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Thanks Andy.... The model was one of those projects that was a right pig for something relatively simple. Should have taken a day or two max but was a two steps forward one step back kind of model. I might go for a Mk2 version later......

Renault 5 now available from RailNscale in 1/148 and RHD.

I'll post some pictures of the 4TC later but the third cab has been used to replace the paint damaged one. The largely finished unit had a good run at the NGS meeting at the weekend. RDB977091 was also largely completed and had a run out too. I could only take what I had at home as I was involved in a RTA on the way to pick the rest of the stock up. My poor Ford Kuga looks like its a write-off after it was hit a right angles by a car that failed to stop at give way markings and I ended up being stopped by one of BT's finest Telephone poles...which snapped in the accident. I walked away from it...got my first and hopefully last ride in an ambulance...no sirens though! I'll also post some pics from the NGS meeting too.

I have to agree with you to some degree, typos can be reduced by someone else checking the work in addition to the author and the editor. The semi Matt paper doesn’t help the pictures but I was pleased with my SR book picture reproduction. I did scan every single image at 2400 dpi and then each one was edited and reduced to a minimum of 2000 pixels wide. Despite being checked multiple times I only spotted two errors, both mine, one was a picture out of sequence by one place and the other was part of a caption missing. What was there was correct and made sense but the actual train details were missing. For under £15 they aren’t bad. My ER volume is already available for pre order on Amazon.

This was Railmatch BR yellow, with Humbrol gloss varnish over the top. This seemed to be OK but I followed up with a Tamiya Satin which has reacted. They were all rattle cans. The Railmatch I’m assuming is enamel had been sprayed on months ago.....the Humbrol was acrylic as was the Tamiya.

Bit of a oh sh*t moment this afternoon, I’d added the unit numbers to the cab ends of the 4TC and given them a squirt of varnish to seal them only for the varnish to react with the paint. One cab is a right off, the other one has only reacted a little. I have a spare cab thankfully, might manage to get it ready for the Yorkshire NGS Open weekend, this weekend.. https://yagngs.wixsite.com/yorkshire-area-group

https://www.amberley-books.com/community-andy-gibbs Other good bookshops are available.......... The Eastern Region volume has been sent in now, just setting out the London Midland one.

Very nice but at a price.

Yes you certainly used to be able to do that.

The thickness of the bus sides hasn’t helped, although it’s my fault for not allowing the correct amount, they seem much thicker than say a Farish Mk1 coach. Anyway the sides and roof are now glued back together again and the chassis sits nicely in the rebates. Just need to cut new ends to get back to the position it was in the photos above.

I knew I’d end up doing it, sides have been removed to widen the roof, so that the body will sit over the chassis. The chassis has been narrowed slightly too.

A couple of progress photos for RDB977091. Its ended up a fraction narrow somehow, so I'm going to have to rebate the body a bit for it to sit over the chassis......or make that narrower! I've popped the bus windows back in. One mod will be the ventilators as RDB977091 has hopper windows, so the middle bar will need removing.

Triple postal arrival today. NGS mag, Modern Railways Mag and my Revolution Trains IZA triple pack.

Mine arrived today...excellent model again.

I'll get some more pictures of RDB977091 posted later in the week, along with more progress on the 4TC.

A few pictures of progress with RDB977091 Take four Leyland Nationals.....any colour......OK you only need three, the forth will become another LT bus....they were cheap(ish) £5.95 each. You need 12 window bays per side. You can barely see the join! You need three buses because of the roof length. Plasticard strip to strengthen the joint and allow less filler for the wheel arches. Another bit of plastic filled them before the filler. Wheel arches and joint filled in and a quick squirt of primer to spot any more areas that need sanding down.

Thank you for that, nice to know.

Made a start today on RDB977091. Three United Counties ( because they were cheap) have been dismantled. The sides sawn off and trimmed from two buses to give me 12 window bays per side. Three rooves are needed to give enough length. They will also need to be made a little wider through out so some Evergreen plasticard strip will be used for this. The rest of the coach will be plasticard, used to fill in the wheel arches and make the ends and doors etc. Spare Farish Mk1 corridor connections will be used along with a Mk1 chassis and some recovered B4 bogies. Progress pictures to follow.

Many thanks for that...just the job.

Nice work, I’ve four N gauge Farish Leyland National bodies to chop as required, only need two for the sides but more for the roof. The bus is a bit narrow so the it might be better just to use the sides and make a new roof in one piece. Do you have a photo of the repositioned underframe equipment?

I’ve bitten the bullet and acquired some Farish Leyland Nationals to marry up to a Farish Mk1 coach chassis and build RDB977091. I’ll post some progress pictures on my Layout Topic http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/75679-kensington-olympia-in-n-scale/?p=3303741

yes...if you are after any photos......I have approx 500 here https://andygibbs.zenfolio.com/p651056644

It is a vaguely US based layout, four track all the way round two fiddle Yard rounds for each running line. It’s good to just have a decent length test track to run things on.

Building work on the house extension has come to an unplanned halt due to a delay with the steel work for the roof. This is progress so far with the layout room on the right.

Well some belated pictures of the 4TC and Crompton on the Yorkshire NGS Guys Cutting layout. A successful trial with the bar couplers. I have subsequently removed the Dapol working knuckle couplers and replaced them with the non working type. The working ones look far to big to me much larger than MT ones. As you can see the cab recesses have had a light wash to make them stand out more. Horns have been added to one of the DTS cars since this was taken. I've bought a couple of ODC Mk3 Ford Cortinas in red, which are the latest release.They still suffer from over-wide wheels and axles. Don't really know why the bother with rotating wheels at all. A still have several Mk1 chassis available from non produced carflats. One of these is going to be married up with a selection of cheap Farish Leyland Nationals to produce RDB977091. The National body is a little narrow for the Mk1 frame so I will split the sides from the roof and add a fillet of plasticard to make it a bit wider. The window spacing isn't far out, any extra space will be lost around the doors. I know it doesn't fit into my 1980 time slot but as I've always planned to run a 1986 timetable as well it looks like 1983 will also be added!