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Sorry if this is a daft question, but whose kit is this?

Will you drive one wheelset, or both?

Atmosphere...........from a not even half finished model. Brilliant.

I, for one, will travel to see this, and will make myself known to thank you for the pics.

I hope to see 45685, "Barfleur", there on shed;)

Wow, it DOES look like 89001. When you first started cutting I doubted it..........

Looks good. Strange how these little non-standard diesels are so interesting.

Was the article in MRJ called "Creating Havoc"?

Has anyone asked what tuntable you will be using?

James: I'm sure I've seen strip-type LEDs, not even sure if they WERE LEDs, but certainly gave a striplight effect. Can't remember where though.

Try a post on "Questions".

Just wondered. It was obvious from the interior drawing, which I hadn't seen before, that it was for some sort of maintenance, but not what sort.

I like the interior drawing, btw, more atmosphere. Even empty.

In terms of this "story", what does this shed actually DO?

Sanding sticks can be made cheaply by using PVA glue to stick a load of lolly sticks, (available in supermarkets etc), onto various grades of wet-or-dry paper, then cutting round the sticks with a craft knife. You can then have loads of any grade you want.

I've also made some from 20x10mm stripwood, with the "sandpaper" on the 10mm side, excellent for sanding areas which need to be kept flat, the stripwood won't flex.

I don't know if I missed it on an earlier post, but what will be the finished size of your model?

Intresting, as the last one was. Somehow, the closed door of the last one made me want to know what is in there.

Im assuming that some sort of delivery would be made to the shed by road: would lorries have the turning space? Or room to back up to reverse in?

I ask as I have driven HGV's and some allowance always seems to be made. Rigid wheelbase trucks are no joke to manoeuvre, (sp), trust me.

That already has atmosphere.

Two LEDs per cab? Or one?

Did none of the outbuildings have gutters or downpipes?

Did it have no gutters or downpipes?

As always, looks amazing. I click on each instalment like a kiddy on Christmas morning.

I don't think crayons are wax crayons like we used to use, they are more like artists' coloured pencils?

The ones here on the works are grey. Very dirty, but grey.

Is that system still available? Reminds me of the old Bako-Builder sets of my childhood. I would think it would be brilliant if done in 7mm scale.

Is this a set of coupling rods, or a full valve gear set, since your description leads me to think you may have the connecting rods too?

Pretty neat idea!

Interesting. The local works here in Scunny used loads of them at one time, in the days when slag was just tipped. Nowadays, it's "Foamed" in a separate process and used for roadbeds, breezeblocks etc.

Most, if not all ours here, were round, rather than square at the top. Two of ours are preserved outside the current works main entrance, and what used to be a works entrance:icon_sad:

Are you going to model the wire rope used to tip them?

jim s-w's method is the one I mean. If you make the bearers and cross members from two strips of decent ply, screwed and glued to spacers, which can be thicker ply, blockboard, softwood, or even hardwood if available, and use plenty of diagonal cross-bracing, I can't see it warping far.

Then do as Jim says, yacht varnish, first coat thinned, sprayed/painted all over it.