I prefer Parkside 7mm rolling stock kits over their 4mm versions. Their 7mm versions have much finer detailed chassis parts.....
This was an easy assembly as always provided you take your time.................................
The quality of livery transfers was somewhat disappointing............................
Time to complete a small set of open wagons.
A slaters 3 plank plastic kit and an Oldbury Models whitemetal version snapped up on ebay.........................
rattlecan black etch primer.....Clostermanns
Then another Odbury models LMS 1Plank
All spray painted with Railmatch LMS livery enamels.......................................
Earlier in the year I snapped up a few 7mm whitemetal wagon kits off ebay. They are from currently extinct Oldbury Models and fit into my ongoing MR/LMS modelling project.
They are not state of the art by any means but I think can be made up into fairly satisfactory models.
Although I am a follower of etch brass only for locomotive kits I quite like making whitemetal wagon kits.
Obviously, the handrailing had to be fashioned from brass rod supplied with the kit. I pr
Thinking a long way ahead towards making a small LMS layout project, I thought it might make a change if I ignored having a stationary goods yard hand crane.
It might be more interesting if I had a mobile hand crane , so I searched the web for ideas and information and came up with this photo.
Strictly speaking I think this is an ex LNWR version but there are similar Midland examples and I took a chance on a Meteor Models hand crane truck kit in 7mm , which is based on Midland Railw
