I've made the pattern for the bonnet out of plastikard, and hope to have it cast in resin. I've soldered one set of roof supports together to check they're correct. They're fine, but I made the cutout for the bonnet lip too large.
I now need to make the patterns for the axlebox, spring and chain tensioner, and solder the brake hangers together.
The other photo shows a Great Eastern Railway standard tool box, which I'm having cast in resin, and a GRS class 121 DMU kit, which has been sitting on the shelf for a long time. Unlike the G3 kits from Slaters or Williams, where you can chuck the bits in the air and they land made up, GRS gauge 3 kits need quite a bit of effort from the builder. The buffer beam and steps were etched from my own artwork. It is coming along nicely, I had it painted by Charlie King.
Anyone considering modeling gauge 3 would find this DMU a good place to start. If you add a GRS pannier (or better still, scratch build your own, using the parts available from GRS) plus a Toad brake van, and you've soon got the makings of a western region branch line, without breaking the bank.
The class 121/122 is not just a boring DMU shuttling back and forth. If you check my thread in the WR action forum, you'll see they were used to haul a variety of non-passenger stock.