Today’s post shows two models that started life with different identities. Both were re-numbered and re-named by Modelmaster decals/brass nameplates (http://www.modelmasterdecals.com/). My experience with using Modelmaster’s decals has always been very good and I thoroughly recommend using them. In the case of Port Line, the cab numbers included a green blanking patch. The nameplates are…
Just a quick post to begin the tour of the layout I promised in my first post. This is the castle ruins, built to disguise the controller (a Hornby Select). It was built from foam packaging, with the rock face created by pva glue watered down on tissue paper. It was painted brown, with a grey rock…
Can anyone spot what’s missing from the above picture? Answer – the nameplate! Unfortunately I noticed today that Standard Arthur 5MT 73082 Camelot has lost one of its nameplates. I’ve been unable to find it anywhere, though like most things that are lost, I’ll probably find it when I stop looking for it! This Bachmann…
Carrying on from yesterday’s post, the M7 was switched for a terrier. Certainly one of my favourite classes of locomotive, my childhood visits to the Kent and East Sussex Railway and occasional special visits to the Bluebell Railway meant I’ve seen many terriers! This 00 scale model was manufactured by Dapol, before the tooling was sold to…
Just a quick update. Hornby M7 number 42 has been pulling a train of two Maunsell coaches. As usual, the model performs very well, being both smooth and quiet. Pulling power is its only weakness, but it copes fine with this small consist around the tight 2nd radius curves.
My first Blog ever…. exciting (for me at least!) Well, this is as good a time as any to talk a little about me and (fortunately for you!) more about my layout and collection. As for me, my interest in steam engines started; as these things usually do in my childhood. I was brought up near…
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