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I thought the small circular fittings might be lids that can be put on when it's raining, perhaps. Just a guess.

Stunning, can't wait for the next step.

Thanks guys for all your kind words. Now we need some rolling stock for it.

J15 101 oo works upgrade. I have made a few modifications to the oo works J15 model. Weathered with black paint dry brushed on about 3 times. I added a new coal load and water filler lid. Some other bits were drilling the chimney hole down a bit lower, new front hook screw link from Hornby and a front brake pipe. I made a little clip to connect the power from loco to tender which pulls off and this is better when trying to separate the two. The main work was done in the driving area to add more detail with copper wire and brass wheels from Wizard Models. bachmann loco crew repainted and arms moved down. The first picture shows the cab side not weathered to show the difference to the rest of the loco.

Is it just me or does anyone else find that photo's are very slow to load as you scroll up or down a page?

I call them models Toys are for children.

You won't be needing any Noel you have your own high class ones.

James May goes inside Hornby on BBC 4 Wed 6th at 9.00pm 2 parts. Should be good, and another model railway programme is on after that on the same channel.

The colour looks good. Did the lining go on ok over the bumps and handles?

Very nice, do you varnish them after weathering?

Makes such a difference.

Very nice, i like the weathering.

The buffer beam details really make a big difference.

Nice machine, will this be for display or are you going large?

Great job. You did remember to put the cement bags inside?

Very nice, it looks more realistic with a bit of dirt.

I don't know how to do links but you can try this. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ABS-Embossed-White-Plasticard-SMOOTH-ROCK-WALL

I found this one on ebay from Spain £2.75 per sheet.

Very nice, it won't fall apart.

Lovely jubley. There are so many little things that cause problems along the way that you don't know about at the beginning, some are easy fixed some are not. Nice work

Thanks Steve for your hard work. I believe most steam loco's had numbers that were a pale straw colour.

That looks much more like the right colour. Thanks for your perseverance. In picture 3 do the numbers need to go from 1 to 9 ? If they are door numbers they would only need to be 1,2,3.

Great pictures and lots of variety, thanks for sharing.

Mind blowing stuff.