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New train, - Tramp - 03-24-2014 New train! Not very exciting for everyone else, but it is for me! it's the old James which takes a 'c' battery, I'm going to give it the same treatment as gorden, new smokebox door, I'm unsure if I should 3v it or not? It runs quite well as it is, RE: New train, - Super - 03-24-2014 Great find Tramp was it Ebay?. Is this like the first generation James? Is the "C" battery housed in the tender like your Gorden? Looks like he could use a little more detailing on his boiler unless I can't see any with the washed out color. He is red isn't he? Look forward to the mod. RE: New train, - Ucwepn - 03-24-2014 Nice buy! I am going to do a detailed version of this James too, I did a 2012 one and I don't like the shape very much hehe Can't wait to see what you do with it. RE: New train, - Tramp - 03-24-2014 Yeah it was from eBay, I've fancied doing another 'steamie' for a while. Your right he is very red and without much detailing, he has the boiler side bars and boiler straps cast into it but not coloured at a all, I've orders a smokebox door, his boiler is a little smaller than gordons so I've ordered a 'class D 0-4-0' door, to be honest it seems to run quite well, and is reasonably fast (and much quiter than Gordon was although I think they have the same drive unit) i really like the shape of James, it feels more proportional than Gordon who has a squished cab, I'll post updates as I go along, thanks RE: New train, - Super - 03-25-2014 It seems that the UK has a lot of sellers that sell smokebox doors and maybe other accessories. The only batch I bought came from your neck of the woods Tramp.