I sit at the bench, and arrange the various, carefully husbanded, parts necessary for the backhead detailing. I go through and check everything I need - only to find I’m short of the combination steam and vacuum brake casting.
No problem. I can dive into my ever copious collection of bits…
Oh, I don’t appear to have that part. Now, that’s a bother. It’s kind of important.
Before I approach Mr Griffin to see if he's willing to let me have one component from his GWR backhead sets, I’m going to stick a post in the Wanted section here to see if any Thunderers may have the relevant casting in their Bits Box I might be able to acquire. It won’t be right now, as it’s lunchtime and tummies being filled comes first in this house.