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Herein I struggle against the overwhelming tide of common sense and document my dabbling in the field of British outline 1:87 (HO) scale.

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1:87 Scale (ex) LB&SCR E1 - Complete

My 1:87 scale E1 has progressed and is nearly complete. A little bit of tweaking to the weathering is needed, as is the final fitting of couplings and vacuum pipes. The cab roof has not been glued down yet so as to facilitate access to the cab when fitting a crew (once I’ve sourced the figures).             She’s not 100% accurate, but is close enough to my eyes.       Next on the list is a Q Class 0-6-0, bashed from an old Lima 4F.
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LB&SCR E1 - My first HO loco.

In the June 06 issue of the British 1:87 Society newsletter (Issue 46) Tim Stevens details how he bashed a OO Hornby Terrier into its larger brother the E1. The article was very much up my street, being a southern modeler through and through and having a couple of Hornby terriers lying about. Tim?????s conversion was a little on the basic side for my tastes and after studying photos and drawings for a while I was able to come up with some simple modifications to improve the conversion.   The
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Starting out in British HO

First a little background. I??™ve been dabbling in several of the major scales for the past 15 or so years, though nothing has ever really stuck. I built a couple of n gauge layouts but was never satisfied with the appearance of the trackwork and the nightmare of couplings (never found a system that I got on with). I??™ve done a fair amount in 4mm too, but the plentiful RTR scene has left me a little bored.       I made the decision to make a change to something with less proprietary suppo
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