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As a Brit I'm legally obligated to hate any steam loco which claims to have done 100mph before Scotsman, but honestly I'd be lying if I said I didn't kinda wanna model a few of these guys

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-prototypes, I swear one company did a dodgy clone of Meccano’s LMS Duchess, and Rosebud also did a closer-to-scale kit of the same engine (which I own), but it wasn’t really until the 80s when prototype duplication became a thing (both Hornby and Lima offered many of the same diesels iirc)

I’m honestly surprised Triang themselves never attempted a Stirling Single, given they didn’t care for scale accuracy (the Dean’s chassis isn’t correctly sized for the Caley’s iirc)

All the same, manufacturers did have some respect for one another back then, as they *tried* not to duplicate-

sucks that YouTube doesn't really have a propper block function. I mean it does have a "block" button but that only makes it so they couldn't comment or your shit or something, and sometimes it still recommends videos from them! I want to be able to just like never be recommended a channel again

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

They’re also no stranger to reselling the Thomas toolings, so doing Emily properly would actually give them a pretty good model to throw into the Railroad range, beating Rapido by a few years and saving the headache of modifying the Bachmann Emily, or finding the Rosebud kit

Hornby was no stranger to custom/modified toolings for the Thomas range (Toby, Percy, James, Bill & Ben), so it can’t have been hard to do a new body and outside motion for the Single chassis

Up until the Bachmann Emily, your only option for an OO scale Stirling Single (as far as I can find) was the Rosebud Kitmaster model of the 1960s, an unpowered kit, with a popular motorisation BEING the Triang chassis

Hornby likely only made Emily as 2007 was the same year they retooled the chassis from the Triang Dean & Caledonian Singles, with updated motors and finer wheels for use on modern equipment

Hornby Emily was a major missed opportunity (thread)

Chugs has been growing on me lately. #RankinBass

I've done my 1st test print of the Reidpath tank! It's come out quite well, but there's a few things I've got to tweak before it goes up on the shop. I recon the first batch will be up for sale in the next few days! 😁

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

A traditional drawing of Alex and Lionel at a train station. Alex idles innocently while Lionel sternly looks at the viewer while pointing up at a poster on the station building which reads “NO SMOKIN’ UNLESS YOU’RE A TRAIN”.

Happy 420 Day to those who celebrate it! Smoke responsibly and stay in school!

#fullsteamahead #trainart #railroad #2d #steamtrain

As is the natural order, one problems sorted, another arises, the Conrail 4-6-2 is burning up, which seems to be a common problem with these Mehano motors

Seeing the space I have in the body, I reckon I can Triang swap this fucker

layout in action

#modeltrains #modelrailroad #slotcars

a horrible accident has occurred in the plutonian sludge mines ALT: a horrible accident has occurred in the plutonian sludge mines

#promosky

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A geared steam engine rounds the corner on the anchor bay project layout interurban era is building.

We all want to drive trains in a circle from time to time, some people just like to repress that facet of the hobby for perverted, artificially performative reasons.

Sometimes you just need to zone out and watch train go brrrr.

79 including the N gauge ones, fuck I’m tired after doing all that work today lol

Gone and taken all my models off the shelf, as I plan on building a new one in the near future, and figured this job will need doing anyway

77 pictured here (76 excluding Britannia, whose with a friend, 75 including the two N gauge ones), and that’s still not my entire lineup…

Is there any appetite for "ready to run" HO scale Interurbans? It would come with a price tag, but perhaps not as much as you may think.

Sorry I bought them all

Did I *really* blow £70 on folding tables?

Of course I did!

Wagon shelves are moved!!!

The first preparations have been made…

Honestly I could probably move the rolling stock shelf tonight if I clear a path through, might give it a shot…

Done a little measuring and I *think* I should be able to improve my setup at my dads place, first time I’ve put any kind of thought into rearranging a room lol

Oh I’m excited for this to hit your Cults page… Glad my suggestion stuck, I’ll have a fun time building one :)