Update

Not much has been done on the railway this year due to other commitments which have limited my railway running time and the fact that the garden shed I have been using as a workshop is not suitable for this use. The shed is cold and quickly gets filled with rubbish.

My daughter has moved out and we now have a spare room and I have managed to persuade the wife to left me set up a work desk in there. I will take some pictures and show the first model that has been produced there.

With Christmas on its way the spare room is now full of boxes containing the decorations but I still have room to use the work desk. It needs a tidy and the drawers need to be labeled which I will do tomorrow evening and then I can get on with building kits.

I will do another update later this week with some pictures and I will also be updating the lists of locos and stock.

Big update (again!)

I have not been keeping this blog up to date mainly because I have not really been able to do very much to the railway for some time as we have been doing a lot of other things that have taken up my time.

The locomotive stud has been added to with the addition of a LAT locomotive built from a PDF kit.

The LAT body ready for paint

The kit consists of a 1 piece body with a chassis block that has a few extra pieces bolted on plus an engine block to fill in that big hole.

The body was sanded off as the 3D printing process does leave striping marks behind as the various layers are added one at a time. This does take some time but it is worth doing as it leaves a good surface for the paint to be applied.

The chassis went together very quickly with the side plates bolted on and the engine mount fitted along with the motor itself. Wheels and gears completed the build ready for use

The body and chassis were bolted together to make sure everything fitted and it all looked good.

Loco in one piece

With the engine casting fitted the loco looks great

 Wiring followed and then the external paint and the roof were added. The loco was lightly weathered and had other details added.

It doesn't yet run as a loco as I am aiming on creating a battery and control wagon to run with the smaller locos that has not yet been built so the LAT will not be seen running for a while yet.

The roof, vents and paint added. 

Completed (almost) loco out on the railway.