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Another interesting Project Chris! I "un damaged" one of the James Bond "Spy who loved me" Sherpa's last year but it isn't perfect however that kit looks a good base?

Hi, link here probably answers most of your questions: http://www.samhallas.co.uk/railway/brt_locos.htm

Looking good Chris. Have you got the registration plates pack from Railtec for it? If not send me the PM and I can pop some spare ones from my set that are the right era in the post?

Yes, I am happy with how it is turning out, will look good when finished and they are few and far between on layouts. I do fancy doing a skip loader based on the Dodge chassis.

I feel like I am approaching the beginning of the end on this project with all the parts nearly painted and most of the assembly done. I added the tables and seats to the interior tonight, the tables being scratchbuilt from card and plastic strip. I am not sure of the exact layout as the only internal shots I have seen is those shared in Chris S' thread which is of a different body with the door at the front rather than the middle. A couple of my seats were misformed but luckily I had some spares from the SBT Leyland National I built last year. The seats are possibly a little close together but I needed to avoid the centre bar on the body. A couple of shots now the masking is off, I need to remove a couple of black smudges from the body which was an accident and I also need to add the centre black band round the Dodge cab. I have since painted the inside of the body and need to do the transfers before glazing.

Really sad news to hear of Peter's passing via the emgauge70s site, I met him a few times and never ceased to be amazed by Canada Road and Canada Street, a very sad loss to the modelling community.

Another vote for Schwalbe Marathons, I put then on as I do mostly road but also canal towpaths and some of the roads round here are a bit ropey. I run them at 70 psi and find they are a good compromise between comfort and speed (I managed to get my first Strava KOM on them earlier on a segment which is a mix of gravel and tarmac).

Another vote for Schwalbe Marathons, I put then on as I do mostly road but also canal towpaths and some of the roads round here are a bit ropey. I run them at 70 psi and find they are a good compromise between comfort and speed (I managed to get my first Strava KOM on them earlier on a segment which is a mix of gravel and tarmac).

Great progress Andy, this has to be one of my favourite threads on RMWEB at the minute. Look forward to seeing the layout at Larkrail.

Lovely weather in Wiltshire today so did some outside modelling this afternoon. The first job was to make some headlights; Steve includes some clear plastic domes but they don't really cut it for me so did the same trick as for my Leyland National and drilled a 3mm diameter hole in the headlight recesses. I then cut short length of 3mm rod which I sanded the front face to a rounded dome shape. I then got the silver paint out to paint the headlights and the banding at the bottom of the body Next focus will be to sort the tables for the interior and paint the last outstanding bits such as the steering wheel, wipers and mirrors.

Only just seen your last update Chris, looking really good!

Hi, No, not at all. I did flat it back but the yellow was quite thin as I had only applied 1 coat when I spotted the issue so rapidly got back to primer and resin. All sorted now!

It has been 2 steps forward and 1 backwards with the crew van... I sprayed the yellow but then noticed a few bits that needed some further tweaking on the cab. I resprayed the primer then re did the yellow (Railmatch aerosol) however was gutted the next day to find some crazing where the primer had overcoated the yellow. To add to the pain the sodding nozzle blocked on yet another can of yellow... I sanded down the crazed paint and have brush painted to touch up the sanded bit which has been fine so far, it needs another coat though. I had a look at the window frames that the kit comes with but they look a bit chunky to me and a couple were distorted. I studied some photos and decided that a better solution is to cut out the opening window sections and paint those silver, while the rest of the opening was painted black to represent the window rubbers. I will then cut out glazing sheets for the individual windows due to the thickness of the body.

If it isn't leaking then I wouldn't bother trying to re-inflate it so to speak or if it is a standard item from a vitesse 6 then replace like for like?

Interesting project! The expansion tank is an interesting conundrum, has it been modified to fit under the bonnet? The reality is generally if there is an issue with the cooling system, it tends to pressurise rather than vacuum; I had the head gasket go on a Renault 21 and the pressure blew a water pipe as the compression in the cylinders pressurised the water in the cooling system and expose a weakness in the pipe. If for some reason you had a vacuum I would expect the rubber hoses to implode long before the tank so doubt it was caused by anything mechanical.

Good progress Ian!

Momentous day today, after nearly 7 years my Land Rover moved under its own power, Only a short trip up the drive but a big day nonetheless

Hi Craig, The oval buffers were off eBay, unfortunately I can't remember the manufacturer but they are white metal and were pretty old spares for an LMS van from recollection. Thanks

I am enjoying that the mornings are getting brighter much earlier, I usually set off around 4.30am so now am only in the dark for 45 mins or so. Last weekend I went past Badminton where they were setting up for the horse trials but it only takes part on a small area of the estate, this bit was deserted

Peasevern yard is built on castors but slightly differently to your use case as mine are mounted on the bottom of the board for transport to shows. I am not sure about 20', that is a long length and I guess you are mounting them on the bottom of legs? That feels quite an ask to move without the risk of the layout toppling over, you might be OK with solid floor such as solid wood or laminate but I wouldn't want to try it on carpet personally

They are a nice looking loco Nick, great visibility and clean lines.

No real progress on the layout but a couple of projects are on the go. 7017 is now back in one piece awaiting weathering which I will start later in the weekend. I chose 7017 as it had vinyl numerals for a bit and was the last Hymek in service. I had to remove the headboard clips not fitted to the earlier Hymek which was fine as I needed to paint the full yellow ends Also on the workbench is a Steve Beattie Dodge Crew van, this has it's own thread in the Road Vehicles section.

Do you have a link please Chris, my son is badgering me about getting one!

Looks good Chris, is the Spartan a 3d print or kit please?

Thanks Chris, a few from other threads but I raided Flickr as well.