Friday Update: Twenty-four Four Twenty-six…
Sat in the sunshine this morning, but a little pushed for time as in half an hour or so I need to be heading out to catch my train - for if you haven’t gathered, I’m off to Narrow Gauge South, via. Bexhill (and London), the. Sunday to the Isle of Wight, home to North Wales on Monday… I’ve not been completely in good health this week either, feeling a bit under the weather on Wednesday. That said, good progress has been made on the Isle of Wight O2 kits - the bodywork is coming together and yesterday I assembled the chassis - it’s always great to get to this point, it feels as if the hard work is over (which of course it isn’t, it’s often the detail and painting that takes most time) but I breathe a sigh of relief. New to the bench this week are a pair of Barclays in OO - one with a Planet Industrials cab conversion (still available from Light Railway Stores ) and the second will have a small half bunker added on the back. These will both be black, and use custom decals to finish - it’s...
