Friday Update : Four Four Twenty-five…
Welcome to another Friday update, the first of April and the first of lighter evenings. We've had some fine weather this week which has also seen (sadly) the first lawn cut of the season. Back to the bench, lets take a look at the projects still ticking along slowly... Our header image today is the charming Coalbridge Street with the venerable Wantage Terminal companies 45t switching an Illinoise Central reefer into Langton's yard - though for what purpose is unclear... more on this small layout later but lets take a look at this weeks commission progress... The fourth and final Ruston 44/48 (I will not be building a second batch of these behemoths, they take up just too much space in the workshop!!) is assembled and tested following the delivery last week of the 3D printed parts including gearbox and axleboxes. This fourth model is powered by a simpler control system, 'just' a LocoRemote rather than the DCC sound (which is now resolved) and the chassis are now all prim...
