BRON HEBOG

Every December I like to take a look back at all that we've achieved between us in the last year. (Mostly Himself, if we're being h...

In a few hours time (as I write) we’ll be in the process of setting up Bron Hebog  for this weekend’s exhibition in Greenock - our ‘home’ sh...

Today I’m completing the look at our authentic WHR Garratt fleet with the most recent one Himself finished - 143. This engine has not r...

I’m delighted to report 143 is finished and has had its maiden run around the test track down at the Greenock MRC HQ. Andy Strathie sho...

Himself is starting on the rather involved process of giving Garratt 143 a coat of varnish. As you can see, the model has to be broken ...

The lining on 143 is complete. It’s looking rather tasty, wouldn’t you agree?

Himself has a neat little trick for getting straight edges to the panels when he paints locomotives - transfers. He uses thick black li...

Himself has cracked and done what he said he'd never do - try mixing his own shade of green for 143. The latest effort is the one o...

It appears my eyes may have deceived me, after all. I posted a few days ago about how Himself had asked me to help choose an appropriate t...

Himself has begun the process of painting 143. We'd had a debate about whether grey or red oxide primer was the way to go and it ap...

143 has moved into the paint shop (sort of). The last detailing parts have been added to the main boiler unit and it's been split i...

I popped in to check in on Himself and get the low down on the Garratt test running session the other day. He was in the process of swappi...

143 is a runner! After muttering that he was struggling to get the motivation to head back to the workbench after six months enforced b...

Hopefully next week should see the resumption of work on our new Garratt 143. Himself was taken out of service a few weeks before Christma...

October So to the final post of the year. Dduallt was making yet another comeback, appearing at our home club's exhibition over tw...

More of the very involved detailing has been completed on the boiler unit of 143. There are a lot of pipe runs and lost wax brass casti...

You could be fooled into thinking the new Garratt is almost ready to run. With the valve gear complete on both bogies now, and the pipe...

A significant milestone has been reached in the 143 project. Both the bogies have got their valve gear fitted and run smoothly when the m...

Lots of different bits of the Garratt kit are being built at the same time. As well as the work on the two power bogies and the central bo...

Himself has been working on adding detail to the boiler unit of 143. Various pipes, manifolds and whatitsnames have been bent and solde...