Plans afoot

Here starts my plan and experiences in building my first etched kit, obviously this is going to be a long process and I have picked a simple loco (Tmf2_2) to start off with at least I think so though the engine and gearbox placement will have to be carefully thought out. I have started by using Adobe Illustrator to start creating the etch plans and am going to build up the etch layers so that individual components can be checked and refined. Once these plans are completed then tests can be carried out using 3D CAD to check space and tolerances. I am going to be trying out a couple of packages, but this is a little further down the road. So there is quite a steep learning curve for this and the ultimate goal is to produce a couple of kits for my own personal use and then to move on to some more stock, but I am not getting to carried away with this.