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All in all wonderful modelling. I get so much enthusiasm for starting my layout, seeing the work on this RMweb

Nice work, the boiler looks particually good.

Just found your work here it is all to a very high standard. I will come back and read more.

I like to read how someone does an item, more often than not youcan add a little of thier method into yours, refining it all the time. Lovely work again, I look forward to the next episode with them.

It looks very similar to the LSWR/LBSCR ones.

If you lay your sleepers in the right place you can then use a template for laying the first rail, or do it free hand, but glue say every fifth chair and when happy with the curve clue the rest down. then using your 3 point track gauge lay the other track again doing say every fifth one. And again when happy glue the rest down. Another way is to make a straight jig for the sleeper spacings. Fix one rail on while it is straight. then lay the track to the curve you want, and then add second rail.

Hi There was a raised edgearound the front bronze bush on the motor, so the washer I was using was just acting as a brake. It is in the text above, but the number of times I read things an miss bits seems to be getting more regular. As you can see in the last shot The body is not yet heavy enough to compress the springs.

Nice piece of fretting.

Now that it is finished, and looks splendid. I have realise that it is actual sat astride the rails, hope the driver and fireman have a good dentist!! I have shied away from, fearing spioling the model.

It has a real west coast of Wales feel to it.

They look better each up date. I presume they are only braked one side

It looks really good. Is the coach painted as yet?

Just as a little distraction. I decided to construct some wagons. The first is part of this block. The reason being is that sometime in the near future when we get into our house I want to play trains, you know the sort of thing build a layout etc. I thought that if I had some stock, it would give me the push I need Having decided that I will build a loco for myself my thinking was that I ought also have something for it to haul. As the choice of the my first self build will either be a kit superheated 700 class or a scratch built 0395 class if I can organise it before the time comes. As they are both goods engines, wagons are called for. Having a look at my stock of unbuilt kits, the thing to do was build a few LSWR/SR ones, then when I get painting again it will be a simple job as the liveries are the same. So to the first to the wagon store. Something simple a Parkside SR 8 plank to dia 1379, fitted the bill perfectly. The season being I do not have to get loads of tools out, worse have to put away every time I stop. I assemble as per the instruction I think. Change a couple of parts as follows the first was the brake cross shaft, I used a piece of 1.2mm nickle silver rather than the plastic. The second was to use .45 wire for the brake saftey loops. The third was to fit brass door bangers rather than those fragile plastis one. I knew I was keeping the half etch boiler band material for something. Forth was the buffers, I do not know if Parkside supply sprung ones now, but with this one they are just cast, so I drill the castings for some heads that were in stock. Just like my EM days. As the eagled eyed of you would of noticed it only has 3 buffers fitted. One needs a brass tube fitting cos somebody buggered it up.

The tank curves were not too bad. As they are short I could do them in my vee block, with the right sized bar as a former, but would of been easier if they had not half etch the back where the curve is.

I do it now too, it helps with paint adhesion. also if the paint wears away you are not left with shiny brass showing through.

I would love to know how youdo them.

It always surprises me how many ways we all find to paint models. Very interesting so far, I wait to read the next installment.

They look good, I like the variation in the batter plates on the end. I guess they run on 18mm gauge but to what scale?

I do too. The trouble here is the import duty a small lathe like the Emco one bought here is welll over a £1000. So it is down to getting my tools etc from England in baggage when we or friends family travel. so it a bit slow getiing everything over. Good thing is there is no duty on books.

I had thought of that, but I as I was doing it by hand with the dremmel it was difficult to set the depth. If I could of mounted them in the piller drill I would of done.

Hi I will do that. I am in the process of doing the others so will get some pictures before I to far. I am doing the 3 slightly differently, but the result is the same. I think I replied about the copper ring, but it is just a length of 1mm electric wire wrapped around the boiler, then soldered to the back of the smoke box. It is there to represent the round joint between the 2 parts, it is not quite rightwhen the real thing is looked at but I think is passable. It also means I canhave a seperate body. Makes painting and lining a lot easier.