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Saw it at Exeter today. Excellent stuff. Although my thing is more narrow gauge steam this really interested me for a good half hour before I had too file along to the next. Good stuff, J.

Saw this at Exeter today - astonishing modelling. J.

Thanks for all the kinds comments all J.

Astonishing. Here's me all proud of my little 009 Railcar (still in progress I might add)and you then blow me away with this!!! J.

Actually in that picture I only had one of the worm gears onto test if it still ran smoothly after altering the chassis just in case. Both worm gears are on the shaft now and both wheels run smoothly J.

Of course you can have some more pictures I acquired the gears from a childs motorised 'spiramouse' which was being thrown out so i saved the motor and gears. The motor used is a oldish one from a spare Hornby 0-4-0 'smokey joe' chassis I had lying around.

I found this little one lurking at the back of my draw the other day and thought it would be nice to see a new lease of life into it. It was excellent timing for it to appear as I am planning on a dockyard shunting area - Somewhere for the little loco's. Here is how I upgraded it. Using a spares fence kit knocking a round I made up a new front grill. A hole was then cut and filed out in the front to accompany the new grill. I then glued in the grill using ordinary UHU glue. I then filed out the footsteps to give a more finescale appearance. I then removed to old buffers and fashioned some new ones by filing down some pins and modifying with some plasticard. I then filed off the moulded handrails Then I gave several coats of thinned humbrol matt black which I sprayed on using my airbrush. Windows were then fashioned from a old box of unpainted figures. The driver leaning out is a modified version of one of these unpainted figures! A lamp was attached and several other details. A British railways late emblem was then added. I have not fitted a number. This was from a HMRS BR loco + coach transfer sheet. The body was then weathered with humbrol powders, my preferred method of weathering. Next the original motor was completely stripped down and removed and the wheels pulled apart slightly so it runs freely over the points on my current layout (for which it will operate as a piloting loco, until the dockside layout is built) Then the axle with the worm gears was rebuilt but part of the original motor cut off and a new gear fitted on to connect to the motor. The gear system is quite a slow one and for every 1 turn of the wheels there is 37 revolutions of the motor. A plasticard mounting for the motor was then made and added before mounting the motor into place (This image is of the test mounting the actual one has a much cleaner finish. The chassis was then weathered and fitted to the body. The finished model. I am pleased with the overall effect but I tone down the weathering a little Am I am yet to put back the little lamp at the front! The last image of of the locomotive on my test layout "Wharf-draughtston" which i use for testing out new methods for scenery + electrical etc. And for testing rolling stock I've done work on and letting new locomotives 'wear in'. I hope this is of some interest ! (And I know my modelling capabilities are not the best but this is my first locomotive upgrade!)(Apologies for poor quality pictures!) Thanks, J.