When you're a visiting engine on another railway

Does make me wonder if someone's taken a picture of FR No. 20 with a little green smudge on the buffer beam...

"Darbee, 'ere we come!"

I feel if she has two or three more of these coaches it would look quite nice

a part 2 of sorts to something i uploaded in my twitter days. for @mrjoj.bsky.social #digitalart #commission

As well as Enfys, Ember proved herself a versatile little engine by pulling the skarloey heritage rake. That being said I might have to invest in some corris coaches because she looked at home with that in tow...!

One thing that I do see as an absolute achievement is Enfys. In a 16mm form was designed from the ground up by me and spent those glorious days being pulled or propelled around lechfann without a single bind or jam up. The next process is now motorising her!

@mrjoj.bsky.social here's yer photos

(Had a few more but they didn't turn out so well!)

Trains are very silly.

Headboards are by @mrjoj.bsky.social

All set for awdry next week, Including an array of Dumb headboards to come with them!

Looking forward to Llangollen tomorrow, the fleet has been oiled and serviced, here's to hoping they're well liked by the crowds. If you see any of these three running around, I won't be too far away...!

I'd probably say late 1936 almost 1937. It's not just a process of taking Henry's boiler off and dropping another on, there's also the draughtsman going over the ways to rebuild him, then planning his rebuild around what Crewe normally dealt with daily

I dunno about you, as time goes on, these awdry events I feel have become a little less about the funny blue little train, but more about meeting the ones who've been brought to Tywyn by him. That's what I've enjoyed most about the awdry events.

So my recent trip to Scotland made Fuqnoes live up to her bastard lineage. Her resin printed tanks had some uncured resin pockets in them. When we went on the plane, this pressurized that pocket and she proceeded to upchuck resin your Chihuahua threw up in your white bag...! Love her really.

Skarloey takes the express

So Ember did quite well for her first competition.

Unfortunately I couldn't make the Stoneleigh exhibition, but Ember was brought along to the model of the year competition by a friend. While she didn't win, I'm impressed she made it as far as she did...!

Hello all, just me carrying on the age old tradition of rebuilding engines certified little goobers, this is my latest 16mm binge engine "Little Success"

From beauty to Bastard.

Say hello to the latest bastard Bagnall to enter the 16mm realm; "Fuqnoes"

Ember saw her first run in public at the midland garden railway show this weekend. She was definitely turning heads when she trundled round. I didn't think it would be as fun as it was, but low and behold, going to need to find out where I can do this more often...!

You have Stanley as the snailbeach, again the skylarks utterly dwarf what are meant to be 4-6-0s

...don't get me started on Dennis...!

Here is why I point and laugh at people who think MSR's Jim is a Skylark. Here's how big a Skylark is compared to a TR slate wagon.

I reiterate. For 2ft-ish gauge engines, they're... ENORMOUS

i was let go from my job with no notice. i'd be very grateful for anything in the mean time. if you cannot afford to donate, please share. love you all.

So after freshly repairing my 3d printer, what's a sensible thing for a test print? Design and print a new fucking brakevan body in 16mm obviously smh.

God please tell me you've been to see Tinkerbell..!!

You ever have a kit you kinda forgot you put together?

Ember finally shows her paces at a nearby model club! She performed faultlessly I'm happy to say, with my recent joining of the 16mm society, you never know you might just meet ember yourself in a garden railway near you...!

Shit this is a runaway gauge isn't it?

And for those curious, here's footage of her taking her first movements with the locoremote chip installed!

Consider Ember the Bagnall to be my last finished engine of 2024! Faces drawn by @colloquial-kayak.bsky.social