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Thanks John, I have recently found the joys of scratchbuilding. I have purchased an HO scale Bcahmann Hogwarts Express and I wanted it to look like it was going some where. As I was on a limited budget then, I made one end of the Quidditch Pitch (and I am currently working on the castle, out of styfofoam) with thich parchment like paper from a drawing pad. I have seen many suggestions on complex scratchbuilding so thats what drove me away in the first place. But after seeing yours (boiler from pluming pide, cab and tender shell from plastikard, and buffers from the Gauge One society and other fittings from them) I have deciced to give it a try. I will e-mail the Severn Valley Railway today and ask politly if I could please have a copy of a hall engine blueprints and drawings. I have tried to sratch build the Qudditch Pitch during the 180 days we had to attend school (I did this at home, not at school) but it was to stressfull and I counldn't. But know school is out and I have freeded myself from all the tyranyy on torture of school and I can make one as my Quidditch pitch dosent look half bad and whats finished of the castle dosen't either, so know I can focus soley on this project. I have gone to Lowes, a home improvment store in my town and I have taken the engine and a coach adn he found a can of card freindly paint that was easy to use, that was a perfect match. I will use the "Make Your Own Decal" sheets that I have bought from Walthers for large Scale Trains and I will make the tender emblem and the button like emblem that goes on the coaches. I will use bachmann chassis or what ever you call the wheels. Cheerio, Nicholas Parker (Age 13)
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