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Loving the organic feel this has. I have hoped to copy some of the elements like the angles and step in the road to go round a building for Dettingen's town board which is yet to be built.Richard

I can relate to that journey and like most skills that they need to be worked on and improved over time. Will those brought up on educational computer games which are set to reward you every 15seconds have the persistence to keep going with something which slowly rewards you over time? Richard

The steam tractor is a scale link one, they are still trading if you want to pick one up. However, I found mine at a swap meet here in the USA. Who would have thought. It was the only 4mm stuff for sale in the whole show. My lomac will be done as an LDECR one . I may have to second guess the lettering from images of one of their 5 planks which came into GCR stock. Richard

Progress has been slower still. I have been teaching my six year old to solder and paint, here is the result. He did the joins and started the cleaning up. I finished that. He did the primer and main colour. I did the painting detail. I then chained it to the wagon. The roof is in the foreground and I can not decide if that should be another wagon load. Just the pipe load for the 2 plank and then it is on to the transfers for the nine pieces of stock. Anyone would think I was putting off that part of the process. Richard

This thread is for displaying things that have been built. Here is a steam tractor built as a load for my lomac. Not exciting in its self, but it was built from a scale link white metal kit by my son who did the soldering, I would clean up the joints, he painted the base colour and I did the brass painting. He is six. his twin brother wants to build a compound. I mentioned he could get one r-t-r and he said he wanted to build it. Now I just need to find a compound kit for him to work on. Modeling future Richard

Tony I have searched my GCR books and it is going to need a decent dig around. Even the Dow trilogy only has one mention on p55 of book two on Kiveton park I will continue to look though. Richard

But how many years ago? Newer Hornby would not be a slight but the older stuff with the thick valve gear would be insulting to a finely done kit or scratchbuilt model with its nearer scale valve gear, better lining and detailing.Richard

Always liked what you achieve here, it all goes together realistically Richard

And for trying to blow up his parents house by sending bombing raids over Chester.Richard

Never doubted its accuracy, the builder would not allow an inaccuracy to creep in, just an observation that it's length was highlighted by the brass picture.Richard

The 48xx smoke box looks very long in its bare picture . Richard

Which A1s and A4s do you know of?

It was the lack of internal detail which made the eye tell you something was missing. Next time I will have to do the doors properly, inside and out

That is kind, the rest is on a flatrol it will run in the WW1 train. That now has just the carriage for the troops to be built up from a 3d printRichard

And in grey primer which I should really model to ring the changesThank you for the livery description Richard

Coal wagon loaded It looks better as the interior did not look right without the back of the door detail. It did have a slight lean to port as the sailors might say, I have in a very Heath Robinson sort of way tried to rectify it by putting the weight in it with a bias to the starboard side. I can not see why it wanted to lean over but after some strong words and the extra burden glued under it, it is now starting to behave. Now got to build the load of a steam traction engine for the other lomac and then all the 9 carriages and wagons will go into the works for transfers. I seem to build in 9s as that is the length of train my "temporary" fiddle yard will take. I say temporary, it has now been in place for ten years, but the aim is.... Like every one there is the bigger master plan Richard

That would be a fun style of paint job, where were all the markings place, the W and the D, did it have the arrow? Etc. I am trying to remember what Andy's looked like when he did a WD version for his layout. Richard

Progress report The Cambrian wagon has had the ropes fitted to the tarpaulin and dusted over with powders to mute and blend in the colours. The ex LDEC weltrol has had the bi plane fitted as a load. I decided to sheet over the cockpit. It looks effective to me, it was loo paper with washes of brown and black. The road van is bringing up the back of this ensemble it is up to transfers, but those will be done in a mammoth session once I have cleared my desk of all the building and painting. Richard

Definately looking forward to fury breaking cover. Richard

You obviously buy better shaving brushes than me, as mine fall apart after only 10 years of useful service

It is definitely creepy unless your back story is very convincing.

I have found a solution to replicating straw as packing for wagon loads. My old shaving brush. No longer will I need to ask blonde maidens for a lock of their hair. The results will be seen as a load in the 2 plank wagon which is still in the system. Richard

Like an elephant I won't forget and you will have my humble apologies when it does. I only forget things like my wife's birthday and my children in supermarkets. If it does bow I could put a strengthener in disguised as a man holding the sides apart.

I had thought about loading it up, but I have more loaded coals than unloaded. The other issue which would sway it towards being loaded is that I have not modeled the insides of the doors so it would be that which would push me towards loading it up.By the way, You cheeky beggar, The sides are not bowed, that is the camera doing a fish bowl on the wagon. And we'll you would know this to be the case. Richard

Advice, for the metal sided 30ton coal wagon, internally did it have a wooden floor or all metal construction? It looks very grey at the moment it feels it needs colour, if it is all metal then some judicious weathering may be needed. Ideas? Richard