D1054 said:
That's beautiful work Dan. I'll be following your lead when building Monitor, Consort and Invader, and will be changing Governors cabs too when time allows. Really, really nice. I should think you're delighted with the results of your work and attention to detail here....... I certainly would be.
Thanks Ian for your very kind words (and to CME and Rob for the additional votes of approval).
I certainly am delighted with the results so far, but probably more so because I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now and although I've been modelling for as many years as I can remember, I've only ever finished one thing (and that was back in 1986 - see below).
Seeing the bare resin cabs from a JLTRT Western when I visited Telford about 4 years ago, was what prompted me to ditch 4mm (P4) and join the big boys. Western's are such fantastic looking locos and the JLTRT kit has captured the look extremely well. That said though, having bought the kit, I still saw room for a few tweaks here and there and with a bit of TurboCAD knowledge under my belt, I started to design a few bits and pieces that would hopefully improve the look of this model. (I'm also doing etches for other projects, but that's another story).
All being well, once I get my sound decoder back from SWD after Telford, I'll make a concerted effort to get Rifleman finished this side of Christmas.
As for my only finished project to date, it's this scratchbuilt 4mm scale WW2 pillbox?.