Category: Modelling
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Pickersgill update
Lining is now completed. This locomotive has a fairly rare dome configuration for the mid 1950s and I’ve been unable to find a suitable lowland match. Therefore she is to become 54495 of Inverness. Actually, at close of play tonight, one side has already been numbered with the other being done tomorrow. Then the proper…
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Dia. 1829; further.
Construction, now completed, I can lay the model aside overnight to dry. Tomorrow she can cross the workshop to the painting department. In summary; a nice, satisfying build requiring just enough attention and experience to keep it interesting in a pleasant, relaxed way. Everything I expect from a wagon kit in fact. Finally, before anyone…
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Cambrian Diagram 1829 build.
Today I’ve had a nice afternoon and evening tackling a Cambrian kit. This is my first build to EM and depicts the LMS diagram 1829 12 ton steel van. Not a difficult build by any means but a degree of previous experience helps with the kit. Whilst I’m not in a position to check the…
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Pickersgill update No1
Finally the details such as lamp irons have been fitted to the Pickersgill. Priming and basic painting has taken place now and the model is being made ready for lining. In the second photo I have added the red of the buffer beams and the cream for the cab interior. It’s surprising just how much…
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Gresley hack latest.
Some progress has been made on the Gresley 61′ TK over the last few days. I hadn’t been overly happy with the gutter area which I threw a lot of filler at before I was satisfied. I also restored the continuity of the gutters with Microstrip and although still a bit off perfect, it looked…
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The First Tranche, Pt 2.
Two more wagons have emerged into the sunlight as winter starts it’s transition into spring in the Border Lands. First up is a 13 ton Medfit, built from a Parkside kit and intended for engineers’ use. In reality the Medfits had but a short service life as traffic loss and operational changes rendered them increasingly…
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Bread and Butter
Two of the Waverley Route’s goods workhorses. The B1 4-6-0 and the ex NBR S Class/ J37 0-6-0. The B1 is a bashed about Hornby model and the J37 was built from an old NB Models kit and an NBR 4mm developments etched chassis. For my money these are the best designed etched chassis on…
Max Stafford's Kennel 