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Class 66 in Freightliner livery

A model I made recently was of a class 66 in Freightliner livery. It is from a RJH kit and was reasonably good to put together. It has both bogies powered and pickup is on one bogie going through to the second bogie which then returns the current to the rails. While I was working on this kit there were a few areas of concern: The fuel tank was particularly troublesome to form, (to be honest I did not make a good job of it) I also decided to put a thin brass overlay over the `light` tabs, (the k

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Hachette A4

Hi all,   I am currently making the A4 which will be painted, (eventually) in the grey and black livery as applied to the `Silver Link` ,(and its sisters) during the days of the `Silver Jubilee` train. I decided against making `Mallard` because I thought the grey and black livery to be more striking. My experiences thus far are these: I liked the idea of the parts being laquered as at least it stops the brass from getting stained etc before painting starts ! BUT as I prefer to solder my locomo

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