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Thanks Brian that'll be brilliant, don't go interrupting your turkey and sprouts though!. Rob

Hi Brian! Great to see an update of your work, superb as ever, just a quick question please, how did you fit the Roxey gearbox to the PRMRP bogie etch on your class 73?. I'm currently building a pair of these etches to go under a Triang Hymek and having not a lot of luck getting the supplied gears to mesh smoothly, from reading your thread on here as well as a few others I've heard good reports of the Roxey gearbox so would like to give one a try, sorry if its a bit of a dumb question and the answers obvious I'm still a bit new to the O gauge kit building world. Rob

Hi Phill I'm just starting out on a Triang Hymek conversion, I'm on a bit of a budget, and using a PRMRP kit and included in it is 4 white metal castings for the air horns which are rather good, they don't list them as separate items but I'm sure if you ring Pete Besant at PRMRP he'll help you out, ive had quite a few bits and kits from him and he's a great guy to deal with and always happy to help. Really enjoying your thread, keep up the good work. Rob

Absolutely love it Phill! Nice setting, decent length trains and proper locomotives, what a winner! More please.

Very nice work there Rob, have just about completed my first O gauge coach kit, an Easy build mk1 BG and have to say they do build into a really nice model, keep the good work and photos coming.

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It would be nice as it would add some variety in colour schemes to the range, other ones for Hatton's to consider would be D9521 in Rail freight, D9523 in maroon and D9539 in all over brunswick green and there's a suggestion that D9500 may get painted in all over British Railways black.

All ready done, well 1 anyway. At the recent 14s@50 event at the ELR Hatton's had a stand there selling class 14s and had a specially done D9537 in desert sand to win in a raffle prize. There was only 1 done so someone out there has a unique model and unfortunately it isn't me.

Modern Locomotives Illustrated issue 186 The class 14s - 17s has a pic of D9521 at Acton Main Line on 28/11/64 working a Paddington goods to Acton yard trip working, hope that helps you out.

However all may not be lost, joining the current new build planned locos is Project 22 an Facebook based group ( so far) with hopes of building a brand new class 22, what will come of it only time will tell, I do hope it works out though.

Absolutely superb Jeff, pleased to say I'm the owner of a mk2 RS2000 thats 2 years older than me, I'll let you have your railway thread back!.

Really enjoying your thread here Jeff, with the recent posts about the Morris Marina any photos of a proper car namely your mk1 Escort Mexico?.

Thanks to the apauling Christmas television and a few days off work it gave me time to get the ABS brake van finished off. Next up to get finished off is this Easy Build mk1 BG, it was completed up to this stage over a year ago but following purchasing my first house it was packed away awaiting finishing. In the meantime these various extra detailing parts have been acquired,one day I hope my soldering skills will do justice to attempt a full MMP kit, until then their excellent detail parts will do me nicely.

While the CCT body is getting painted and the underframe a few extra details I've managed to catch up on this project a ABS Models brake van, still a bit to do yet but a very nice kit to build all helped by superb quality white metal castings though I have replaced the running boards with scratch built brass replacements.

Thanks Kev! They were one of the better castings in the kit the main work being required were they were attached to the sprue and on the buffer heads for the same reason.

After a bit of blood, sweat and a lot of swearing the CCT is nearly ready for paint, the body has been primed and the roof will be getting done tonight the underframe will have to wait after I've picked up further bits from Warley next Sunday, so a few pics of progress so far.

Very nice work there they look superb, with mine ive built it with the sides, ends and roof glued together so the body screws to the underframe, it still took a skims of filler to smooth the roof -side join though but fits together nicely.

Hi Tim! Iooking forward to seeing your CCT van pics as the ones you have posted so far are proving invaluable to me building mine, I certainly echo the comments of others about the quality of this kit, the instructions are near useless and ive had to replace numerous parts and do considerable cleaning up on other castings to make them acceptable, rant over and keep up the good work.

Hi Lee! Superb stuff really enjoying looking at your work,37250 looks spot on, as a north east lad if you get a spare day may I recommend a blast with the real thing on the Wensleydale railway, looks rough but sounds great!

Agree with you there Chris, the castins ive got are ok but the instructions are very poor,I, m useing an old Rail Express modeling article on them to help locate where the underframe parts go.

Currently on the workbench a JLTRT CCT van.

Another addition to the wagon fleet this time a PRMRP VDA van. You can see this wagon and plenty more at Hessle Model Railway Club open day this Saturday.

Secondly a Parkside Dundas 22t Plate wagon.

Further to Mikes update heres a few wagons recently completed,firstly a Peco 16t mineral.