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Hi All Further work, Now Chassis partly painted reassembled and running, went well in both directions. Coupling rods now fixed and brake gear on although needs further tweeking. Body now coming along nicely although lots of further work required, Have had to thin down the footplate a bit to allow for the rod to clear, but quite chuffed so far, a couple more in progress shots Thanks for looking All the best Chris

Wow lovely looking Kit and great work. Looks fabulous. All the best Chris

Wow, what a fantastic thread, thanks for sharing some very useful info. I have only recently started building kits but hope one day to be able to do more bits myself, although one step at a time. Thanks and all the best Chris

Hi All Further work on the D3, Chassis embellished with ash pan sides. I tried making the plunger pickups up but could not get them to work very well and allow the wheels to turn. I took out the springs and tried to make them spring on the wire itself but could not get them to function correctly. Instead I glued a piece of copper clad sleeper on one of the spacers and made wire pickups for the insulated wheels. I have made them suitable springy and they seem to work well. I also made up the Bogie and this is now free running and looks good. Work has also commenced on the footplate, it needs some minor tidying and fettling to fit bit not much. Thanks for looking All the bet Chris

Wow that looks very nice Simon, great work so far. I have recently got into building locos as the thought of it scared me, however it is very satisfying indeed. Keep up the good work fella. All the best Chris

Hi Nick Thanks for the heads up, The bogie in this one is an Etched item, I was wondering about the mounting of it and was looking to compensate too, I will also add some weight in the smokebox area to help. I looked at the images of Fittleworth and saw the D3, lovely engine congratulations on such a fantastic finish. Station building looks fab too. Thanks and all the best Chris

Okay thanks fella. Will look at that. All the best Chris

Thanks Mike for the heads up and the information, one day I may possibly look to re motor it. It will only be running at very slow speeds anyway when complete as I have done a end to end small layout. Thanks and all the best Chris

Wow very inspirational thread, very informative, keep up the great work. All the best Chris

Hi Bryan Glad to here the hand is starting to heal, you will soon be back modelling in full soon. R1 looks great by the way, must crack on with the details on mine soon. Keep up the good work All the best Chris

Hi All I have decided to start this loco kit, this will be my first full Kit built Locomotive. I have also been building (they are still in progress) the Airfix City of Truro with Branchlines chassis and motorising kit and this is almost ready for paint, and a SE Finecast chassis for my Wainright R1 0-6-0 which is the Hornby-dublo R-T-R model, the chassis is all finished and painted and I am detailing the rest of the loco. What with other modelling hobbies and classic cars my kitbuilding is not that quick I am afraid. Anyway the D3, this looks to be a lovely kit and I obtained it from a fellow RM Web'er Ray Kinsella from Austrailia who was Wainwright on this forum who kindly sold this to me when I put a wanted ad on this site on the old classified section. All I need now is a Wainright J Class 0-6-4 T and my SECR loco collection will be complete. The model itself has an Etch brass chassis with additional etched items in Nickel silver and a white metal body. Work started on the chassis as usual. This proved to be a trouble free build and went together well. The gearbox is a very snug fit in between the frames. It all went together very straight thanks to the crew in spacers and only needed a very slight tweek once complete and now sits straight. The motor assembly (a DS10 motor) and gearing was also very simple to assemble and went together well. I have spent about 6 hours on it so far and have bedded in the gears and assembled it to test and all ran well on the rolling road. Can anyone tell me if I need to cut off the motor shaft forward of the worm gear or should I leave as is. I also have to try to figure out the best way of doing the plunger pickups i.e. how to route them and attach to chassis, I was going to use PCB sleeper between the chassis rails and attachto this however it is how to get the springiness right. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very grateful. Thanks for looking All the best Chris

Crikey Brian That looks painful, hope it heels soon fella and you can get back onto your awesome builds and driving the trains. All the best Chris

Very nice work. looks great. All the best Chris

Hi Brian Nice work, H class looks Fab. I have recently built the SEF chassis for a Hornby Dublo R1 and am very pleased with it, just now detailing the body to complete. will watch with interest. Keep up the good work. All the best Chris​​

Hi all Ordered some bits yesterday from Wizardmodels, ordered yesterday lunchtime and were waiting for me when I got home from work tonight, Wow, great service. All the best Chris

Wowee, looks absolutely stunning, thanks for sharing. Great work All the best Chris

Wow, stunning and inspirational work, thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work All the best Chris

Hi Bill. I am fine thanks. Hope you are well. Timescale is something I have not thought of really (just ongoing!!!) so much other stuff on I can only snatch a bit of modelling time now and then. I have still got to finish this yet. I have done an SE finecast chassis for my R1 which is also progressing slowly. I have stalled on my L1, I believe it has a Gem chassis and I have added the clack valves and pipe work ,sandboxes, wheel weights, got to work out the brake gear next, tender is also pretty much finished too. Will post some piccies some day. Good luck with your build Bill, would be interested to see how that turns out as could look at something similar eventually. Ahh yes, the lovely H class, I have one to do along with a D3 class as eventually I would like to build a New Romney branch layout. Eventually!!! Thanks Bill and all the best Chris

Thanks guys for the kind comments and the info, much appreciated. All the best Chris

Hi All, Crikey has it been that long since my last post. I am sorry about that, I have been distracted lately with work, family life and working on my classic car (lots of work on underside, steering and wheels) which has kept me busy for quite a while. I have finally managed to snatch some time for this project again. Loco almost ready for paint, added lamp Irons, couple of handrails, washout plugs and safety valve bits. I have also finally managed to start on the Tender body, this is a Hornby item bought on Ebay and represents one of the later tenders used. Coal load has been removed and false floor added and all else boxed in as necessary, also mounted to plasticard glued to the body. Only used the frames from the Airfix Kit which includes steps and buffer beam. Not sure what locomotive to do yet, looking at one of the Birds possibly as they served into BR days, does anyone know if they were left in their GWR colours and left somewhat scruffy or did any get shiny new BR paintwork ? Thanks for looking All the best Chris

Wow, there is some cracking work Nile of some great locomotives, was thinking about an 01 when funds allow. Thanks for sharing Chris

Thanks Izzy, I have the current MRJ so will look at the article, thanks for the heads up. All the best Chris

Hi All Bit more (slow) progress (I am also doing other projects which include a group build on another forum, a Bristol Blenheim 1, decorating and some 1:1 modelling on my '67 VW fastback). I have managed to get most of the body done, just got to add some finishing touches before I paint it, still to add are lamp irons and wash out plugs, cab handrails and the beading around the cab side windows/openings. I think I will model a Bird class loco. Thanks for looking All the best Chris

Looking great, I am holding off on mine for now and am watching with interest, you are a lucky man my missus won't buy me anything like that for chrimbo. Keep up the good work All the best Chris

Wow looking great, I wish I could work to this sort of standard, keep up the good work All the best Chris