset! Personally I would have been content with the 3D print - which in my view is a result in itself - and then tried to solve the weighting issues afterwards. But you know more about these things than I, and one of the great things about our hobby is that we have different perceptions of what 'feels' right and satisfies us. Oh yes please!

Does this help ? Grahame

Looks like you had some fun. Witney,