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Blue (sometimes grey, nearly always dirty) 00 diesel modelling

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Lima diesels - putting the record straight

Hello,   Long time no post - but the modelling's continued when time and health permit.   Time to right a long-term wrong.. that being the general ill-feeling towards Lima products - which (and it pains me to admit) I have also been party to in the past.   Lima diesels are now well into bargain territory; with little searching, it is possible to obtain a near-mint example of most Lima diesels - limited editions possibly excepted - for £30-£35. In most cases, what you get is a robust, relia
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55002 KOYLI: completed in 4mm for Deltic 50 (photos)

I've finished my model of KOYLI, based on the early 4-axle-drive Bachmann version. I've added extra phosphor-bronze wiper pickups to the unpowered wheels, an Olivia's Trains sound decoder with bass-reflex speaker in the underbody tanks area and detailed the shell.   I chose her final in-service condition, so all tweaks were based on photographs from 1981. In fact, I was visiting the NRM with my parents on the day that KOYLI was handed-over, and the memory of the hulking, gleaming, bellowing br
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OMWB 7th Sep 2010 - plenty going on...

Mornin'   Finding myself with an unplanned day off due to problems with a pool-car tyre and a large crosshead screw (sigh...), I decided to update my blog. Here's my workbench as it stands today:     Visible are:   55 002 KOYLI, Bachmann 4-axle drive version, now fitted with phosphor-bronze pickups on all wheels and an Olivias Trains LokSound decoder and DCC Supplies bass-reflex speaker. Now capable of the tear-jerking yowl of twin Napiers in full flight B) and awaiting full buffer bea
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ViTrains 37 rework - thanks, Ultrascale!

It transpires that I was the first person to request an Ultrascale conversion kit for the ViTrains 37. I'd had issues regarding DCC and the traction tyres, and the allegedly-RP25 flanges just didn't look right and caused intermittent problems on my modified Peco Code 75 pointwork. I lent Ultrascale my 37/4 for evaluation, and in return they have kindly supplied the first-off Vi 37 conversion kit free of charge, on the condition that I report on my findings. Hugely appreciated   My developme
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Quietly beavering away, slowly drowning in projects

Crikey, I must update this more often!   My current workbench projects - alongside the complete "re-scenicification" of Southwich - are as follows:     37 100 37 883 (currently on hiatus as I can't stand the sight of the damned thing - ViTrains 37/4 donor bodyshell; 'nuff said) 25 279 redux (found a 'cratered bodyside door' shell to replace the existing '2-inch proud bodyside door' one) 25 027 redux (too faded; Bachmann replacement chassis to be fitted) As-yet-unspecified
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Back again, and still a Luddite

Hello again   Just to prove that I am still alive, here's my first post to my new blog - here's hoping that it's all working as it should. I have to confess a certain aura of the Luddite when learning how to conform to the new order; I find it quite complex compared to the previous RMWeb but I'm sure that I'll get used to it in time.   I've decided to blog my "locomotives" thread and "layout" thread separately; "Southwich" is still very much alive but somewhat denuded since I decided that
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