Tag: ScR
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Some kind of progress.
After a long long time of struggling to get motivated, last week something happened… It’s been five long years since I last attended Model Rail Scotland at the SECC and a lot of water, not all of it kindly has passed under the bridge since then. I decided though that I was going even just…
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Jumbo victory!
I am pleased to report the final completion of Jumbo 57375 as she is now known. All the major work is now complete. Coupling links and loco-tender coupling await but she is otherwise complete at last. It’s been a long, hard road but here we are at the end. Perseverance has borne the sweet fruit…
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Taking stock
One project that has been bubbling away at the back for a while is this LMS Diagram 1790 Period 2 Brake 3rd. It started life as one of those bargain Dapol knocked-down kits that in my opinion offer some of the best kit-basher material around. Modifications include replacement of the bogies with Bachmann version which…
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Workshop developments
After a busy day, I wasn’t going be doing a massive amount of modelling tonight but a couple of hours’ work sees 54495 finally numbered and the steel bodied van recieving the first of it’s weathering. I took the opportunity to add rain strips above the door as 4mm van roofs just look too plain…