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Interesting stuff @Mol_PMBand @Horsetan thanks. Just realised that from photographs of 558 I may only need to bother with tank side numbers as by late 50s she had no buffer beam nos!

The J26 looks fabulous Alan. Look forward to seeing how Kieran finishes it off and what number it is. Inspired me to crack on with mine last night !

Yes I wouldn’t be at all surprised if two burly RIC men travelled along!

That’s looking fabulous

I’ve used LSWR\SR ones before

No I meant BR’s adoption of Pacers! The 1950s BR railbuses were a sensible solution to an Irish style problem. The 1980s ones weren’t

Irish railways had basically abandoned railbuses by the 50s as outdated technology, preferring more advanced designs such as the Walker railcars. BRs adoption of the concept seemed a rather retrograde step.

As one who recalls both in service , the AECs were a good design allowed to fall into decrepitude. The Pacers were a bad design allowed to go into production!

That’s delightful. Excellent work - it’s not an easy style to model

Twinned with Weissfelsen, clearly …

The 5 LEVs, of which RB1 was one, played a part in the genesis of the Pacers. One of the LEVs is apparently still in Ireland, part of the abortive UK gauge line near Dundalk

So sorry to hear this. Can’t begin to imagine how hard that must be for you.

That’s terrific - well done !

Little accents like the whistle really set it off. Lovely engine

That’s really nice work and neatly done. Wish my 7mm version looked as good !

That’s coming on very nicely indeed

Me too !

Excellent work Paul. From bitter experience, soldering a riveted smokebox is extra hassle as cleaning off solder can have a deleterious effect on the rivets. But your soldering is prob cleaner than mine!

That’s a fabulous pic. Wonder if he got any SLNC that day ….

I love seeing old kits brought back to life. Looking great.

Yours definitely looks the part David and is poster boy for Alphagraphix box art! The engines changed so much over their lives that yours actually did look exactly like that in real life at some point!

Some progress. Interrupted the recommended route of construction to focus on the chassis to make sure it fits before progressing any further - esp to 5’3 clearances. Thankfully it all seems to roll ok. Am building 558 which had numerous changes to the norm - including no handrails on tank sides, or staff holders. This meant 6 holes to be filled in on tank sides alone….and you can just see on back of bunker where marking out is going on for the rear steps that 558 had, but few others.

Excellent. Worth having a go at making a single cab end out of plasticard just to see how you get on. Those card kits make excellent working drawings

Sometimes the alterations were dramatic. Here’s a Jinty ex works at Darlington in 1965 ready to serve out its last years as a heating boiler in Manchester

Variety of things - heating, washing, machinery supply. 130 was on railtour duty in June 64 so this is mid to late 60s. The GNR loco 131 was stabled in front of her on similar duties but more intact !