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On no! I contrived to get a couple of those as a Festive Gift, to do much the same thing. Most difficult kit I’ve ever made I think — whatever you do, don’t drop any bits on the carpet. I’m very impressed with the chains, I’ve spent ages looking for appropriate brown string. And you haven’t painted ...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:49 am “Marvellous looking transmitter that .......”

Indeed. Thank you. I wish I’d stumbled across it sooner.

Fab scratch-builds too, of course. The Kerr Stuart is particularly agreeable, I think.

Most on the forum do 16mm — but here’s some semi-G-scale Bulleids, shot for a video a couple of years ago. I suspect you can tell that whatever’s in that glass, it’s not London Pride.

Thank you very much!

Spreeweld wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:37 pm “….building bigger engines for my railway, I get carried away…”

Yup, me too. That one looks enormous. Brill!

https://photos.simonwood.info/index?/ca ... ruary_2023


That’s a great set of pictures, as well as it all looking beautifully built and finished.

“This is what I produced for a 4mm backscene, but was still an improvement on bare hardboard” I suppose if you study your photograph, you might be able to work out where 3D ends and which is the backdrop — but I think it’s extraordinarily effective. The matching of colour and tone is completely con...

"...a glimpse into the minds of fellow modellers" I feel suitably chastened. So, just to illustrate just how off-the-scale nerdy I can be, here’s the amended, annotated plan / cheat sheet / mood board / user guide, I assembled as the rebuild began. Not followed exactly , of course, for al...

“…how have you altered the proportions?” As delivered, Diesel measured (in mm) 168H x 115W x 324L but its wheels appeared to be undersized and the running plate too low, which also appeared to exaggerate the length of the overhangs at each end. I thought it looked a bit weird. To sit comfortably wi...

Thank you kindly! I did have a look at the real, cut down Class 08/9 versions, as Andrew suggests (there’s a picture on the BR class 08 Wikipedia page). Ironically, their rebuild would have been constrained by the full-sized wheels and higher running plate — the lack of which I was complaining about...

Shunter_1540_800.jpg Probably the most flattering angle. Grill held on with sellotape Shunter_1545_800.jpg Chopped and modified to fit. A few bits to glue on after painting Bachmann Large Scale ‘Thomas’ range Devious Diesel makeover I bought this online, assuming that I’d replace the sour face on t...

Wow! Wonderful.

“Lima created a 33 along similar lines back in the 80s” What a clot! I’ve only just noticed, prompted by your Lima picture — Thank you — that I’ve put the lift-off roof on the wrong way round in all my snaps. This is despite spending ages on a wire mesh grill and red cooling fan (that you can’t rea...

Thanks for the kind remarks. The pictures are a bit naughty really. It is in ‘authentic’ Rail Blue and in most circumstances (certainly at this time of year) doesn’t look as bright as that. I could attempt to modify the dodgy bogies later on — but I want to finish the rest of it first.

1_33_1425B.jpg 2_33_1368B.jpg 3_33_1388B.jpg 4_33_1455B.jpg 10_33_14518.jpg G-scale Class 33. I’ve boosted the colour a little, it was all looking a bit dull and gloomy Well, it’s certainly bright and cheerful now. I’ve not stumbled across any evidence of Class 33s actually in a ‘large logo’ livery...

Oh! I didn’t think the second picture would be considered an entry — I figured it was sort of background guff for the main pic… And it’s got a vote! Philipy — if you need to drop one, feel free. Apologies.

It is, it is! The ‘Thomas’ one, of course.

Fingers crossed it won’t look too small — I may have to organise the sequence of wagons specifically to disguise that, or attempt to.

33_yellow_1017.jpg sprayday_1_1028.jpg sprayday_2_1157.jpg Spray day. Keen-eyed viewers will identify the newspaper to be The Yorkshire Post (!) Between being very busy (though with intermittent spells of extreme laziness) and many, miserably rainy days, I’ve made a little progress. I have to say t...

Rod — Thank you very much!

Bulleid_double-heading_186_800.jpg My pictures all end up looking the same – but anyway, here’s another one. Semi-scale BR: Double-headed Bulleids His initial proposals for replacing the Southern fleet of ancient tank engines. Didn’t happen, of course. [Below] I like this angle from the other side ...

Keith — that’s great, thank you (as I should’ve said a couple of weeks ago)