nigelb

what a great idea to help get new young ( very ) into our hobby

could i suggest a similar idea for open waggons and 4 wheel cosaches ...... possibly using the same chassis ?

Pete sorry i was not able to get on line till now . did you think of sanding a chamfer to the bottom of the sheets on the inside this would allow you to get them closer and reduce the overhang

nige

mmmmmmm i can just feel the warm breeze blowing off the meadow heady with the smell of fresh cut hay

new teeny weeny drill bits arrived ................ need some thing to hold em in so a set of pin vices are here too the smallest goes down to o mm. for the hole you dont want to drill lol

missy are you going to have working lights inside the rail car as well ??

im not being funny but you would not surprise us with your level of detail

the bar is going higher and higher every time

having had chance to review the progress and realising part of the problem is my lack of tiny weeny drills lol i am now buying lots of odd tools ( that i used to have many years ago ) and the plan is to start fresh with a new chassis .. mark 1 will be placed in view to inspire me to better things .

I like Dons idea of photo's and will have a go at doing this

just spent a heart wrenching hour sorting out ant throwing away a box of part started . not finished aircraft kits

............... but have found all sorts of odd bits of etched brass lol

Missy just seen the comments re light levels you can ge all manner of flori tubes from pure white to colour matching and any shade in between . the standard 5" flori fitting can be dis assembled and put in boxes with wires to the lamp holders.

for some one who has made 2mm FS 'WORKING ' ground signal this should be easy

Nige

Andy

Its the 10 foot wheel base part no 2-333 and any jokes about it being half a beast to make are wrong on many levels lol

I do not have any real questions as I have been through most of this site ( its really helpful )

It is not a hard model to make its just the instructions could be a little clearer

they are 1 A4 page of closely typed writing with an exploded view

with a model of this ........... complexity i would have expected 2 or 3 pages with diagrams for each stage

Pete i have build plastic models for many years . aircraft mainly , I feel I may just take the 2mm instructions and revamp them for others .as they are a little unclear in some areas.

perhaps add a series of step by step pictures A LA airfix

Missy ( this user bows in awe ) thanks for that did you get the ground signal to work ??

the blue ones look a bit like lupins

double bonus for using le creuset

only if you took a few detail pictures to assist in highclere. then its research other wisse mmmmmmmmmmmm nope no excuse