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Puggies, not piggies!
Sorry, but I couldn’t resist cashing in on the British Establishment’s ongoing obsession with expired livestock with a cheap headline of my own! It’s really just a crude way of drawing your attention to a new project I’ve started. 🙂 Last year I purchased the High Level Models kit for the Barclay 0-6-0 side tank…
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Another pair of offerings.
I have another couple of locos up for sale; both having received the full weathering and effects treatment. First up is the Hornby ‘super detail 8F in 1963 condition. Coal has also been added to the tender. Offers in the region of £130 would be gratefully received for this model. Also available is the Hornby…
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If you build it, they will come.
Twenty-five years ago; if you had told me that in the 21st Century I’d be riding down the re-born Waverley Route behind a Peppercorn A1 Class locomotive I would have asked you what you’d just dropped. Man… On Sunday the 13th September 2015, though no illicit chemistry of any sort was involved, that’s exactly what…
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Fire Sale
Just a heads up folks. A recent hefty vets bill which had to go on the plastic heralds a large forthcoming cull of stock from my fleet. I’ll be listing stuff starting over the next couple of days but it will be an ongoing event over the next week or two. Among the goodies will…
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The pleasure of photographing Rhyd once again.
I hadn’t heard of this layout and while narrow gauge isn’t my particular forte, high quality modelling is. Nigel’s blog is always worth a look in any case!
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In the wake of Coronach
Having finished work at 2.30 yesterday, I decided since it was such a nice evening to give Abi her evening walk along the old section of the Waverley Route between Lyneside Station and the erstwhile level crossing at Fauldmoor. Whilst the route in itself closed in January 1969, the section between Brunthill and Longtown stayed…
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Catching up
Well, as my recovery progresses I’ve been stepping up activity across the board and getting out more and more. Having had the result I wanted after going back to hospital for a report and check up, I’m now clear to get back to work though I have leave to take next week too. Which is…
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Good homes required…
Two more high-specification finish locos have emerged from the kennel this week; Firstly we have a Bachmann BR Standard 5MT, done as 73121, depicted as she would have appeared in 1965 a few weeks after her last overhaul and operating out of the former G&SWR shed at Corkerhill. The second loco is an Ivatt 4MT…
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Some models for sale.
Over the next week or two I’ll be putting up some custom-finished models for sale as I need to raise some funds to both pay a bill and to finance a wee project I have in mind regarding Alba Model Effects. I’m also moving some models for a friend. The first two are shown below.…
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La’l Ratty
Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway with some friends. We started out early from Carlisle, conveniently timing things to catch one of the services currently operated by top and tail Class 37s from DRS on top of Mk2f stock, all supplied by DRS but operated on behalf of Northern.…
Max Stafford's Kennel 