Life, as ever, gets in the way of the serious stuff. This time it was, in rough chrinological order, a new job, a trip to Korea, a subsequent move to Düsseldorf, and marriage. However, things have now settled down a bit, and I have got back to modelling, although, alas, I had to get rid of the nice workbench I had made.
Since my last post, the brakevan had progressed to the point depicted in the photo, when I was forced to stop due to the lack of handrail wire and an appropriate tube
My last post featured two Coopercraft wagons which were looking a bit sad after about a decade sitting on a shelf. I decided it was time to reassemble and repaint them, and make some improvements along the way.
The first thing I did was disassemble them as much as possible without causing damage and removing some of the old paint. The open wagon body came apart completely without much fuss, while the mink's roof came off, but the rest of it stayed together, which made removing the pa
After a mere seven months later, I have almost finished the first of the two PO wagons.
The lettering on the side was not too difficult, although one side took two goes. I had real trouble getting nice sharp corners on the letters, especially the wagon number, but I think it looks all right from normal viewing distances. The spacing and shape of some letters is a bit wobbly, but looking at the photos in the S&W books, the lettering on various wagons with nominally t
So, things have been moving along, although not at a particularly fast pace.
First, the loco coal wagon from the last post.
It is not done yet, I've added a bit of rust and wear.
The excellent pictures from Mikkel's blog (https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/11531-detail-hunting-at-didcot/) were invaluable for reference.
It is all still a bit raw, it needs a wash of general grime to tone things down a bit. I'm reasonably happy with how it is coming
Well, another few years have gone by since the last post.
The Lydney station project has ground to a halt, but the general plan has remained the same: I'm trying to work on smaller projects I can manage with the space and money available. I've decided to focus on Forest of Dean and roughly 1920s as a time period.
I have braved the customs of the post-Brexit world and ordered some bits and bobs from Wizard and Cambrian, some of which have turned up.
The Cambri
