A fugly little model I've done

Little 0-4-0st No.1563: The Hodbarrow Avonside.

This is built from a Oakhill Works SS with some modifications to the base to make it larger.

I've spent a while bashing it, and it still needs some work, but I'm happy with it for the time

Comparisons

The KING of Ladysmith

Almost completed my model of Barclay 1448 "King" in its 1972-76 Ladysmith Washery condition.

Built from a Hattons/Accurascale 'Carbon', with new buffers, an RT models giesl, W4 peckett cab sides and new buffer discs

"This is the day! This is the day! This is the day!"

My #JustLikeAwdry diorama for this year, based on DLE/41, showing Duke, Stuart and Falcon at Marthwaite

The fix is saying that he learned the word the other day and is like a child who has to repeat every word he learns

I take the photo as usual, then stick some filters on it to make them look older.
Then I edit the photo onto a blank page, waffle some text next to it in the style of a book.
Finally I rotate the photo horizontally and vertically to make it look like it's a photo of a book page taken at an angle

Hunslet 3595 "Silverband" got an outing today as part of Threlkeld Quarry Railway's 15 year celebration

It's my first time seeing it running, and it's absolutely amazing

Some of my favourite excerpts from my favourite book on the MSR

I haven't cropped the scans fully so you can read the attached texts

#RWS80th

From my experience, greasing fishplates.
With a team, it's not so bad, but on your own or only 2-3 people it can get a bit tedious

Worse when it's hot and you've got hundreds of midges buzzing around you

Plus, black jack grease is a sticky, dirty and annoying

This is just the halfway point of my modelling of 1448 King

I'm probably just gonna leave her like this until I get all the parts to finish King

Alternate universe where Carbon was sent up to Ladysmith instead of King

(This is to show off that I have the superior model of Carbon)

TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A SPARE ANDREW BARCLAY BODY

If you've got a spare Andrew Barclay body and are willing to part from it, I want to buy it from you

I'm in need of 2, of which can be any of the 3 shown, the condition of which may not matter

DM me and we can work out specifics

It's you causing the interesting stuff during your sleepwalking

william

Auld Lang Syne will? More like Auld Lang Syne William Whitelaw 60004, allocated to Haymarket in 1962

I am currently gunning for auld lang points

Could work in similar fashion to the Whitehaven Harbour cranes

Well, actually, if I can find where Goliath is being stored, then it's 3/5

That's 3/4 seen of DRS' surviving 57s

All I've got to see now is Pride of Cheshire

Photos: DRS 57s 57307 "Lady Penelope", 57308 "Jamie Ferguson" and 57309 "Pride of Crewe"

prety

Some tramway things!

Just need to decide on a loco livery...

Every part of this is awesome

The yellow one was cheaper cus it had a dummy chassis

That's since been taken out and been replaced by a heavily modified Kato chassis

Also, here's the rest of my haul:

They're scheming about shit

2 of my model show pickups from today. The yellow one was £10 whilst the blue was £20.

Both now run super smoothly

47832 was also there on I believe pathfinding(?) duty for Storm Eowyn

Rivaling Respite, Repulse and Penny the Pendilino for best name for an engine

37884 "Cepheus" tows 769431 up north to Bonnyton Depot, Kilmarnock for a bodywork exam

Apparently it started its journey around 12 days ago, but failed at Carnforth

The second is based on this crossing at Whitehaven Harbour

It's designed to fit an 0-4-0 and a single wagon

The crossing signs were printed out and mounted onto card

The first is based upon the yard throat of Ladysmith

This one's designed specifically to be able to fit an austerity

(You can see in the 2nd photo I haven't finished up cleaning the rear yet)