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The Great Goodbye
Originally posted on Phil Lambell: THEY’RE just machines aren’t they? One hundred and two tons of metal forged and hammered into shape to fulfil a function. Mallard at The Great Goodbye Well yes, and no. If that’s all they were we wouldn’t care about them would we? Not only do we care, we are in…
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Rise of the Buckjumper; The T18 Class
Originally posted on Basilica Fields: James Holden took the job of Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Eastern in 1885 during a period of great urgency for both new express passenger engines and shunting/light goods locos. The company had recently exploited the opportunities presented by the direct link to the industrial heartland of Yorkshire with the…
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Additional items.
Some more items to add to the mox tonight. First is the Sentinel 0-4-0 in the guise of the Kelso yard pilot; later relocated to Ayr. Model has been weathered and coaled £65 for this one. Next is a Heljan 26/0, backdated to D5316 circa 1964 when she was a regular on Waverley Route Class…
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Shaking the bucket
Being confronted with some expensive car repairs has forced a reassessment of my modelling priorities and I’ve decided that all equipment that is not directly of use on Broomloan Yard or Culreoch is going. Below is the first wave of items. Only D55 and 45120 have seen any kind of action and all the rest…
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Bogie Plate wagon
Last night, after an enjoyable day up at the SECC in Glasgow, I got home and after tea, started work on one of my recently-acquired Cambrian BR Boplate E plate wagons. Cambrian are good at covering the more niche end of the wagon market although it has to be said, a little more builder input…
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Introducing Broomloan Yard
You may have noted I’ve made mention of a project I’m thinking about lately, so finally I’m going to bring my ideas out into the open and tell you a bit about the Broomloan Yard concept. (Photo courtesy of Urban Glasgow Forum) Based to some degree on the erstwhile yard at Govan (a quaint fishing…
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More 782 details
This afternoon I’ve been adding more detail to the 782 in the form of lubricators, fabricated from plastic rod and fuse wire. Additionally, I’ve produced false ends for the axles to mask the Markits axle nuts. One other refinement I added before finishing initial painting was rivet detail for the smokebox and buffer beam. These…
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through a glass, divinely (stained glass at railway stations)
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport: Stained glass is an art form which has been around for well over a thousand years. Initially brought to public attention through its use in religious buildings (when such institutions were practically the only bodies with the resources to commission work of this complexity and expense), it has…
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Detailing the 782
The last few nights I’ve been adding the details to the 782 tank and she now has the handrails added. Please try to ignore the state of the continuous smokebox handrail. It’s truly appalling – I always struggle with forming those accurately. There is probably a very simple formula or method to forming these but…
Max Stafford's Kennel 