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Thanks for the comments all.

Weather them? Maybe just the running boards one day....

Tony

That's worked out really well.

Tony

The completed project:



Tony

Second and final coach completed: the Brake Third. There is one further coach to complete, the All-Third, but that will have to wait another day: I want something a little less trying next! The Brake Third was much more difficult than I had anticipated as the two sides were not wholly symmetrical. T...

Deja vu ? (Can’t get the accents on my phone!)

Tony

A nice find: the GWR N2s are quite scarce these days.

Tony

Rob, the paint is good old Halfords rattle-can matt black. It gives a 100% consistent semi-matt finish as long as it is used in dry, dust-free and temperate conditions. The smoke-box door came with the original model as it was not a 'Thomas' edition but a far, far older Hornby model. I seem to remem...

I think that without altering the chassis [it sits too high] or major surgery to the body, that's about the best that can be done. This was an old gloss LB&SCR E2 with a damaged body and a duff chassis. A Hornby shunter provided a replacement chassis. It was done as more of an experiment to see ...

Out of gauge or not, it is still an excellent bit of scratch-building.

Tony

Saddle tank can be sprayed black, lettered LMS and given an appropriate number, crew and lamps, etc.. 'Thomas' was originally a Hornby E2, a Billinton designed 0-6-0 for the LB&SCR. It can be improved but will never be a great looker alas. Get shot of that awful face and replace it with a more a...

No, just the one: an experiment which did not prove its worth, hence its conversion to coal.

Tony

If I were a model railway manufacturer I'd sell up and either retire or look for something which was more of a cert to invest in. This has to be one of the more volatile industries currently and clever money would probably look for something with a far lower level of risk.

Tony

I've made mechanical levers myself. I use some sort of thin fishing wire for them. I found the wire as quite a few who go fishing leave fishing wire on the ground, usually tangled up. The micro switches on the top are ready for use to switch the frog polarity. I've used flattened out and drilled co...

Have sent you a pm dublo

Tony

I’d really love to Geoff but I’m in Toledo I’m afraid - so no contest!!

Tony