As I stated when I first wrote for this blog, I have a model railway, which I have been working on since I was very young. It has had many iterations, but this one, the third incarnation is the longest that I have had the model railway. As you can see in the images below,…
Tonight we have the fourth blog post brought to you by Edward Farms. Edward has a fantastic website that I urge all Locoyard Followers to check out ! If you missed it previously, you can catch up with the other blog posts in the series by clicking here I will now leave you in Edward’s…
It has been quite some time since I got stuck into any “serious” modelling and as the to-do list has been growing, I thought I’d complete one project by recreating BR Standard 9F class 92212. This locomotive is normally based at the Watercress Line but has been some time out on the Bluebell Railway on…
Tonight we have the third very special blog post brought to you by Edward Farms. Edward has a fantastic website that I urge all Locoyard Followers to check out ! If you missed it previously, you can catch up with part 1 of this series by clicking here I will now leave you in Edward’s…
Tonight we have a very special blog post, pictures and text are brought to you from of Thomas Barnes. Thomas has kindly written a piece about Australia’s Most Famous Locomotive – NSWGR C 3801. Thomas can be found on Facebook (click here) and the locomotive has a Group page (click here) so after reading this…
Tonight we have the second very special blog post brought to you by Edward Farms. Edward has a fantastic website that I urge all Locoyard Followers to check out ! If you missed it previously, you can catch up with part 1 of this series by clicking here. I will now leave you in Edward’s…
Tonight we have a very special blog post brought to you by Edward Farms. Edward has a fantastic website that I urge all Locoyard Followers to check out ! Without further ado, here is the first of a series of excellent blog posts on the art of weathering… Welcome to a new series of posts…
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway’s A1/A1X terrier is a popular locomotive class for Southern region modellers. Nicknamed terriers because of their small size; relative power and the locomotive’s terrier like bark; they were to be found in use from 1872 into late BR days. Their light weight made them indispensible on light branch lines, including…
Locoyard will be going back in time to Southern Railway in the 1930’s 1940’s very soon. Lined black and Brunswick Green will make way for Olive and malachite green. In preparation for the changeover, I’ve had a look at Lord Nelson, with the view to improving it some more. Much the work has already been…
After much time, I have finally got round to adding the “Golden Arrow” Regalia to Hornby 70004 William Shakespeare. I also fitted a vacuum pipe, coupling hook and
