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Wow! this is the second time in a few days that an old item from a year ago suddenly jumps back to the top! Anyway, there is nothing wrong with scratch building. I also have a limited budget and do the same. However you want to make sure the chassis is a good runner first. You don't want to spend 100 hours building a nice loco, only to park it up because it doesn't run very well. Did you know that most manufactures have listed spare parts. One of those is a "motor block" which will give you the wheels and motor all wired up ready to go. So when you build your nice body to go on top you will enjoy using it because it also runs well. You can get a brand new Aristo 0-8-0 wheel and motor chasis for US$57 and diesel wheel blocks for less than that. $57 will probably also buy you a lot of New Bright on ebay, but even after you put all the best bits together, it they probably won't run as well as the Aristo one. My first ever loco was an atriso motor block, with a loco body built by me. Just a thought. Glen.
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