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Thanks for the pictures - it's a very attractive line!

Love the locos and stock too, of course...

I was uncertain about the green to begin with but the black brings it to life. Thanks! I realised this morning that it's similar to Southern malachite green - perhaps I should have lined in yellow and added "sunshine" lettering?! I've just spent an hour or so making a template for the end...

Tidy. Lining the flywheel is a very nice touch. Thank you! The flywheel was actually the easiest bit, because that little lip gave me a smooth continuous line to follow... I prefer the spoked flywheels on the "Vincent" locos, but am quite glad I don't have one or I might have felt obliged...

Hello again, So, as promised, here's a picture of Daisy and tender once sprayed green and edged in black: Green 1.jpg Bright, isn't it?! With some trepidation, I dusted off the long-unused lining pen, cracked open a new tin of Humbrol red, and set to work... In my first session I had some trouble ge...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:35 pm Wot, no cat? Certainly an unusual and slightly scary wee beastie. Perfect for Halloween.

That's what I thought, especially with the music!

It's looking splendid, I'm looking forward to seeing it with a train in tow...

The first photo are derelict Mk.3 Quarrymen's coaches https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Quarrymen%27s_carriages The second photo is either Carriage 15 or Carriage 16 https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Carriage_15 https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Carriage_16 The third photo is one of the 'Bowside...

Looking good! I love it when an on again, off again project comes back into on again after a while. Thank you! I've managed to maintain momentum today, masking up loco and tender and taking them outside into the last of the year's warm sunshine (?) to spray the black edging. There were a few blemis...

Nice paint job, will follow the post. And it's a good thing that the pictures no longer run via photobucket. The watermark doesn't allow for proper viewing. If you open the link in a new tab you can get the watermark out, but the view is a lot smaller. Or am I doing something wrong. I gave my Konra...

Well this thread took some finding! My on/off project of cosmetic changes to the Regner has mostly been in "off" mode for several years, but I did build a tender body and chassis, which is now complete apart from detailing. I'm on leave this week, and the sun came out yesterday, so I took ...

Always a pleasure to see a catch up from you, thank you!

Isn't it amazing how, however many locos you buy/build, you always seem to be in the midst of a minor motive power crisis! Well, I am anyway - I'm not good at keeping up with maintenance!

Brilliant! That looks absolutely fantastic!

philipy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:13 pm The timber finish is especially nice

It is, isn't it?!

I really like this little wagon, very much looking forward to seeing it with the crane.

Thanks for the kind words chaps, much appreciated! Each year, come the autumn, the (WH)WHR gives up on passenger services, and this weekend's sunshine seemed the perfect opportunity to mark the occasion. Having finally outshopped three very long-term carriage projects this year, the train pretty muc...

Very nice indeed - a freelance design (I think?) that looks utterly believable. Lovely details too...

I was wondering why I had a "Toad" in mind, not the right era at all, and then I realised - I was thinking of the Titfield Thunderbolt!

That looks lovely! Will you add a guard's van?

I love that little wren, beautifully done!

It'll look lovely pootling about with few tippers or slate wagons...

FWLR wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:28 am PS. are you taking any commissions on weathering work...

Yep - but if this one's anything to go by, the waiting list currently stands at 14 years...

Knowing nothing about narrow gauge or its history, I find it difficult to comment usefully beyond coming out with stuff like… Looks great, really neat, nicely weathered. Cool ‘Raspberry Beret’ ref. Thanks Bertie! I've a feeling that the Ffestiniog could be a good "gateway drug" to the wor...

There's also a girl in a raspberry beret, waiting to be pulled by Prince*. Extraordinary work here, both on the carriage and especially on exceptional quality and effort in this transcendent dad-joke. People have said some very kind things on here over the years, mostly about model trains - this, h...