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Lovely job Mark. I have early/late crest examples and feel they represent terrific value for money, run well and will pull a good load. I may titivate them in a similar manner to you, but for now I am happy with them. I hope the (round spectacle?) J26 appears, although with Hornby now in control at Oxford, I fear this well detailed and innovative budget brand will be subsumed. Shame, as their N7 is also a delight as is their goods stock.

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

Hi Barry,

                34102 would definitely  be a better fit for your loco./tender combination. This useful table: 

 https://www.bulleidsociety.org/OVS_Bulleid/OVSB_Light_Pacifics.html

 gives a mass of detail on the Bulleid pacifics. From this 103 received it's cut-down tender in 10/58 whereas 102 received cut-down in 7/61.

 One other point to be aware of is the position of the W/C class scroll. On those locos not intended for a shield it is placed higher up the casing. See this pic. from Colour-Rail:

https://colourrail.co.uk/api/image/medium/e375d001-003b-429e-8358-702a9e26ecfa

Hope this helps,

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

An addition to St. E's comment..what gauge is the track supplied. 16.5mm or wider?

Might I point out that 6000 has G  ^  R  on the tender, should it be a 'W; ?

Peter C.

Good looking wagon! Are these accurate models of any particular diagram?

Cheers,

Peter C.

And the hours putting on transfers!!! Looks very nice.

Hi,

    Just dropped in on this, trying to find Palight in Australia, do I really need an 8x4 sheet! the other point of note, whose is the lovely slope-sided wooden 20t mineral wagon behind the Pannier?

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

Looks lovely, well done! Hopefully this will spur Hornby to do a 'real deal' version to keep the J15 company!

 The other thing to remember is the wear and tear that the environment puts on the wagon surfaces. White paint pre-war was not TiO2 stabilized, and faded badly with light and wear. Get a fibreglass brush and 'fade' parts of the lettering gently. I have posted in 'modifying rtr' section last year to show this technique.

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

James, your efforts are amazing, but might I add a plea that you invest a few pounds in a decent set of lining transfers from Fox, Modelmaster or similar?   White/black lining is not difficult to find or apply by waterslide, and I think it will lift your models into a different class, rather than the ballpoint/whitepaper method.

 You put so much time and ingenuity into your conversions, they are worth more than the 'ha'porth of tar'!

cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

The Railroad loco. driven D49 is light years better than the old tender drive version. Very smooth running and excellent performance with the tender pick-ups. Body swap no problem. I would suggest replacing the plates with an etched set though!

Cheers,

Peter C,

How were the Garratts??!!

This is basically Didcot in 4mm!

The 10xx counties are one of my favourite WR locos., well worthy of a proper model.

Great work on the G16, really looking the part; wise words from the tiger jockey on the cylinders I think if you wish to go that step farther! Terrific stuff in a short time, toothache notwithstanding!

Cheers, PC WA

Looking good!! Have you seen Graham Muz' build of one of these? On his blog I think.

  I envy you being able to model this last few days, every day over 40 in WA so far!

cheers,

Peter C.

Matthew,

Do you have a full shot of 60012, with that looonnng nameplate? Those MNs look lovely, like the blue'un!

cheers,

Peter C.

Thats very trite Kelly! Did you enjoy the mem. exhib?

Hi Andrew,

Missed this entry when it first came out, and waiting to board a flight to Blighty in 10 hours time! I agree with Mr. King, keep it a one piece as much as possible for those 'seamless' joins, and ease of fitting to the N2 chassis, an obvious quick and easy!

Keep up the good work,

Cheers, Peter C.

Watching very closely from Oz!

Cheers, Peter C.

Are you going to produce more than one of these? I would be interested, pm me if you wish. Peter C.

Have you looked at the NCB shunter, reliveried Electrotren/Joueff, punted by On Tracks?? Looks about right, plus outside cylinders.

Cheers, Peter c.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrr!! That J is nice!

From an LNER man!

Cheers, Peter C.

The tank wagon does look like the peco **74/* Wonderful Wagon, probably the BP or ESSO one, nice kit of a type of tank variant not yet available rtr?? The 3-plank looks like a Parkside LMS/BR fitted medfit,and is numbered as such, rtr by Mainline originally, now Bachmann.

T'others, I haven't a clue!

Cheers, Peter C.

Next time they are available try and obtain some of the Bachmann barrels, they are made of wood and look superb! Also the EFE "loads" have barrels in two sizes, plastic, but come up nicely with a dab of paint.Cheers,Peter C.

Love the winter effect in pic #2 Barry, snow, grey sky, grey river, just look out the door for inspiration didya??

Cheers from W.A. (35C today), Peter C.