I've done some modelling recently and here's some of my output:
1. Rail blue Bachmann 47 no. 47 701 Saint Andrew, as originally running in 1979, re-numbered and modified from 47 035 and fitted with a Bachmann sound chip. I own some Jouef Mk3s and a recently purchased DBSO to accompany the loco.
I wanted a companion to my identical sound-fitted Bachmann 47 470 Glenloy which was unofficially named in Oct. 1979 for only a few weeks, the only proof of its existence is a close up shot of its nam
Last Tuesday afternoon I travelled down with a mate to Dover via South Eastern Trains' highspeed service in unit 395001 Dame Kelly Holmes. One nice touch was their signature on the side of the carriage, not just a vinyl or cast nameplate.
The "Javelins" are being named after well known British Olympians, so, I thought, could I imagine more units named after some of my former school pupils who excelled at sports?
I knew three pupils who excelled in track and field athletics and have provisional
Over the past year as part of me going digital, I've chipped many locos fitted with DCC sockets, and also giving me the opportunity to sort out what I really wanted to keep. As part of that process I've invested in new locos at the same time and replacement chassis for ex-Lima 37s, 47s, 73s and DMUs.
The situation is now what to do with my remaining non-chipped, non-DCC fitted locos, for which there are no current state of the art replacements planned, the biggest group being my 86s, 87s, 92 an
Last year I started going into sound fitted locos in a big way, starting with buying a Bachmann 47 using some of my Xmas money.
This has been a rapidly developing theme and I decided from the outset to only equip a small number of my fleet due to its cost.
I see the most expensive part, the hardware, as buying the chips and speakers, because the ESU chips can be reblown as often, now as little as a tenner plus postage, as needed, bearing how fragile some of the wires and challenges with ins
I know most of us model a chosen location and period, but how many actually model and collect stock on a particular theme?
As an example, over the years, I've read in the Railway Modeller someone who modelled all 34 BR liveried A4s.
In my case, I've modelled named locos based on where I and my family lived over the years: towns, cities and counties, in steam, diesel and electric.
It's been very absorbing, especially during the BR sector era, I found it was possible, purely based on this
Having only just bought a laptop and my own home broadband net access, I'll post occasional news about how my layouts and modelling philosophies evolved, especially about coping with my hobby living in a small flat.
I haven't bought a digital camera or any scanning equipment yet so please bear with me not posting any photos to show you of some of my past efforts.
I model in both N and OO, although OO has the upper hand by far now because of the wider range of models available, both new and
