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It's been a while since my Victoria Bridge project appeared on the blog... hopefully this weekend will see me inspired to get it going again, I promise it will!

Sunday will see me volunteering at Halfpenny Green helping to orchestrate scenic Dragon Rapide flights over the local area (including the Victoria Bridge/Trimpley vicinity), if...

-In primer!

This next prototype is still rather bodged together, more than anything to check that all the bits align nicely
(some of the windows and bits and pieces need nudging sideways to line up right)
I have quickly filled in some of the gaps with car bodywork filler, and sprayed a bit of primer over it, which imporves the look of raw...

Right, back from holiday, back to some serious modelling!

Here are the latest parts cut to make the wooden master for the Class 139 moulded resin body:

A first attempt at a side panel, which will be cast from clear resin. Note that the lower body panel beneath the windows is missing, as on the completed model this will be a tiny rectangle of...

Taking to the tracks for the first time, on Wyre Forest MRC's Kinlet Town.. nice to see that the rough mockup suits the platforms.. also the first time a 139 has met an 86!

(PS the big hole in the side will not appear on the finished model!)



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Right, back to work on some modelling, after a bit of a break!

Here is the latest project, again involving a little bit of CAD work to set the wheels in motion, the subject, the Class 139 Railcar,

see www.parrypeoplemovers.com

Which will be based on a readily available Kato N gauge chassis. The chassis is a good match for the real thing,...