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Starting in the Middle


AlfaZagato

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I thought I might start chronicling what I do on my cramped little workbench. I haven't much to show yet except ideas and plans.

 

Firstly, I've a Langley GWR 56xx kit I'm working on. I have managed to satisfy myself with the fit of the body to the Poole-Farish 94xx chassis, so currently the goal is to get the hole drilled for the trailing wheel. I've already managed to burn out a bit, and the local Ace hardware only had one on hand, so I'll need to wait until Thursday for them to restock. I will have pics of this later this evening.

 

Secondly, I have an old Airfix brake van kit I'm looking to kitbash into one suitable for OO9. My first attempt at this was atrocious, and plagued by a temporary lack of a straightedge or a square. I had meant to take a pic of the first attempt, but I knocked it apart in a fit of boredom. I did manage to save the sides with the duckets, so I'll try cutting ends and a floor from sheet styrene.

 

Thirdly, I'm looking to build a micro- or shoebox layout in 009. My general idea is to use what I have on-hand to do so, which is admittedly limited. Bringing up the Airfix conversion is part of this tertiary mention. General question to any who might read this, though, is, should I pursue the shoebox concept, should I build some sort of sub-structure to actually mount the layout to, or should I just build the layout onto the box directly?

 

Also, given this is a railway modelling site, I have intent to keep it railway related, but if anyone is interested, I can post about other projects I have. Let me know!

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