It's finished. After a few little tweaks such as re-glazing a couple of windows and fitting the buffer-heads, the loco has been delivered.
It's a lovely kit and the result is a very handsome model. I think it looks better than the 3.5 and 4mm versions.
At Telford it attracted much favourable comment, although by the end of Saturday no-one had placed an order. Mind you this isn't uncommon with a new model that hasn't received any pre-publicity. 
The first time anyone knows about it is when they see it on a stand. At 100 quid plus motor, wheels and gears it's cheap for a O gauge loco but still not an impulse buy !
The show itself was quieter than normal and those walking around didn't seem to be staggering under the weight of their boxes as normal. Of course we are suffering from a "credit crunch", the BBC reports that croissants are up 47% - a precursor to the end of the world if ever there was one, so that may have affected things. More likely the last few days of heavy rain and floods have dissuaded people from travelling too far. By close of play at 5pm the hall still had to be emptied of modellers with no homes to go to !
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