Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.

Very nice. Very nice indeed.

“it has taken a while”

Really? I was amazed at your progress!

 

A very handsome locomotive - the epitome of the Scottish 4-4-0. 

Very impressive and aesthetic, both static and in motion.  Would very much like one.

 

Seeing it pootle along your layout with those coaches was appreciated.  Great job.

Not intended for pootling, your Dunalastair. Just wait til she gets clear of the web of Glasgow junctions and out on the open road...

Beautiful. Nice layout too. Love the tenements

Lovely work and a great looking layout too.

Duncan

I was a bit bemused by the cab front lining but then saw this:

 

Wonderful locomotive (real and model!)

 

 

 

Beautiful work Dave.  It looks grand against that backscene of yours (the effect of the latter is particularly good in the first shot, I thought you had made some new buildings in 3D!). 

 

I like the smooth flow of loco and train in the video. Looks like good track laying.

That has turned out beautifully, what a very attractive locomotive!  I'm also very impressed by your layout's control panels, very smart!

To quote Captain Haddock; "What a dish!"

That looks brilliant, well done! Photographed against that back scene it looks perfect.

Thanks all. The front of cab lining was tricky , but I think adds to the whole thing Compound. I must polish the edges of the hornguides at some point. 

 

Well, full drawing are available from the CRA Knuckles. The cost of a scratchbuild like that is actually less than a comparable RTR these days . The coaches are all from etches by John Boyle. Still serviceable , but now showing a patina of age. with a bit of varnish yellowing. Mind you, the real ones did too. 

 

Not sure if my tracklaying is particularly good Mikkel though I do think a well compensated or sprung chassis makes a huge difference to the apparent stability of a model. I have a couple of old rigid chassis engines and they do jump about far more. 

 

Thanks Wenlock, I intend to replace the one labelled "signal box " with a proper lever frame type. One of these days. 

 

It wasn't going very fast in the video, give it 12 Volts and it flies along . Trouble is you then can't video it ..... 

 

 

 

Your video is beautiful! What a superb scene, the running is smooth and there's a real feeling of taking a step-back-in-time ...

On 24/02/2019 at 19:30, Portchullin Tatty said:

Wonderful locomotive (real and model!)

 

 

 

So much so that I was inspired to rejoin CRASoc!