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Plenty of scope for development there Mark . Looking forward to more.
Grant.
PS I have a picture of your wife marching straight through the house on returning from holidays to check on "the developments"

Really like that first shot. The weathering on that loco looks so typical.
Grant.

Like the sag in the propped open window. Hope you enjoy painting all that rusty and otherwise corrugated iron.
Grant.

MIDDAY AT GRAY"S MILL It has been a wet summer, the tractor being the preferred power for bringing logs to the mill. The traction engine has been idle all summer. The mill loco will head off to return empty log bogies to Nayook as a new coup has been granted there for pine logs. 1.JPG With litt...

Very well said Keith.
Grant.

Yes, it's funny the things you notice when you take a photo of something you've made yourself.
Grant.

I too like doors and gates that open, makes for realistic pics loading and unloading. Nice work on the cattle van.
Grant.

Nice one Graeme, Borun and train look very typical. Seems you got a good flat finish on the dogbox.
Grant.

Great detailing Aaron, particularly like the depression in the centre of the coal load, as opposed to the full to the brim look.
Grant.

Those front wheels look so typically timber tram with their tread width, I suppose exaggerated by their small diameter. So where's the hessian bag?
Grant.

Don't know about the engine, but the trees sure have grown!
Grant.

Glad your getting some positives from painting again. Nice Job, specially on the lining.
Grant
PS, still waiting on my delivery!!

Hi Ted,
The injector is SOFT soldered together in one go, using the tiniest amount of solder. (actually too much in this case!). I silver solder most of my boat fittings as strength is generally a requirement.
My apologies to Aaron also.
Grant.

Hi Ted, I'm guessing that any problems one might have making these small items, really comes down to soldering. To go with the injector above, cutting the various pieces of K&S tube should be fairly straight forward ( I use a jewellers piecing saw, an aquired taste! ) Filing the "U" sh...

Hi Aaron, Don't know if this is any help or what type of under cab injectors you need, but these are what I made to represent those on the NA's of Puffing Billy. Simple soldering job with various bits of K&S tube and brass turnings with hex's ground on. You could of course use brass nuts. Puffin...

Yes, top weathering job Andrew. inside looks excellent as well !
Grant.

What a great start. You've obviously got a master plan in your head. Be good to see more as you progress.
Grant.

As Philip said, a very open and airy design. Lovely work as usual Rik. It is certainly a very long vehicle to be on six wheels!
Grant.

I can only echo what others have said, a superb series of builds. Your first introduction to garden railways is off to a very good start.
Grant.

Interesting, considering using this myself to form a grass bank.
Grant.