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Getting down to business at last
I’ve been off work this week which has allowed me to finally get properly to grips with the long procession of models requiring enhancement. This week that has meant some top-end 1960s-era mainline power. First pair out the door into today’s early spring daylight were A2s No 60530 and 60535, both in 1965 condition.’535 is…
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SNOWDRIFT AT BLEATH GILL
Just to illustrate that snow has always been a problem for the railway I thought it was time again to share this well-known BTF film from 1955. It features some good footage of the Stainmore line where the incident occurred and some interesting working practices that might be frowned upon in today’s more safety conscious…
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Harkness – images
Originally posted on G&T Railway Modelling: Harkness is from the people behind Kirkmellington and is loosely based on the old North Sunderland Light Railway from Chathill to Seahouses. This area is probably my favourite part of England; the Merse, south of the Tweed. Only the Eden Valley comes close for me. 😊 It’s lovely modelling…
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Building up steam with Diesels…
February beckons. For me that means that the difficult part of winter has been ploughed through successfully and as the days stretch out, the sun appears as it did today and I start to emerge from hibernation mode. February sees the annual Model Rail exhibition in Glasgow and is invariably a weekend where I get…
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The Far North – Let it Snow!
Originally posted on highland miscellany: With portions of the country suffering from a bit too much of the white stuff of late and with some trains embedded in both snow and mud blockages, I thought it might be fun to look back at the problems that snow caused one part of the Highland Railway’s system…
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Welcome to the new blog
Introducing the Kinlochlaggan blog; the present day Scottish scene in 4mm/OO. Let’s give Eddie some encouragement with his new venture into the Blogosphere! 😊
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E&G DBSO (Pt2)
Originally posted on A Carriage Shop Miscellany: First announced back in 2013 these models have for a variety of reasons been a long time coming. Personally, I think it’ll have been well worth the wait. Whilst they are still at the pre-production stage (these photo’s show the first “Engineering Prototypes”) it is clear that Bachmann…
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Electric Light Omnibus (Bus garage, Montague Place, Brighton, UK)
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport: After a while, you start noticing old transport buildings, even when they’re no longer in their original use. There you are, walking down the street, when you notice out of the corner of your eye something that looks transport-y. And most of the time, when you research it…
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Watering a dead plant.
Today, I reached a conclusion in my modelling activities following a frustrating attempt to replace a motor on a part-built kit chassis. It finally dawned on me that I was no longer getting anything like the enjoyment I once did from the hobby. I considered the various themes in my collection, postwar BR, 1970s industrial,…
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Wedgewood Green…
A day late but here is the A4 I mentioned. A re-brand and weathering exercise to produce 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgewood during the last phase of her service in 1964 when based at Ferryhill depot in Aberdeen. During this time she operated the famous three-hour expresses between Aberdeen and Glasgow Buchanan St. Sorry about the…
Max Stafford's Kennel 