In the post II

Its been a week for packages. 2 in 2 days in fact. The first was the bits for a Uga, of which I'll get on to later in the week. The second was the 3rd iteration of the J sheep wagon underframe etch.

'Mouth watering brassy goodness'

There is only so much temptation that a man can stand, and it was not long before I had one cut out and on the workbench

'Don't worry, I'll be gentle...'

Firing up the old soldering iron, and out with the solder paste (what a fantastic invention). being the 3rd iteration, Mark has worked out the bugs we have pointed out, and added a few nice bits as well.


The spring and axle box assembly folds up in 6 layers, and Mark has worked out how to get the axle box lid set at an angle. A nice touch I must admit. The underframe is a scratch aid rather than a kit, and there are some tricky bits which nearly tripped me up first time round. Finally it was time to add the re gauged 2mm finescale wheels and put it in front of a camera. Note the nice brake cylinder which is a one dimensional fold down.


The brake shoes need a bit of tweaking but apart from that its good to go.
And of course I could not resist putting the J top onto the underframe

Still a bit of work to go, mostly with adjusting the fit of the top to the underframe and add some couplers. Then I have 4 more to make before the convention. I must have a think about the amount of weight that will need to be added as well, which will be a key factor in the running qualities and also the shunting