MartinWales
Western Thunderer
Buy one get one free eh?That had me stumped for a while but then I twigged it.
Buy one get one free eh?That had me stumped for a while but then I twigged it.
Is that a Special Offer, Martin?Buy one get one free eh?
At least the American 4-4-0 is the correct scale for the track....Look what I have to put up with when my mates roll up to play trains.
The little brass American 4-4-0 is tiny and jewel like. Apparently my mate Charles bought it for $10 many years ago when he was working in the states as it didn't work; a simple fix he told me.
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Finally as it was warm with the window open, when the evening darkened, all sorts of moths and bugs decided they'd like to get in on the act. Only one was brave enough to risk a ride.
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Mrs R reckons that it's probably a shield bug, but if you know different .....
Neil,If you've been paying attention you might remember the bendy building debacle back in May. Well I've finally bought some thicker plasticard, got my mojo up and running and made a start. Here's what I've done so far.
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It's full of 80 thou plasticard and lots of bracing. Even in its incomplete state it's pretty heavy; I dare it to warp this time.
Looking good there Neil, do like the look of the layout as well.As I mentioned in the 'budget' thread, I picked up an A3 for thirty quid last year. It must have had a hard life as various bits were broken, missing and it didn't work. The working bit was solved by pulling out the dcc chip and replacing with a blanking plate, the cosmetic bits are taking a little longer. It arrived as The White Knight, smoke deflectors broken off, tender handrail loose, no reversing rod under the footplate, glue marks on the smokebox and something awry with the loco to tender fixing. I'm part way through sorting out the cosmetic issues.
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Here I've fixed new handrails in place, the originals stopped part way under the smoke deflectors and have started the process of changing the loco's identity; it will become Manna in its early sixties form. There is a reason for this choice, not unconnected with my mates raving about the new Accurascale manor, I want to show them what a proper Manna looks like.
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I've now finished creating a new set of footsteps this side, the electrification warning flashes, like the cab side numbers, are no more (Astonish and a chisel point coffee stirrer) and one of the damaged handrail knobs (missing ball end) has been reconstructed with a tiny blob of five minute Araldite.