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No worries, thanks for the information. I'm just trying to get as much right as I can before I send anything off to print. I have to be very careful I don't procrastinate too much and not finish stuff off... The chassis will be in FUD, the same as the body. From what I've read it is more hard wearing and dimensionally accurate than WSF, though I will be using brass axle bushes. The design will be based on Brack's Y7, though I need a bit of a re-jig as the motor I ordered has turned out to be smaller than I thought! I'm a bit worried about getting the bevel gears aligned and keeping them so - I guess the secret will be to not have any side-play on the drive axle.

Works continues, snag list reduced to a few more rivets, cab internals and roof, possible bunker flare, buffers, safety valves, steps, a few more handrail holes and a hint of inside motion.

Brilliant! Your work is very inspiring

HI, still working in OpenSCAD as it suits the way I think with my background n programming. I've enjoyed your Blender tutorials though and might be tempted to use it for some parts in the future if they have complex curves. Inspired by the chassis Brack made for his Y7 - and AJ for his J50 and the price I'd have to pay for a Bachmann 3F as a donor, I'm going to have a go as printing my own, Talk about leaping in with both feet I've ordered the motor and gears to force myself to actually finish something and a very small improvement in my finances is helping too. The Barnum is on the back burner, but I might restart it after the N5. I've seen the photos and it's good to have some close ups to work with. What size and shape did you end up printing the rivets on your single and D3?

Thread resurrection time! With little fanfare I give you... Partially finished GCR 9F/LNER N5. There is a fair bit of work to do on the frames but the list of jobs for above the line is getting quite short now.

The ever useful http://www.mulehouse.myzen.co.uk/stations/ might throw up some extra sources of photographs if you don't already know about it

Good news - file the backhead flat and replace it?

Great designs - I wondered what size you made the rivets?

No shot posed in front of the real thing down the road? Where's your sense of theatre?

Surely they can't be that hard to catch

Brilliant detail that brings the layout to life even more

I've been following this layout for a while and it looks at good as I'd hoped. Well done, the hard work was worth it

Are you counting the D11 as a poor model as well? From the photos I've seen, it looks ok

That's good to know, I think the flat pack is No. 373 - http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/news_output.asp?id=240&checkSource=stock Are you popping into the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway when you are in Louth tomorrow?

Lovely closeup of Barnum, did you get any of the 6 wheelers they have there? I've been meaning to go anyway, what is the access like?

Just gets better and better, though my eyes see a man cuddling a monkey whilst listening to a gramophone in the 3rd picture

I bet you drew the crowds with this

Chuck in a model of the Yarborough Hotel while you're at it

Just to hijack the thread a little, do you have any more info on the time they spent at Brocklesby? Seems a strange choice of location to me

A great example of how an interest in model railways can lead to the search for knowledge in seemingly unconnected areas

Fantastic! I'll have to root out my old ones for the kids

Warhorse puppet tribute?

http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com/rugby/2010/02/night-rugby-drinks.html Not quite the right region of France, but seems to be the right era

Looks good, but wouldn't the joists be damaged too? Trying to find good pictures of partially damaged buildings is proving very difficult, some inspiration here - http://www.anglonautes.com/history/hist_uk_20_ww2/hist_uk_20_ww2.htm

Always loved how powerful they look, excellent model