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I had an idea a couple of years ago that the location of the old 60’ turntable at Lime Street station situated by the signal box could make an interesting fictional stabling point. It would also make a good layout as it’s self contained in the cutting with the signal box making a rather good...

So tonight saw the unboxing and start on the tender of this one, to give me a break from wagon and coach building. She'll be finished in LMS coronation blue and silver around the time she first entered service in 1937. I did start a build thread of the coaches on rm web but I've lost all the...

After going through a bit of mental headspace depression, so q I decided to discipline my self to go to the workbench and do something well here is my project so far. I started the kit on Sunday 27th March 2022

Although we announced the dates for this years show some time back we've been fairly quite given the current climate, however we are hopeful that we should be able to proceed with the show in March. This year we move to the Heritage Centre at Crewe over the weekend of 26th & 27th March. On top...

I am trying to dismantle a Darstaed Mk1 BG. The interior lighting makes it am ideal candidate for interior detailing, I also want to add a decoder to control lighting features & I need to get the pickup bogie off in order to alter the wheels to Scale7, but this seems to be held to the body by...

Progress is ongoing with building the west end fiddleyard which means that for the first time I can now run all the way through the layout. That seemed like a fine excuse to run some trains. This is a New Aberdour to Fraserburgh service calling at Rosehearty, with a couple of loaded fish vans...