7mm Aneurin Bridge ( St Stephen’s General station )

[Somewhere near 81B]

Steve
Go on tell us where coach come from then?
Mark.

 

[Compton castle]

Over on Rmweb there's a guy building Talyllyn junction, he built it from a sidelines kit and it was surplus to requirements so I snapped it up. The glazing got damaged during post but I have some replacements ready to go in.
It's a lovely job and hopefully in the future he's going to build me a few more to go with it. I'll have a crack at some Jltrt resin kits but I'll leave the etched kits to others for now!

 

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I picked up some 3D figures from Modelu yesterday at the Bristol show. These are fantastic and at £5 each great value for money.
Modelu

 

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Finally got the shock Van rolling !
Second Ragsrone buffer stop installed today,
More castings to tart up the Scorpio 97xx condensing pannier.

 

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More lovely castings from hobby horse for the Scorpio pannier & a start on the rear of the tenements that are behind the large stores building & turn table.

 

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General clutter

 

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97xx Condensing pannier under construction with Ken Mason

 

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The first completed tenements are now in place. There are more smaller industrial buildings to go in front so I didn't bother detailing the lower half as it will never be seen

 

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A little update on 9704

 

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A little more track laid

D1000,

 

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9704 rapidly taking shape

 

[Scale7JB]

Really impressed with the pannier, a lot better than I thought it would be despite only really hearing good things..

JB.

 

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Out with the weathering powders this evening to give Falcon a quick going over, concentrating on the bogies under frame and a little on the body side roof.
Once I'm happy I will seal it with some dull coat.
9704 ready for cleaning and paint

 

[Compton castle]

Really impressed with the pannier, a lot better than I thought it would be despite only really hearing good things..

JB.

From what I've seen and heard the Scorpio kits are good and certainly look exactly what they are supposed to. I definitely think they benefit from the addition of nice castings as the white metal ones supplied are tired now.

 

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Here's a rear view

 

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Finally got the glazing back in the stanier!

 

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Second ATC ramp going down today

 

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A bit of point rodding, this and the other check point is the only part of Ranelagh Bridge that has any point rodding as its all electric point motors.
It's fresh down so needs weathering.
3rd and final ATC ramp going down, I've also taken delivery of some 3D printed slab & bracket chairs so work can continue on the next two points.

 

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I've knocked up the structure of the industrial buildings for behind the turn table. It's starting to get the cramped feel of the prototype now. This will get clad in laser cut brick work.

 

[mickoo]

Coming along nicely

Mick D