After a busy couple of days, it’s nice to sit back and watch the trains! Beattie Well Tank 30587 has been shunted into the yard (see below) and Southern N15 736 Excalibur pulling a short rake of two Maunsell carriages (see above). This Hornby model is excellent in every department; a flawless powerful runner that…
Another video, a little longer this time, showing most of the layout. My camera’s film function is poor to say the least, but I hope it gives you a good idea of how the new carriages and loco yard in general look, Flushglaze Bulleid rolling stock in action Part 2 21C123 Blackmore Vale is the…
Just a quick lunchtime clip of Blackmore Vale in action with the flushglaze Bulleid stock: Hornby Blackmore Vale with Bachmann Flushglaze Bulleid stock
Today I carried on where I left off yesterday by completing the flush glaze windows to the other side of the Bachmann carriage (incidentally, I forgot to mention that this is a corridor/open brake). Again this took a lot of time, in fact my thumb is aching now as I type! Overall I’d estimate it…
Today I have been working intensively on one of my rolling stock projects – fitting flush glazing to a Bachmann Bulleid carriage. When complete it will form one of only two Bulleid carriages in the fleet. And today I was reminded of why that is! The Bachmann model looks very dated without fitting SE Finecast…
Just a quick entry for a Saturday morning. To follow from my previous post, I noticed that my remaining 3 Bulleid locomotives were in a neat line! These are (from front to back) Q1 class C8, rebuilt West Country class 34026 Yes Tor and original West Country spam can 21C123 Blackmore Vale. All three…
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.
Loco Yard 