A full team turnout today and quite a bit of work done as well as preparing for the Leeds Model Railway Show. The highlight was showing the team the pattern for the tram wheel which has been produced for the foundry by Heritage Patterns ltd at Lockwood. The general opinion was that the pattern was superb.  All being well the wheels will be cast next week.  The pattern will be on show at the Leeds MRS on the LTHS stand this coming weekend.

The Wheel pattern showing the ribs on the rear and the two cores. The larger one is for the 'loose wheel' that is free to rotate on each axle.  We will have 2 wheels of each type cast.

As well as that very clear sign of progress we removed 2 monitor ribs for repair and took all the protective pads off A side. This means that the pannelling is now complete.  Jim spent the rest of the day filling nail holes and rubbing down.  The panels appear to be very smooth but the acid test will be what they look like when they get painted.  Hopefully next week we can get some primer on once we've warmed the panels up to get the moisture out.  I spent time cutting wedges for assembling the roof and Stephen put more triangular fillets behind the panels on A side.  The basic saloon structure is really coming on.