If you have followed my New Street thread you might be aware of the following, if not you probably know about the Great British Locomotives magazine. Well I haven't really paid that much attention but recently they featured a Jinty which I've always quite liked. So a copy was purchased and the following image taken just for the hell of it.

It should have stopped there but I've found myself looking at things like th brassmasters detailing kit and the high level chassis. Then the brassmasters deely 0-4-0. This is far from a good thing trust me. But if I went down this route what would I do with them? I find myself looking at various locations arround my house in the black country and the sidings at brettle lane have a certain appeal. I can get there in about 15 minutes on foot and while there's not a lot to look at now with a slight relocation of the canal and some selected local buildings there's the genesis of a little industrial themed plaything.
Add in that the shopping centre for new street is going to take a long time and this side project might just be worth considering...
There's a few other things that appeal too, the idea of selecting somewhere to model rather than always knowing what I was going to do is something new. Having to research something from scratch is also new.
Cheers
Jim