BRON HEBOG

October The output of new models slowed towards the end of the year, especially at my end of the operation as I spent more time concentratin...

July    As we moved into the second half of the year Livingston Thompson had been painted, lined and weathered and taken for its first test ...

After a couple of months in development it's great to be able to send the first batch of MOD flat wagon kits off to their new home. This...

Nothing very exciting to report this time except that I've been busy casting the first batch of MOD flat wagons. This is an initial run ...

At first glance this doesn't appear like a significant update, but look closely and you'll see there is a brake lever appeared on th...

The MOD wagon is really starting to take shape now. I've tried out a first casting of the braked bogie - without its brake lever - and t...

I've been puzzling for a while - and putting off - how to tackle the very prominent brake levers which are on the sides of the bogies on...

It's always satisfying to do a first cast with a new mould and find it works well. This is the prototype for the MoD flat wagon kit with...

I'm glad I decided to switch the focus on the MoD flat wagon project onto the main body section because its given me the feeling I'm...

My revised idea for how to cast the bogie extension for the MoD Flat Wagons seems to work. I've had to beef up the frames at the sides b...

It seems my design for the beefed-up Hudson bogie was a little two ambitious. Two failed casting attempts from the new mould have convinced ...

I finally managed to find half an hour to sneak into the study and get a little bit of modelling done after weeks fighting with Covid paperw...

So I summoned the motivation to try having a go at the bogies for the MoD flat wagons. These are much more chunky than your standard Hudson ...

The tank wagon kit has been a diversion from the project I'd intended to be getting on with this summer, which is a request I received t...