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paulprice

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Well I don't know how its happened but I have managed to find a little time to actually do some modelling, and as a bonus the Domestics Overlord, very kindly allowed me a little time out from my manacles :).

 

Just in case the Domestic Overlord reads this, I'm sorry, I'm portraying the DO in a bad light, of course I was not released from my manacles................ :)

 

Anyway before anyone notices I'm taking a break from "black leading the stove" I better let you know what I have been up to. Foster Street is based loosely in the NorthWest of the country, deep in LMS territory, but those sneaky so and so's in the LNER have a habit of sticking their noses in. So with CLC influences in mind I slowly set about collecting a rake of LNER teaks.

 

The initial idea, was to create an interregional train, and slowly I started to collect a few Dapol teaks to form this train, I even started to work on producing an example of a, wait for it GREEN locomotive, that I could attach to the front of this train, at the very least to save a poor LMS loco from the indignity of pulling this rake (even worst that this I actually have a second green LNER loco passing through the works).

 

As the layout is set in the period leading up to Nationalisation, if you at prototype pictures from the time, most the passenger stock, had what you could describe as coating of grot, even on some of the major expresses. So I would be able to get out the old weathering brushes and apply some grot to the rake, or as some have said ruin them??
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All of the rake where attacked, sorry treated in my usual manner, with a limited (3 colours) of enamel and some good brushes, if you can tell from the photos the 3rd class coaches have got the worst of the grot, the Buffet and the 1st coach have only got a light layer, as most of the photo's I looked at from the period seemed to suggest they were cleaned a little more often?
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I think I still have a little to do on the rake, I think I need to work on the roofs a little more, and the under frame and buffer areas, and maybe apply a little more general grot? One thing is for certain I need to finish the locomotives for this rake then I can concentrate on stock from a proper company LMS LMS LMS LMS LMS LMS :)

 

I can hear the DO approaching so as ever until the next time Happy Modelling :)

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MRFIXIT99

I found your blog by accident, and I'm just catching up on your entries now. I'm not an N gauge modeller or an LMS fan but your blogs are turning into vital reading for me, you really are a talented modeller.

 

The LNER teaks look great, some of the weathering is very subtle, I remember teaks, in BR days being in a terrible state, so maybe you should apply more "grot". The only complaint I have so far is that you need to do more of a step by step entry so modellers like me can learn your secrets.

 

Just out of interest I have an 0 gauge rake you can weather, purely so that other modellers can learn how to do it?

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MRFIXIT99

My wife has just said she has seen your layout before, and she was right its been in the Railway Modeller this year?

 

Do you have it booked for exhibition this year as if you are anywhere near me, the wife and I would love to see it in the flesh

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paulprice

My wife has just said she has seen your layout before, and she was right its been in the Railway Modeller this year?

 

Do you have it booked for exhibition this year as if you are anywhere near me, the wife and I would love to see it in the flesh

 

We are down for a couple of exhibitions this year, including Wigan if you are around the area

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paulprice

I found your blog by accident, and I'm just catching up on your entries now. I'm not an N gauge modeller or an LMS fan but your blogs are turning into vital reading for me, you really are a talented modeller.

 

The LNER teaks look great, some of the weathering is very subtle, I remember teaks, in BR days being in a terrible state, so maybe you should apply more "grot". The only complaint I have so far is that you need to do more of a step by step entry so modellers like me can learn your secrets.

 

Just out of interest I have an 0 gauge rake you can weather, purely so that other modellers can learn how to do it?

 

You really don't want to let me lose on a 7mm model, I do not think my skills are up to the required level

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lankyphil

We were discussing your new additions at the club last night. We've come to the conclusion that you're becoming an LNER modeller. Congratulations :-P

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paulprice

We were discussing your new additions at the club last night. We've come to the conclusion that you're becoming an LNER modeller. Congratulations :-P

 

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, I'm a fan or real railways like the LMS not pretend companies :)

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MRFIXIT99

Hey are you sating the LNER is not a real railway, I thought the only pretend railway way down South?

 

Which ever club your a member of they should be happy that they have a modeller of your standards as a member, its good to see that there are still some very accomplished modellers around.

 

I cant wait to see what your next project will be

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