Horsetan

Brilliant. I can put some numbers and arrows on that.

Dear God: the smell!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Preserved era?

^^ Electric Caterhams for kids!

Ah go on. Hardly revered! Kit is just after arriving. I like the contents already. Very neat resin body moulding that's just asking for some decent glazing in the screens. Very clean detail etch. The LEDs are tiny!! Instructions are in Des's usual "house" style, and include four sample three-quarter views of the real things - maybe a photo of the model, with numbers showing where the etch parts go, might be an idea for those who are not fully familiar with the Sulzers; makes life a little more understandable. Decals are included, though I'll have to ask Des whether he could do up a special sheet of numbers for B103, since "3" "4" and "8" are the digits that are not on the sheet! Now.....what sort of paint scheme should B103 have.....?

Think the EB110 was a much better looking car. And it actually looked like a car, unlike the Veyron which is basically an aeroplane engine pretending to be a car.

No 16.5 here. I started on 21mm. I'm continuing on 21mm.

I'll get one of my pair of Heljan Hymeks out, and see if there'd be room in the bogie gear casing to run a centre axle through.

Someone did....

It wouldn't pass in 21mm, but.

The plates were not polished?

Agreed. "Rails Through The West" is a superbly useful book.

I'm coming around to the idea of building the kit as 560, which kept on working after the Tramore line closed. The photo of it on a railtour in Fenit shows that it even kept its plates, which are part of the kit. Might as well use 'em, and the garden shed cab.

Just after securing an "original run" SSM Sulzer, with the LEDs in it. The A1A bogie has a 5'3" x 5'3" (or 21mm x 21mm) wheelbase, so that's 10'6" (42mm) overall. Drivetrain options are a bit mad. Obviously there's the Railroad 55 that's been mentioned earlier. But could the bogies from a Heljan Hymek or Bachmann Warship (42/43) be adapted, since their wheelbase is the correct overall 42mm anyway? The Sulzer "only" needs an unpowered centre axle; can one be run in the middle of the otherwise 4-wheel bogie? Here's a look at the Heljan Hymek bogie:

Time to read up about the Sulzers. At least B103 is still with us.

Yes, I own it now. Another 21mm gauge challenge. Another one to have a go at.

It's called Weymouth. I've been there.

Who really knows what Kader are thinking? I thought they had troubles of their own.

This is the sort of kit that I'd like to see more often in 4mm scale. So far, it's only Brassmasters and Finney who have provided working inside motion kits. Anything for Irish locos has to be made up from scratch or improvised.....

Let's hope that the boiler / firebox is not a solid casting all the way through! Could be a problem hollowing out enough space to fit a motor.

Probably part-funded by eBay sales......

Ah here, ye can't be sayin' that type of thing

...and some of it may go on an onward journey to the land of eBay....!