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Good morning, I have been researching the original LNER 4200 gallon Group Standard Tender from 1923. From the RCTS green books I have learned that it was designed and built initially for the K3 2-6-0 at Darlington. The design was developed from the NER 4125 gallon tender introduced in 1914. I...

Hello all , And wellcome to my attempt at bodging an Lner fleet for as little as possible but also whilst trying to detail as much as i can . now i know i could buy all new A4s and teak stock and the older items are wrong etc but they are ok with some work i feel and are cheaper etc , plus i...

Hello all, this workbench thread will cover my various modelling activites - mainly, but by no means exclusively GNR and LNER. Like a lot of people, I left the RTR railway and the mainly military Airfix kits of my youth and didn't return to modelling for about 30 years, by which time a renewed...

Hello everyone, I joined a little while ago, after a fellow modeller kindly pointed me towards a thread on here about coach painting and lining that he thought I might find helpful for my current project and I found I needed to be a member in order to view the photos properly, which turned out...

For many years I have accumulated information on Gresley GNR and LNER carriages. I have on occassion uploaded some of these to help modellers on both WT, LNER Encyclopedia and RMWeb. A recent attempt to help @Heather Kay highlighted the potential of me creating a single point of reference that...

This afternoon saw the virtual launch of Doncaster's new Danum museum. Of interest to modellers of the LNER are some excellent detail photographs of Green Arrow and GNR 251. The website is here Danum Gallery, Library and Museum - Heritage Doncaster Hopefully we shall be able to visit soon. Oh...

Hello all, I have started a new 7mm layout in the Garage with a minimum radius of 6ft single track circle with a small yard off. Boards are complete, 9mm ply with soft wood supports. It will be DCC, out of reach points operated with Cobalt slow action motors and those within reach in the yard...

It was time for a break from track making, and in the 'to do' queue is a DMR K1 that needs finishing for a friend. The chassis and the basic body have been completed , so the first task was a cleanup, and then on with the detailing. For a modern engine there are lots of outside pipes, it s nice...

Whilst not exactly a secret, it's not I suspect widely public what was coming after the W1. The final documentation required came through over the weekend and progress could begin in earnest on the next project; the W1 ticks along in the background with castings and instructions but the hunger...

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...

Hi guys Just joined and thought I'd say hello and bit about me My names Brian ,I'm a south Yorkshire lad from Barnsley and into the old railways around here especially the GC and LNER I've just started planning my layout of a lifetime which will fit in my 22foot by 10foot loft My new...

Hello all, Whilst browsing the scottish volume of Tatlow's LNER Wagons I came across this strange NE liveried load on the back of a GNSR 8 ton drop side wagon and wondered what it was with a view to perhaps having a go at making something similar as a wagon load myself. Thanks in advince...

Hello, Finally got round to making a start on this a while ago and on some photos of Gresley coaches there is a horizontal pipe that runs along the solebar. Would that apply to this coach running in the BR period up to withdrawal? Alan

My next 7mm build will be the Gladiator Scottish Director. I have just started by cutting out the cab glazing - much easier to do when the etches are still on the fret, but a job I usually forget to do - and have fitted crankpins and blackened the wheels. No pictures of these, but in true Blue...

Hi, This is something of a placeholder. Nick, Mickoo and I are all building W1s. We all want slightly different things out of the project; Nick and I are starting with the DJH limited edition kit, Mick is adapting a Hachette A4 body. The project is that Mickoo is going to design some etches...

I am painting my N7 as Stratford engine 69712, I want to highlight the smokebox ring, I believe they were not painted but the ge boys burnished them. so at present the loco is sprayed black. I am wondering should I paint the ring or use a scapel to scrape off the paint back to whitemetal...

Something a little different on the workbench for me at the moment a Gladiator G5 which is to be finished in BR livery as one of the last G5's to be shedded in Leeds. I am building this for a friend who is too busy with other things to build it himself. The kit originates with George Norton and...

Well in 2007 I boughr a meteor models Thompson L1, I finally finished it last week. I painted it gloss black lined it with HMRS transfers as 57721, a GE Stratford engine. I then sealed the transfers with satin varnish. over the weekend I installed a TCS KA12 decoder, it runs so smooth . The...

My latest effort a ex LNER style of "Tall Signal", this one is 32ft 6ins, it appears the tallest tube used by the LNER was 30ft. The "Plate and Angle" base differs from the the more usual bracket signals. Etched arm and fittings etc, post fabricated from angle and strip.

Moving on from introducing myself on the new members page, I have come to Area 51 to start things off. Should I ever be asked to go Great Western again, then I'll take the trouble to post there. The first item here is 4mm scale and an ex-LNER B2. I'll record progress as I go and post it here...