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An update to this blog is severely overdue, it appears. I hadn't realised it had been so long since I had last posted. There's bee... -
I can't believe it's a week already since WHR Great & Small II. Last Friday morning five of us were hard at work erecting Ddua... -
I made an impulse purchase in Hull. One of these: Well, the price was as good as anything you find online, if not better, so why not in... -
I don't experience many moments of genius but I did the other day. It came when a set of redesigned etches for the modern FR bogie arr... -
You know things have gone too far when you start taking a close interest in the finer details of fencing - but that's the stage of advan... -
As you can see casting has begun for the NGY ballast wagon kits. It is going to be a slow process compared to the previous kits for the... -
Foliage has been sprouting on the layout in recent days. Firstly, Himself has added the long grass to the area around the back of the hous... -
While the tank is the big ticket item on the water tanker project there are quite a few smaller bits to make before I can think about fittin... -
That phrase has got to be one of the biggest fibs in the English language, now that we no longer send cheques to each other in the post! I... -
So having made something of an FR modelling beginner's error the last time we're trying again with a replacement carriage 16. I...
About Me
- Rob Waller
- Broadcaster, writer and railway modeller. Best known for the 009 Festiniog Railway layout 'Dduallt' which I built with my father David in the early 1990's and which is still making appearances on the exhibition circuit.
very nice indeed.
ReplyDeletethe smokebox end of the water tank is very different on 87 compared with the b/w kit, looks like we've both decided to give that mod a miss! To be fair you can hardly see it, and only someone with serious knowledge would spot it!
word is 143 is going into DLG red! didn't see that one coming.
very nice loco,
ReplyDeleteI came here via your gallery picture on RMweb but will be coming back for more updates :)
Hi RJR, nice to have you along, thanks for the compliments. I know we're getting visitors from around the world and it would be lovely if some of our other readers could introduce themselves.
ReplyDeleteColin: I'm surprised at that rumour about 143 - a couple of years ago I read it would be staying in SAR black because it was the last NGG16 made.