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Is anyone interested in etches for Big Big coaches replacing the molded ones, they work out at £9.00 per coach and come on a fret containing enough to do 4 and a half coaches worth. If your interested contact me via PM and i can give you more details. Iploffy

Hi My name is Graeme Lewis and I currently live in Brisbane, Australia. A friend introduced me to this website and it is certainly inspirational. My own interest is in 7mm scale and the Midland Railway, circa 1907. For a second generation Australian who grew up on the northern breaches of...

Hi, though I don`t really know if it`s good enough showing, having seen all the good model engineering in all the other threads and not alone being new here, but also German, (so please in advance excuse my perhaps faulty English), I `ll try it . Having done German railway modelling in O...

My scattergun approach to my workbench means that, while I intend to pick commissions up on a "first come, first served" basis, sometimes I will pick up a box reasoning it might prove a relatively quick build and help the cash flow a little. This is why I tend to find several part-built...

It's been a while since I had a finished commission to show off. Looking back, it seems the last completed builds were in the summer of 2016. It seems so long ago. Anyway, here's 10001, as built and entering service on British Railways metals in the middle of 1948. The first two...

Ever since I joined WT I have wanted to start my own workshop thread but, due to my accident in December 2014 while working at Beamish that broke bones and damaged ligaments in my right wrist (and yes, I am right handed) I have been unable to do any metal-type loco modelling. Sure I have, with...

It's been a while since I've posted anything on here but since I have I've sold most my 4mm fleet and I've jumped up to 7mm. It started with a few beers and next thing I knew I'd ordered a blue Dapol 08, nearly two months on I've got a green one and a blue Class 40, not to mention 2 Class 37's...

From the Slaters kit with a few minor tweaks. BR unfitted brake van from LMS diagram D2068. Number M731497, one of the last brake vans built to this design. Built in the period 1949-1950 and entered service with the M prefix under British Railways ownership. It's been a bogey project for a few...

As I type this, Mrs Mojo has bimbled off somewhere. When such things occur, I find it useful to fill the aching void with research on upcoming commissions. I don't know how it happened, but reviewing the groaning shelves reveals five loco builds and umpteen coaches waiting their turn on the...

Before anyone asks, no, this is NOT an Irish railway. The name 'Londonderry' is found in many places in the East Durham area (not least my old watering hole in Sunderland where I spent many happy years) because a certain 'Lord' of this parish with that name owned many coal mines and was very...

Due to popular demand I am starting this thread for those amongst us who (dare I say like me?) suffer/share a secondary passion for old buses. It will hopefully also allow us to chat away on the subject without hijacking any more of the Love Lane thread!! I was personally gratified to note that...

Here are the official photos of the most recent set of Colletts. The client requested Kadee knuckle couplers between the coaches, with screw links at the outer ends. The finish is slightly weathered BR Carmine and Cream. Diagram E127 First/Third Composite. Diagram C54 All Third...

In a very small, kitchen table fashion, I am producing small items for detailing - mostly in 7mm, but can be available in other sizes (practicality allowing!) Packs include: Drain Grills (cast iron) Round Drain Covers (2' dia.) Gutter brackets Down-pipe brackets (two sizes) Cable brackets (two...

Has anybody ever seen a method for motorising the operation of a fiddle yard sector plate or traverser? I'm interested for both my layouts Blackbridge Town and Blackbridge Town Riverside.

I've been meaning to set up another thread for ages to encompass the non-US stuff I've been messing about with in 7mm in between the Cotton Belt GP9 build. The starting point are these two multimedia kits (to be built concurrently) from the Furness Railway Wagon Co of Joseph Wright & Sons...

I have created this thread to separate the thread on Blackbridge Town from the Blackbridge Town Riverside layout as development will be proceeding at a separate pace. Here is the layout: The layout is 3000mm long by 400mm wide and consists of four baseboards, two each 1200mm long and two...

Posted below are a few photos of our 7mm layout, Invermire (loosley based on Wick/Thurso in the North of Scotland) which is currently being constructed by members of Hessle Model Railway group. The photos were taken at a test session yesterday when we hired the large room at the Hessle Town Hall...

I thought best to start this as a separate thread as it's a real break away from my usual North Eastern builds. That said if I were to choose to build something from another company, the LSWR stable isn't that far removed from all things Worsdell so i'm by no means unhappy. My chosen loco will...

Regular readers will know I have a client in Australia, for whom I build broad gauge coaches. Well, another Australian client was sent my way, only this time he wanted something, still GWR, but a little more modern and to standard gauge. This build is a replica of Collett "2251" Class 0-6-0 No...

I have been reworking a 'Tower Brass' GWR 1361 class 0-6-0ST that I bought as a non-runner from Randolph Chang when he closed down his factory. The Tower Brass model of GWR class 1361 as received Actually, like so many of the models from this stable, particularly the earlier ones, the upper...