The obvious solution was to raid the collection of rolling stock at Himself's place which is not usually required as part of our exhibition fleet.
A number of years ago I sold off most of the redundant carriage stock (which had been replaced by improved models) to help fund the purchase of the last pair of NGG16 kits from Backwoods Miniatures as the business was wound up.
However, I was careful to keep hold of models which will allow us to run Dduallt at its nominal date of 1988.
I only need a few items to make up a token train for the 'test track' while I build up my own stock for it.
So in the picture above you can see, from left to right:
* Our first model of bogie brake 10 shown in the all-green livery in which it was first restored to service, from the excellent Dundas kit.
* Carriage 16 in as per 1988 red livery which I scratch built in styrene donkeys years ago. This has been replaced in the exhibition fleet by a brass Worsley body in Col. Stephens era green and red.
* Carriage 17, from the Langley brass kit. Our very first bowsider (in fact, our first brass carriage) showing it in 1988 'Mountain Prince' livery, but with all the panelling detail which is not strictly correct.
* Bug Box 3 is from a Chris Veitch brass kit. It's a lovely wee model, but it's always been out of era for our layouts in it's all-over red livery. (Would look lovely behind the new green Earl of Merioneth though...)
* Jerry M is a Chivers white metal kit running on an unaltered Ibertren chassis. At the time we built it the idea was it could masquerade as Lilla for those who couldn't tell the difference. Since the arrival of the Robex print for Lilla it has been made redundant.
Also out of shot is our first Dundas model of quarryman's carriage 8, with the wood panelling smoothed over with filler to show it as it was in 1988 with its plywood-faced bodysides.
It's nice to see them getting a run again, anyway.
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