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Hello all, My name is Steve and I have just started modelling in N gauge. I never quite got anything done in 00 due to a lack of space, and always had my reservations about N gauge (horrible couplings, chunky wheels etc.) until my friend Lee (Lee M22 on here - have a look at his layout thread) brought a Farish 14 amongst other things round one day. Since then I have picked up the odd wagon and an 08 shunter and I'm hooked. I am currently planning a small shunting layout, although my aim is to somehow represent Hereford yard at some point (please see my help thread here!). In the meantime, I am collecting some late 80s / early 90s stock with that aim vaguely in mind. There are a couple more pictures in my gallery. Thanks for looking!

Well, the inspiration for this build finally reached his 'safe harbour' early Friday evening. Rest in peace, Jim - you will be sorely missed. So little work (obviously) in the last few days - however, the error has now been fixed, and the tender sits on it's wheels properly for the first time. Hopefully, now the pressure is off I'll take more time reading the instructions... Raymond James (Jim) Trim 2 Jan 1923 - 27 May 2011 Master Mariner 'Finished With Engines'

I was looking at the Harburn Hobbies website and liked the look of the fisherman's workshed, and thought that something similar could fill the empty space at the back of my layout nicely. A quick bit of measuring and planning and a root through my collection of spare materials and I was away. The basic shell is made from thick card... ...with Superquck brick paper covering (including the capping over the doors and windows)... ...a cereal packet roof and plasticard windowsill (and note the tile lines drawn on the roof)... ...and following on from Chris Nevard's article in MR 156 about individual tiles on a roof, I thought I'd have a go so it begins... ...and after only a couple of hours' work is finsihed... ...and after fitting of Wills Building Pack details (drainpipe, and a small chimney) and a door from plasticard, and one from corrugated plasticard. An evergreen strip windowframe split and the window itself from some clear plastic from a supermarket display tray (it's quite thick and ever so slightly frosted so doesn't look too shiny) All in all, I'm rather pleased with the result, and am glad that I had a go at the tiles. Also in the last photo are the fisherman figures from the Aiden Campbell range that I picked up at the York show, and have painted in Games Workshop paints. I'd encourage anyone to have a go at throwing a building togeter, even a simple one like this, and the use of junk mail recommended by Chris Nevard is brilliantly simple and a good use of what would otherwise be waste! Thanks for reading J

LOL, I've been lucky enough to see this stock in the flesh... The weathering is second to none! Good to see you have finally gone public with some pics! Hope this means we are getting closer to a layout scenario!!!! Keep it rolling! Lee

Looking good Steve. A lot of railway modellers don't tend to look to military modellers for weathering techniques. Look forward to following the blog... Dave

Hi Steve, The Farish 08 is lovely, isn't it?! Yours looks just the job with those Dutch wagons - could you explain a little about what weathering techniques you used please? cheers jo