This page is where members can submit photographs and reports on the progress of their models.
To submit send an email with details and photos in jpeg format to Ken Staniforth.

This is a Garrett 7HP Agricultural engine in 4" scale. Progress has been very spasmodic and slow. I'm working towards getting the boiler re-tested, I just need to make the manhole clamps but I'm constantly side tracked! The back wheel hubs are ready for milling, the foundry for casting the gears is well underway and my locomotive, an 0-4-2 similar to Wren, is in the early stages and in need of casting to get the chassis rolling.

Edward Thomas, 0-4-2, based on the Tallyllyn (ex-Corris) loco in 7 1/4 gauge, as it stands May 2008 and has done for the last four years, a familiar story to others I'm sure. The basic frames are complete and waiting for horns, axle boxes and wheels, hence the need for the foundry! In the last couple of months I've started on the patterns and more recently on the main springs. Its surprising how many bits there are in leaf spring suspension. Pictures of the foundry in operation will be added later and should prove interesting. First firing is expected in six to eight weeks but don't hold your breath - timescales have a habit of slipping. The first furnace is a coke fired forced draft crucible furnace but I'm also constructing a small cupola furnace with a theoretical maximum tap of 25 lbs of iron every five to eight minutes. We shall see!

Edward Thomas 1st June. Over the last few weeks I've been working on parts which fit directly on the frames whilst they are still light enough to swing round. The main suspension is complete, all seventy two components and various brackets for the brakes. It seems strange to have brakes before wheels but there is some rationality to this and 'all bits count'. More brackets to follow this month then on with the furnace for casting horns and axleboxes.