obconical

The droplight/hinge sounds a good idea as long as the slot for the hinge isn`t so big that it is difficult to get solder to fill the gap.

Terry

Still watching progress - not been too well recently, but still hope to build one of these yet.

Roof sounds fine.

Terry

Jamie

I might have missed something, but was the intention always that the roof would be made with ply?

Terry

Looking good Jamie. On the buffer beam I can see markings for buffers, but no holes - same goes for coupling hooks. I`m sure they will be there.

Terry

I still have one or two left, of a batch of brass gas lamps I acquired years ago, which were described as `Popes Gas Lamps`. Searching for these on the net mainly brought up references to the Vatican! Compared with some of the white metal gas lamps included in some kits shows how good they are, and probably better than any castings could be. I`m not into machining myself, but I would think they would be fairly simple to turn.

Look forward to seeing them at Cleckheaton.

Terry

I have built a few NBR wagons, but there does seem a shortage of coach kits - I would be interested in the etch for this one. What wheels would be required?