HO scale tank car resin casting with blue liquid mask applied around the bottom of the tank.

Tank car casting with fresh coat of box car red around the masked off support portion. The casting is laying next to the bottle of Ammo liquid mask used, and next to the flat car that will carry the tank.

Liquid mask and painting the tank support. Multiple rounds of handpainting the structure box car red. Each day, we are half way closer to finishing this project. Fortunately, Weierstrass assures us that this sequence converges to a finite value. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

White HO scale tank with dome highlights in flat aluminum.

Step 1 in creating a coupler cut bar with a curved portion to make room for the brakestaff: bend a square U.

Step 2 in creating a coupler cut bar with a curved portion to make room for the brakestaff: use a small cylinder to curve the portion in the middle of the U. Here, I used a tiny paintbrush handle.

HO scale flat car showing the installed curved coupler cut bar. Note how the bend we created is centered on the brakestaff.

A to-do list of various smaller details remains. The dome on the white tank appears to have darker highlights on it (I went with Tamiya XF-16 flat aluminum; see the picture at the start of the thread). And, bending coupler cut bars. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

An ex-DR BR219 heads a train of three green bogie Reko coaches

The 90s are back on Bad Horn #tt120 #spurtt #modelrailway #modellbahn. Loco and coaches are made by #piko

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My model rail videos have just been added to the #YouTubePartnerProgram Thank you to everyone who's watched and subscribed to get me there!

#modelrail #modelrailway #modelrailroad #youtube #scalemodel #scalemodelling #TT120 #railway #trains
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Many 3D printed items in resin, all in a heap. Some new releases incoming, alongside Randell the Ferret, a tabletop miniature already out.

Work continues to our next set of kits, in a scale we've not released before!
I've got Randell to look over them, as is his job these days. He spends more time checking over kits for me than running the railway! A pay rise might be in order.
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Thank you for sharing, it's great to see so many likes on a #modeltrains post! The UK #modelrailway community on here is quite small - anyone with an interest in #railwaymodelling should follow the #bsmrguk hashtag and join! Sad to have missed York this year.

My TMD will included a grounded coach similar to the one at Bath Green Park. This old mainline lms coach has several key characteristics that make it suitable for me.

(pics Bath in Time and Rail Photo print)

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I created a new running session video from it, which you can now find on my YouTube Channel.

#modelrailway #bedroom #layout #modeltrains #train #lima #engine #newengine #diesel #dieselengine #dieselelectric #class73 #roundtrip #upanddown #firsttrip #runningsession #newarrival #market #localmarket

Back on the model railway today, running my newest engine.

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HO scale tank car resin casting in a paintbooth being painted Mr. Color flat white with Mr. Color leveling thinner.

Tabby cat at food bowl with eyes covered by a black bar. He is the prime suspect in a tank car ruination plot.

Screenshot of a popular old dril tweet where he says, "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."

Beautiful even white finish then I notice two separate strands of suspected cat fur, which ruins the finish when I scrape off paint removing it. The suspect is in custody. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

Some photos of Donaghadee Railway Station, a superb OO Gauge layout by Gordon Hunt of the Ulster Model Railway Club. It is a brilliant replication of the 1950s coastal terminus, captured here at the NEC last year! 📸

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Side shot of a Stanier 4000 gallon tender, rendered in Blender. The tender is a riveted version, as some were welded together. All major details are present, just need to finish buffer details.

Behind shot of the tender. The tender currently has no coal load modelled inside. Rough representations of buffers are present, as real Triang metal buffers will be added once 3D printed.

Front shot of the tender, which would be the back of the cab.

Here's the progress on the #3Dprintable tender. It's coming along quite nicely, next will be getting it ready for printing and then coupling it to my Turbomotive model. #3Ddesign #Blender #modelrailway

The scales with tar-papered (painted masking tape on styrene) roof over the scale pit to either side of the rails. The middle wasn’t papered on this particular scale.

#hobbyStreak 150. Added the roof for the scales. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

Picked up a Dapol LMS home signal to try out. If this goes well, dapol can count on me buying quite a few more lol

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Not bad for £52 off ebay, two missing handles on the tender (if you didn't know they were supposed to be there you wouldn't know they were missing) otherwise in good nick, DCC ready, loco drive and includes 2 carrages 😀

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Reichstagsgebäude im Leeraner Miniaturland (27/04/2024).

#berlin #ostfriesland #leer #modelbuilding #loxx #reichstag #reichstagsgebäude #modellbahn #landscapemodel #modelrail #modellbahnanlage #modelrailway #modelrailroad #hOscale #bundestag #h0 #modeltrainlayout #modeltrains #deutscherbundestag

One of the gauntlet switches with the PC board ties painted to match the adjacent wooden ties to the best of my ability.

#hobbyStreak 149. It’s all cosmetic from here until the scale track is installed next week. Painted the PC board ties. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

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The wiring in Hornby's sentinel is quite fragile so I've removed the DCC socket and hardwired the chip to prevent further breakage

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The tank needed 4 more tiny holes for a step, installed later. It was then ready for painting. The final color being predominantly white, I primed with Mr. Surfacer 1500 White & Mr. Color leveling thinner in many thin layers over 2 days. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

HO scale resin tank car casting with half of the handrails installed.

HO scale resin tank car casting with all of the handrails installed.

Side view, HO scale resin tank car casting with handrails installed.

HO scale resin tank car casting being given a bath in 91 percent isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to thoroughly clean the surface.

Installation was a lot of careful effort. The rings ended up being just a tiny bit oversize, but I think it is better than the irregular hand-rolled stanchions I have seen in the past. After installation, 2 thorough cleanings: dishsoap then IPA. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

A package of A-line D-1074, a collection of tiny gray metal rods with eyelets at the end. One example of a clipped and prepared stanchion is shown for illustrative purposes.

First, we need to prepare the stanchions by clipping and then molding the rod, which is flattened metal, into a round peg. Then, to determine the drill bit size needed and drill out the resin tank casting. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway

PPW 1074 Extra Short (15/32 ") Formed Metal Handrail Stanchion 35 per D-1074 - Extra Short (15/32 ") Formed Metal Handrail Stanchion (35/Pkg)

Model building has nothing but moments of truth. Let's see if I can pull off the handrail installation. Using Arrow Hobby stanchions intended for diesel handrails: will this work well enough? ppw-aline.com/products/d11... #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway