A friend of a colleague is into 009 but has an unsteady hand. He had seen an article in Railway Modeller which described the conversion of a Bachmann ‘N’ gauge American shunter into a freelance narrow gauge loco. Could I help? Well yes and the following pictures show my first ever conversion project. Not a medal winner but I’m quite pleased with it and I hope the new owner will be too.
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Meanwhile, work has also been taking place helping Mr W build a new railway in an outbuilding at his new home in South Norfolk.
Mr W is a good modeller and over the years has constructed and painted white metal kits of various LNWR, L&Y and Midland locomotives from the 1920s – sort of pre-grouping/early grouping cross over period. Not content with locos are his kit built coaching stock and wagons. Oh and all fitted with three link
It’s been a while since I gave a progress report on the European tramway which I am helping to build. There has been progress but it has been in fits and starts. Partly due to supply chain problems for materials and also the future owner changing his mind requiring some rework,
Pictures better than words I feel. Captions if relevant.
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Another distraction from my main modelling activities. And a first for me – I’ve never done anything like this before.
A customer presented an N gauge Bachmann ‘Plymouth’ diesel shunter, a sheet of plasticard, and extracts from an article which had appeared in Railway Modeller a year or so back. The author of the article had built a new narrow gauge style body to fit the N gauge chassis and this customer wanted to do the same ….only he was having trouble cutting the plasticard straight.
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