Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
Having parted company with all but one of my diesel fleet and the greater part of the diesel library, I was able to think about what to do next on the workbench. I had been keeping my eye on an un-started kit for a North London Railway Park 0-6-0t which had been advertised on the Guild website for a couple of weeks, especially as it was at a very reasonable offer - I had built one about eight years ago for a fellow Club member and had quite enjoyed it, so an offer was made for collection at Telford.
Wheels were collected from Slaters, motor/gearbox from ABC, sound decoder (J94) and sugar cube speaker from Digitrains.
That will be second on the bench - first is the completed Connoisseur SR Queen Mary brake van, picked up from the E&T stand, albeit in need of a repaint, but the build quality was not too bad
so this has been the subject of a Nitromors bath during the week and will hopefully be primed tomorrow, followed by some BR Bauxite and weathering.
Then once the above are complete, plus the 33 lurking in the background of the picture above, I should be in the mood to do battle with this
which was delivered yesterday morning, despite agreeing with Dave Sharp that he would post it on Monday!!
It will be completed in mid 1950s livery - small 1st totem, as 30772 Sir Percivale - the pride of 73C Hither Green shed (my loco shed) from August 1954 to June 1957.
So hopefully, I will be kept off the streets for a good while yet..............................photos to come in due course.
Mike
ps You can just see my other Telford purchase behind the Queen Mary -
an ex Southampton Docks B4 0-4-0t number 30088 which has been fitted with a sound decoder (J94) this week.
Wheels were collected from Slaters, motor/gearbox from ABC, sound decoder (J94) and sugar cube speaker from Digitrains.
That will be second on the bench - first is the completed Connoisseur SR Queen Mary brake van, picked up from the E&T stand, albeit in need of a repaint, but the build quality was not too bad
so this has been the subject of a Nitromors bath during the week and will hopefully be primed tomorrow, followed by some BR Bauxite and weathering.
Then once the above are complete, plus the 33 lurking in the background of the picture above, I should be in the mood to do battle with this
which was delivered yesterday morning, despite agreeing with Dave Sharp that he would post it on Monday!!
It will be completed in mid 1950s livery - small 1st totem, as 30772 Sir Percivale - the pride of 73C Hither Green shed (my loco shed) from August 1954 to June 1957.
So hopefully, I will be kept off the streets for a good while yet..............................photos to come in due course.
Mike
ps You can just see my other Telford purchase behind the Queen Mary -
an ex Southampton Docks B4 0-4-0t number 30088 which has been fitted with a sound decoder (J94) this week.