Featherstone Rovers and more.....
In 1967 Featherstone Rovers won the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final beating Barrow 17-12.....
Recently I've been working a few projects. One is building a OO/OO9 photo plank which can be seen in the pictures. It was made from an Ikea Lack shelf and some foam insulation board painted with brown emulsion paint. Ancient PECO Code 100 track was resurrected and a piece of OO9 crazy track made up the NG spur. Hanging basket liner has been used for the grass base layer and static grass will be added shortly. A backscene is also planned. More soon.
On the NG front I've been working on detailing a couple of old Jouef Egger-bahn coaches using the excellent Narrow Planet etch for the end balconies.
Egger 1 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
The carriages were broken down into their component parts and the the axle guards glued to stop them swivelling. Tie rods were made up from florists wire. After a coat of Tamiya NATO black I used Graham Farish metal coach wheels to replace the original pizza cutter wheels'.
Egger 2 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
With the coaches themselves I've replaced the windows and sprayed them with Tamiya green giving them a coat of satin Valejo varnish. A wash of thinned Valejo acrylics and strategic dry brushing has given them this finish which I'm pleased with.
Egger 3 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
With the roofs I covered the plastic moulding with masking tape. and added MJT roof vents. Tamiya German grey was then sprayed on, The Narrow Planet etched balcony ends were blackened chemically before receiving a coat of primer and a blast of Tamiya black. The uprights are once more florists wire. I also made the couplers smaller reducing the size of the buffer head. Here's the finished coaches seen with a modified PECO 4 wheel coach and my trusty Narrow Planet O&K 'Linnet'.
Egger 4 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
On the structural front I've had a modified Wills wooden goods store sat ready for painting which can be seen below. Once painted with Valejo acrylics and distressed with fine grade wet and dry.
Egger 5 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
Also the venerable Wills Pagoda hut is seen below with added bolt head detail.
Egger 6 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
Finally the Wills Staverton signal box I've built for a good friend and of course a POWSides 'Eastern United' 7 plank built from a Slater's kit ready for weathering.
Featherstone Rovers 2 by Mark Branson, on Flickr
Finally and the reason for the title and brief introduction a POWSides 'Acton Hall' of Featherstone 7 plank wagon built from a Parkside kit....
A trip to Post Office Road and 'The Big Fellas Stadium' awaits to see Featherstone in action.
Mark
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