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Hello Peter / Rob, made some progress today, borrowed the rolling bar's from the club, and rolled the boiler (three attempt's), not as easy as l thought, really look's easy when you watch the expert's. l tried a mashima 1830 motor with a bend-up gearbox, and it fit's well, but that's a way off yet, also bought off e-bay some of the black primer everyone seem's to be talking of, hopefully a couple of coat's and l might need a top coat ?.................

Progress on the B4 with the buffer's and coupling hook's with the 3-link's / vacuum pipe's, have to start thinking about the chassis soon..........

Hello David, You are correct, l will roll the boiler, then cut a slit in it to slide over the wall to give a nice finish, also cut the rear of the boiler to clear the motor.......... Hello BC, Thank you very much for the photo's / information, but with tank loco's l solder the roof's on, so l'm not too bothered with the inside of the cab, l just put the detail on thing's you can see, yes it's nice to see the inside all fitted out, but you can't see any of it with the roof on, (plus mine kept falling off), so l don't bother...............

Hi, Thank you Nth Degree for the comment's, but l'd wait for a better project first, getting on with the build today have fitted the side's and the cab, Where did they put the coal as all my photo's and drawing do not show any of the cab detail's, l have a picture of 30084 with about two ton of coal on the boiler in front of the cab, surely this was not the norm ??

Getting on with the B4, l like to put the fiddly bit's first like handrail's / lamp iron's etc, much easier that trying to put them on last, a little tip picked up om my travel's to various show's, l like to sit down with the guy's doing the demo's at show's, really don't matter how stupid your question, they seem to know the answer, With the B4, l have quite a few picture's of them and a few drawing's but they all differ in some way, so l have used a bit of modeller's licence with the rear lamp iron's.....

Hi Peter, Yes the O2' was a nice kit to put together, and you get a few option's too, The G6' was not so easy, but then it was my first ever kit, l only wish l had got into kit building O' gauge year's ago, never knew it would be so interesting and you learn so much more what a steam engine is all about ? Spent time this afternoon scratch building the foot plate of my B4, have to shape the buffer beam's, but we are getting there, had a nice chat with Laurie Griffin who say's he can supply me with the bit's l need to complete,

Hello Peter, Here are a few picture's of my southern stock so far, the Jinty (0-6-0T) is slightly off but l'm sure they found their way down on southern track's sometime in their time?, anyway it is totally scratch built with a biscuit tin as the basis for the main body, brass running plate and chassis, it's a bit crude but it look's like a jinty, need's a light weathering, The G6 (0-6-0T) is a modified Heywood model's kit, with the shunter's step's added on at the rear, handrail's need finishing around the smoke box, also need's a light weathering. The 02 (0-4-4T) is a kit from meteor models, with fox lining transfer's, added a cab roof vent, also need's handrail's finishing around the smoke box too, and a light weathering too. l intend to make a southern region steam shed based somewhere in the south, and l need small tank engine's to run in and out, also l would love to build a small turntable big enough to turn maybe an M7 like the one and Swanage, anyway that a while away meantime l want to carry on with the B4....................

Well here we are again with a new venture, as l want to build a few small tank locomotive's on the Southern, mainly the one's that lasted into BR, l have already built an Adams 'G6' 0-6-0T (30258), and 'O2' 0-4-4T (30189). Brake Compo has kindly given me a head start with the tank side's and cab/chimney from a kit he no longer need's, So l need to get some brass and get started.....

Hello Buddy, l will bring my Southern tank's down on Easter monday and give them a run-out on the layout (Give it a touch of class) ?

Hello Lash, l too was born in Portsmouth, (Fratton in fact in 1952) so in by 1963 l was a train spotter, l remember the town station had a metal walk over bridge just outside called Jacob's ladder, and if you stood on the handrail's you could see over the wall where there was a turntable, (the circular wall is still there, but nothing else remain's), we used to get quite a bit of action with loco's being turned to take train's back out of Portsmouth & Southsea, mainly N's U's and standard's, l even remember we used to cop a western engine which came from Plymouth (l think it was something to do with the navy), On school day's we used to walk to past Victoria park, about 08:15 every morning you might catch the dockyard good's train coming across the gate's holding all the rush hour traffic up going through to the town station via the park usually an M7, and if you were really lucky could cop a Q1, (Happy Days). Good luck with your venture, l will be watching and dreaming of days long gone.........georgeT

Looking good whatever you run on it mate, think 'Fighter Pilot' would mess up the ballast with oil dripping from her oil bath, (haha), keep the picture's coming......georgeT

Hi Andy, Off again l see, good luck with the new project and l'm glad to see it's 'O gauge, keep the build picture's coming.....

Roundy Roundy is fine but six plus extra baseboards ? not so sure, l would stick to your plan for a nice small 0 gauge one that only need one man to run ?..........

Quite a gathering of EWS locos at deesdale there Andy ...........

Hello mate any more pictures of deesdale ?

Love those little locos, super job there Peter, keep the pictures coming.................

Thank you very much Jazz, have looked at the website and they have just what l want, thank's again.....

hi Jazz, l am amazed at the amount of stock/locos you have built in 24 page's unbelievable, and all to a very high standard, l know you will be the man to ask if l may, that is what motor/gearbox would you use for a 7mm pacific, l have tried a mashima and a fold-up gearbox, but failed miserably, hopefully you can point me in the right direction ? thank you.

Like the look of this wagon rob, really nice job, you must have quite a stock box of tasty wagon's by now? ..........

You really do cram a lot of detail into your small layout's andy, l wish l could do the same with my effort's..... well done.............

Andy, great job with the tree's, the back scene now looks more life like, great stuff, looking forward to helping you run Deesdale on your clubs open weekend.................

Hello Bud, love the Deesdale Refuelling point, looks very good, all you need to do now is weather the ground with all the oil/diesel that has dripped from leaky 56s and grubby 66s ? keep the pics coming...............

Hello Neil, It was very nice to meet you and your dad at Model-Rail Live, l am not into Modern '00' diesels anymore, (except when helping Andy on Deesdale Road), but l must say that l like the level of detail you have added to your depot is excellent, love the work on on 37709 in Mainline livery, very nice, well done..............

Another fine build there Rob, very nice

Looking good buddy, keep the picture's coming, might build a re-fuelling depot myself..........