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These are all fantastic, so tempted now!

Roof detailing done, interior lights on (wish I hadn't bought cheapo battery boxes from eBay!) and the windows completed using a paint pen.

Oh and after a great deal of searching managed to find some plastic letters of just the right size to allow me to add the name boards at each end just how I wanted them.

Not much movement in the last few weeks, but started on the roof and the roof detailing (also fitted a couple of lights to the interior)

that's them, thanks v.much

I recall from the Peterborough 16mm show this year there was a firm selling some great resin kits, one of which was a tardis/police box.

Can anyone recall the name of the firm? And even better a link to their website?

Brickwork done (needs weathering), the interior has been fixed in place, the windows glazed and fitted.

Next steps: start detailing the top sides and begin work on the roof

Please keep this thread up to date with progress, should be a great project

I don't need to clean the track for electrical pick up, but just to save time clearing leaves, twigs and other things that can cause rolling stock to derail. So I've had an idea of a simple electric motor to drive a brush to sweep away the debris. I bought an IP Engineering flat bed truck at the Pet...

Couple of new photos of progress so far

Started a paint scheme for my coaches very (very!) loosely based on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway colours. Being pulled by my Ragleth http://i.imgur.com/4VpnvWT.jpg Being pulled by a very clean Feanor (who has since been heavily weathered) http://i.imgur.com/Aj8sLw4.jpg Being pulled by my ver...

Not quite meccano bought, but the idea and eBay search took me to a place to get some simple "Robot parts" which should do the trick

I'm looking to build a simple track clearer (not cleaner, clearer. something to clear twigs, leaves etc from the track). The idea is a flat bed truck with a circular brush at the front driven by a small electric motor that will spin and brush away the debris. I'm after a supplier for cogs, gears, ch...

Finally got round to painting some of the lineside bits and bobs I bought at the 16mm show! In between work on the signal box (post in the Projects board)

Not a huge amount of progress since the last time, spent a bit of time building the steps. These were foamboard in the main, the spindles were brass rods that I inserted through holes drilled vertically and then tops were rounded off using milliput. The brickwork has been dremelled out and a base un...

One of the downsides of this years Peterborough was seeing the Stanley on the roundhouse engines through the years and then seeing a number of them running on the layouts :( At the time they were build I didn't have enough spare cash for an order, love the engine though. Hopefully one day roundhouse...

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:21 am I will not be there but if you can get one then it would be good to put usernames to faces.

This re: usernames to faces!

I'll be there (6ft shaved head ie bald with a beard, with a dad, son and brother in tow )

Excellent loco! Out of interest what did you use to glue the plasticard together? I've used it for buildings and for the base of an IP loco. Have used evostik serious glue, unibond extreme repair and gorilla glue. Hate GG, the other two are excellent for buildings but found with constant handling of...

Another day and some more progress! Brick work completed using a dremel and a flat head screwdriver to detail the foam board. Side shed built using a combination of foam board and coffee stirer cladding. Getting to the tricky point of when to add the window frames, pre or post painting the interior?...

Slow progress over the last few weeks, but a couple of pics of the interior coming on. Combination of foam board, plasticard and wooden BBQ skewers