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That really, looks the part, love the skew design too... If you build the colour up gradually I reckon you'll get it spot on. It might be a candidate for the "only in natural light" rule I apply when I'm weathering rolling stock etc, I find it very hard to judge colour accurately in artificial light...

That's amazing, well done!

I love reading your blog - well-written and informative without being "preachy", and nicely illustrated too. I tend to drop in every six months or so to find a big pile of new articles waiting for me...

Those visitor numbers are well-deserved - keep it coming!

Andrew.

Hello Peter, I'm glad you're able to get modelling again, I always look forward to updates from your line(s) - a continuous run in the basement will be fantastic, a great way to test stock or just to run trains when you want to play but the weather doesn't. I really like those little HGLW opens, I'l...

What a monster, I love it! And I didn't know Mr Bulleid had some Q1-esque tank engines planned - yours is very believable, a kind of Q1/Standard tank love child, certainly not "boring and stodgy", although I love the quote. You've got a great eye for messing about with scale and proportions whilst s...

I really enjoyed that, thank you. I love how the bridges all serve a real purpose created by the contours of your garden...

Cheers,

Andrew.

I went to the birthday party of an ex-colleague last night and found that the GMRC was a major topic of conversation, by people I had no idea had an interest in railways! They seemed quite impressed, and tell me that a second series is planned... I still haven't got beyond the first one yet but real...

Looking good! Love the photos of your busy day from your last post too, especially the one of two trains passing...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Beutiful wagon, I love 'em! It's always a pleasure to see such attention to detail on "humble" wagons - I've always drawn the line at the ironwork inside wooden bodied wagons, but maybe I should re-think! Inspiring stuff, thanks for sharing the photos.

Andrew.

The whole train's looking wonderful, it'll be a delight to see that trundling round the garden. I love the CRV (I'm tempted, but I'm almost put off 'cos I'll need to paint mine in plain green to suit my line and time period...) and the little bug box is great. I'm so impressed with how quickly you'v...

I'm considering bronze green or Rail Blue, with warning panels on each end. I like the "what livery" game - how about Class 14 style two-tone green? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1JTDd5CY1Q/U6XQNOupmQI/AAAAAAAAAzs/Cv--8meLJeo/s1600/12+Class+14+D+9531+Sheringham+12June14+(Copy).jpg Have fun with it - i...

Great video - a lovely train on a fascinating railway. And I love the brake van too, it looks just right...

Andrew.

Wow! Tom, that's fantastic, thank you! I'm very much looking forward to giving her a run back home sometime (naturally she's already rostered for the first passenger train of next season), but for now - enjoy!

Thanks again,

Andrew.

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Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:12 am

Nice and clean underneath there Tom…..

Rather embarrassingly, I don't think it was anything like that clean when I sent it to Tom!!!

Happy tinkering Tom!

Andrew

That's looking really fantastic, I love the prototype Deltic vibe!

Cheers,

Andrew.

Thanks for the kind words re the building folks, much appreciated... At the same time as I finished that one off I was giving the old platform shelter at Clarach a bit of a refresh. It's a Pendle Valley Workshop resin kit, always intended as a stopgap and so not built with quite the care it should h...