Work on not one, but two, Barnum brakes has commenced. Basically, the brake carriage is half of a normal saloon (which itself is composed of two identical but handed sections) plus a parcels area. So by cutting parts for the sides of a saloon carriage, and then halving them, I have the passenger saloons for two brakes. I've had to order some more matchboarded material but in the meantime I can at least be working on floors and underframes. And half of each side, of course.