BS4Boy

I used that site before and it went down as Rowley pointed out, when the owner passed. It did come back though so It may yet return I have since found the source program that he used to create this website, but I dare not post any links for fear of offending AndyY.

My flabber is completely gasted. Awesome work and very inspirational. I used to think card models were inferior to other methods, but since I downloaded one of scalescenes free kits I had suspected much greater things were possible, this proves that to be more true than I had imagined Thanks for sharing.

I was really interested in this when announced last year, thinking that it would be on a par with the latest Britannias. However the backward step of "design clever" put me right off it, but I waited to see what the actual finished production runs would be like. I have to say I have seen enough now and have decided that I will not be buying one. The price would be good for a more detailed better running and more acurate model but for what you are actually getting it seems very expensive. (especially the latest 1960s version at over

Decided to attempt to scratch build a BoB boiler as I feel it would teach me a lot and I would be able to have a very detailed and dilapidated version of a rebuilt and unrebuilt locos. My biggest problem is that I only have photos from around the web and a couple of really poor plans of just one side. So my versions will be very detailed but not as accurate as I would like. Much of the build so far comes from looking at photos and judging by eye and the exhisting Dapol kit. If anybody has anything that will help me position the clack and other inlets I would be most grateful for your help.

Great work Mike, Ive come acrass tour work in the past and find it very inspiring.

Here is the first of possibly 4 BoB/WC class locos I intend to build in scrapyard condition, this is very much work in progress so it looks a little rough in places at the moment

Here is another loco which I completed pretty quickly, I had removed the stack to use on another side project, so I used this as an experiment to try out the "salt n hairspray" paint layering effect. I scratchbuilt some piston cylinders and other bits to use with this and some of the other four remaining Class 61XXs that I bought at a discount from my local model shop. As I was trying to build this quilckly I did not do too much extra to it with regard to adding rivet overlays or thinning moulding edges, so its not as fine as others I shall be building.

Thanks Ian, I have a couple of other locos on the go and another that is finished but for a bit of weathering and decals. I shall be upoading more images to bring this up to date soon.

This is the 61xx almost finished all I need do now is give it some weathering and detail painting for areas like the backplate. Note I have also created a pile of scrap that represents many actual recognisable parts from this and other cut up locos. All the extra components for this with exception to the handrail knobs and hand wheels have been scratch built, I dont believe in spending money on things that I can build. In fact thats what gives me the most stisfaction!

This is a set of photos of one of the scrapyard locos that I started in order to "hone my rusty skills" Its a Dapol 61XX class witch I have modelled to represent it in the process of it being cut up. This went off my original concept of representing a rusty hulk set in the 1970-1980`s this would be more suited to the late1960`s when many places would have had such a scene.

I have started this Blog as a means to track my progress as I begin to return to my most favoured hobby of my youth. I last had a model railway over 28 years ago and always intended to get back into it one day and to possibly to go down the P4 or EM route. However I now do not wish to spend time and expense that it would take to learn to build my own track and modify rolling stock at this time so I will be going down the OO route. The fantastic level of detail available in RTR now, compared to 28 years ago makes me feel that at least in the short term I will be satisfied. Over the last Year or so I been researching up on what is new to the hobby and testing out some of my old and new methods in a small way but have not actually done much modelling. I Have come up with a first probable layout which would be (please don`t groan!) based on a blue and yellow era diesel depot, to which end I have drawn up several iterations of a plan but have yet to get any further than buying some locos. One of my ideas for this layout was to have a small area with a Woodhams type scrapyard nearby and whilst researching this I came across the wonderful Woodmores Scrapyard by cactustrain( Michael Russell). This inspired me to get on with that part of my first project in the form of building some scrap locos. This would also allow me to practice and hone some of my very rusty skills. This However has proved to be far more time consuming than I had first thought because I find myself trawling the internet for detailed photos or drawings of the relevant locos I am trying to recreate. Whilst I do not need the locos to be perfect representations, I do want to produce them as accurately as the available internet information allows. This about brings me up to date and I shall be posting photos of the progress on this which I have made so far.