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Great work Tim - 40s looking excellent. Kind regards, Will

Hi @33063 - the product is LB12 Loco Buffer 4pk - Item No LB12 Hope that helps! Kind regards, Will

Hi David, I’ve got a load off of the 4 split boxes I’ve done - drop me an email if you want a pair and I can post them from Aus back to you. Kind regards, Will

See photo from previous page of the painted sample: Red diamonds duly added! Kind regards, Will

Very nice sir. Looking forward to playing trains soon! Kind regards, Will

Great work that Tim - the windscreens looked infinitely better; superb job! Kind regards, Will

A bit of modelling completed down under last 24 hours following the arrival of a load of detailing parts. This was originally a Kernow 37207, which has had the following: - Cantrail stripe/livery elements removed - Shawplan’s new LaserGlaze - Shawplan roof fan grille/western region lamp brackets - replica high intensity headlight - Lanarkshire white metal buffers - Ph Designs lamp brackets - Bogie swap with a split box model for the fabricated bogies vs the original cast ones the model came with Kind regards, Will

Great work - windscreens look great. If they fit on the Bachmann model I’d be tempted to do you a swap as I’d like to do ‘419 in EWS! Kind regards, Will

Very nice that Andi! How did you do the headboard clips on the nose? Kind regards, Will

That is absolutely stunning David - great work! Some LaserGlaze in that machine will finish it off very nicely. I think you’ve also just convinced me I need a Transrail machine Kind regards, Will

That last photo is absolutely outrageous, excellent modelling as usual! Kind regards, Will

I haven’t tried it if I’m honest Pete, but the chassis is definitely different and the mountings into the block look to be different as well. For me the old model was a great candidate for springing due to the ride height issue being sorted by the Penbits bogies and the conversion not being reliable 100% of the time. The new model sits brilliantly on its bogies and due to the metal gear towers converts really nicely to P4. I’ve used Ian’s brake gear as it makes getting the rigging round the wider back to backs across the outer faces of the wheels a lot easier than thinning the plastic brake gear. Hope that helps. Kind regards, Will

If you want the ultimate (of which I am hoping to aim for) the Bachmann model is 100% the best starting point. Fill the nose join, replace the steps, glazing and roof fan grille and you’re not far off. The ploughs/sound need sorting too but again not big issues to sort. As I said many months ago it depends what you’re buying it for though, as if you want the best sound out of the box you’re not buying a Bachmann one, but if you want the best looking model (windows or the ‘face of the loco’ being particularly important to me and others it seems) Bachmann clearly is the way to go. Kind regards, Will

Awful photo from a month ago - thanks to @P.C.M For the airbrush facilities for the afternoon! Will take some better photo tomorrow, the three split boxes without ploughs have had all of the pipes/extra details fitted. 109/114/042/057/425 (left to right) with 308 also joining the list. Kind regards, Will

When they’re going into EWS anyway you may as well completely strip and get the filler out! Kind regards, Will

Two photos courtesy of Flickr to compare this to the prototype: The front windows on 37s are pretty sizeable and a very prominent feature of the loco. The Bachmann model once laserglazed is spot on, as shown in your comparison photo and as @Daddyman and @jjnewitt have alluded to. The nose seam does let it down though but much easier to fill that (especially on a respray) than using Shawplan screens. Kind regards, Will

Looks excellent that - shows just how good the new Bachmann Tractor is once LaserGlaze is fitted. You need to give the Shawplan roof grilles a go on the next one I reckon! kind regards, Will

You’ve done a brilliant job on that - great work! Kind regards, Will

“JYA Yeoman” / “JYA box wagon” / “Yeoman box wagon” / “JYA wagon” on Flickr have some excellent results for modern day workings, a few favourites linked from Flickr below: Class 59: Class 66: https://flic.kr/p/2mehV8r Class 60: https://flic.kr/p/Nk1PCE class 90 recently too: ‘Steven Celements’ appears to have photographed a full rake as well with a freightliner 66 on the front: These albums are very good too: Kind regards, Will

One of the highlights of relocating to Melbourne was the opportunity to visit a real legend of a layout - Llanbourne. Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate enough to be invited on a trip to see Llanbourne - a big thanks to Pete for hosting and to Jim for taxi services! A highlight of the superb layout/rolling stock being this Lima 31: I also very much enjoyed this 47: And a few black and white with a bit more atmosphere: Tractor ‘427 at Llanbourne yesterday afternoon - very much enjoyed the level of depth Pete has created on his layout, as well as the superbly weathered stock. I don’t think this is far off being confused for a real photo! Kind regards, Will

Having been messing about with split boxes for the best part of 6 months now I think the ones to model are the ones with the interesting features! Personally I’d fill the front with plasticard then use masking tape or very thin card to get the very thin outline of the door remains - would look good I think! Kind regards, Will

Well that makes a lot more sense now haha! Are you going to change the second man nose grilles like the prototype? Pic from Flickr above. Kind regards, Will

Nice work on the partial repaint. 378 is an interesting choice from 430, are you going to add the western region lamp brackets/headboard clips, bodyside boiler port door and redo the nose grilles? 37/4 back to a 37/0 is quite a bit of work! You’d probably be better off going for a red strip one in the 6XX series based on that donor then you don’t have to mess about with the nose grilles. The triple grey tractor looks very nice as well! Kind regards, Will

They look great Pete - how have you done the western region lamp brackets on ‘427? They look good! Look forward to catching up when you’re back from the UK. Kind regards, Will

Bit more tractor progress using the new Bachmann model before I head down under for work (don’t worry the tractors will be following me out to continue on with them!). New glazing for 37422/37401 has continued to lift the fact of the model: Very pleased with the glazing now - really captures the characteristic windows of these locos now! Continuing on the 37/4 theme I’ve been working on 37425 which is one of my favourite mid 2000s EWS machine. Using 37430 as the donor, this has been debranded, and I’ve stripped the noses. The rationale behind this being that it’ll be easier to repaint when I’ve added the etched lamp bracket each end (2nd man side seems to be missing lamp brackets each end!). I’ve also glued and filled the nose join, reglazed using LaserGlaze and added a Shawplan roof fan grille. Snowploughs have been prepared but just missed adding before it had to be packed away: Split boxes - I’ve continued on detailing my fleet of EWS split boxes of 37042/37109/37057: 37042 - Nose glued & filled, Scottish headlamp filled, boiler port filled, Shawplan roof grille added. Horn grilles have been removed ready for etched ones. 37109 - Nose glued & filled, Scottish headlamp filled, boiler port filled, Shawplan roof grille added. Horn grilles have been removed ready for etched ones, I’ve also started removing the rivet strapping from the roof. 37057 - Buffers changed, nose glued & filled, Scottish headlamp filled, boiler port filled, Shawplan roof grille added. Horn grilles have been removed ready for etched ones. Next steps are to finish the body work with high intensity headlamps, lamp brackets and other small details then onto the underframes. I’ve also packed some units to keep me busy in Straya so looking forward to posting some progress when I manage! Kind regards, Will