First, thanks all for your helpful comments.
Well this all started last year when I found this photo in my collection, it appears to be “Concrete Bob†37425, just about to top County March summit, hard to think that this was an ordinary service train.
it looks like I am going to jump in at the deep end, and make a start on Bridge of Orchy
A few things,
The doughnut design, I have had a ply around with a conventional layout, but to fit on say a 3' by 8' board, I would start t
Glenuig has been on the exhibition circuit, for over a year now, and I have bookings for 2014 and beyond. I an now looking at a follow up project, and have found myself with a big dilemma.
First I have made my mind up on a few points in my plan.
Some kind of 2mm standard
Set on the West Highland, in the 1980's
Well the latter sound familiar, but the 2mm?. This scale has impressed me in the way you can produce a model of a railway in its scenic setting, and it is the creative and scenic side
I though this might interest some modellers, and I know some of you are involved in railway preservation.
I have been involved, with the Class Forty Appeal, for some 23 years, and have held the post of technical officer and engineer, for my sins. A few years ago we visited the GCR with our 37190 and our class 50, no other than Sir Edward Elgar, number 7. During their time there, both locos suffered damage to their heat exchangers. These units cool the engine oil by exchanging the heat to the wa
