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Thanks Mike, a useful conversion chart that one This coming weekend i'll be off to Taunton model railway exhibition, and among kits will be this new one. Kit D19 for the OO / 4mm modellers :

Thanks Ian, here's the colour method on those bricks, I'm still using the Games Workshop range of Citadel acrylics : A couple of thin coats of white primer (aerosol can) Paint all the bricks including in the mortar lines with Skrag Brown (its a fairly bold orangey brown bricky sort of colour) Pick out odd random bricks in 3 other colours : deathclaw brown, baneblade brown, and rakarth flesh. Paint the bottom 2 courses and bricks over doors arches and windows in gorthor brown. At this point it looks rather clean, bold and bright, but all that changes with the next bit. Wash a very dilute brown ink over one side at a time, leaving that side horizontal while the ink dries. The ink clings in the mortar lines. Once all 4 sides are done once, go again with the ink wash in random places, especially low down near the ground. When its all very dry, a few bits of drybrushing with a few shades of grey and brown to catch edges and corners.

A few new kits now available : Deckchairs have been available for 2mm/N for a while, but now they are also for 4mm/OO too, each folds from a single piece of brass. Roll the seat bit over a dowel or a scriber, then fold down the legs and cross rails. Instruction drawings included. Also at 4mm, a brick built stables kit. This was on my list for a long time, but finally its done

Got it done in time the N Gauge show, so a few of you already know about it..... Sidings Workshop new kit for the N gaugers, as well as the OO gaugers http://www.severnmodels.com

Starting to sound like a consensus, so i'll add it to the list

Hi Justin, I will likely do them in N too if there is interest, you are the first to ask and the more that ask the more chance there will be

I'm afraid its only you at the moment Stu. A chap did ask at a show, but I think he departed before I could offer to take contact details for if it went ahead. Hi Ian, I plan to do a small stable block at 4mm fairly soon - part of my summer batch of new kits, which also includes getting the office furniture done too. Hopefully by the start of the 'exhibition season' in September there will be several new kits on the shelf.

Some new kits just out for 4mm / OO modellers, two sidings buildings, good for workshops, storage or maybe an office. Brass etch components, I have glued these together with superglue, or you can solder if you like. And this little scene contains two kits at 7mm - the drawing board and filing cabinet :

If there are another dozen folks out there who want the same type / size / detail, then its possible, certainly.

I have not had a lot of opportunity for making new kits recently, but hopefully will get some new ones going in the new year. In the meantime, here is a catch-up of two kits I have not posted here before. Plenty of time left for christmas post if you need a project over the festive season, in between turkey sandwiches http://www.severnmodels.com Both kits shown here are for 2mm / N layouts Coal mine headgear, kit N26 and possibly the worlds smallest deckchairs? Kit N23B

It's off to Stoke Mandeville Aylesbury this weekend for the Railex model railway exhibition, stand 51 if you would like a closer look at the kits. http://www.railex.org.uk/index.htm

Bringing scale down a bit, new kits for N / 2mm modellers - Kit N25 : extra garden detailing with cold frames, compost bins, water troughs, pots, and work benches. Each item folds from a single piece of brass, no glue/solder needed on this one. (The benches are sized to fit inside the allotment sheds of kit N13, so they look better with the door open). Here combined with the sheds kit N13, and a few tools from kit N21, to make the tidiest allotments ever!

A bit more interior detail for the 7mm / O Gauge modeller - tables & chairs :

A few new kits are now available - these two are for the 7mm / O gauge modellers. First up is the signal box lever set, and a stove to go with it. So now at long last I have signal box interior kits in 2, 4 and 7mm scales! 7mm kits :

I like it - a nice busy scene you have there. Would you mind if I use one of the pics on my website gallery? I can do a picture credit if you would like one, or leave anon at your choice.

Good to hear you like your kits - my aim is to make them so nice that you feel the need for another one Every order gets packed onto a board, both at shows and in the post to protect it. I only want your kit to be bent when it is being done deliberately during construction

Thanks to all who stopped by at my stand at Warley - that's a big show A great weekend all round with quite a few folks taking a Severn Models kit home to build Andreas : the N / 2mm ladders are 2.4mm wide, and the OO / 4mm are 4.8mm and 4.5mm wide.

Answers to questions : 7mm : ladders will be in my next batch of new stuff, along with 7mm signal box interior. Brackets for extending ladders : I did try to work a good way to realistically do brackets for extending ladders, but the bits were ridiculously small even for me. The ladders can just be cut and re-glued overlapping to get the effect though, and a few slivers of paper would represent the hooks/catches quite well I think. Mini train sets : I now have two sizes, created as toy trains for 1:12 and 1:24 dollshouse modellers, though they will represent various scales at various other scales The larger one (kit T4, £28) has a 4mm track gauge, and the smaller one (kit G4, £22) is one a 2mm track gauge. Kits will be ready imminently. More pics at http://www.severnmodels.com - for the toy train sets look in the model rail > large scale/garden railway section, or the dollshouse sections. Now to load up the car - off to Warley to set up this afternoon!

I will be taking my display and full stock of goodies to the Warley show at the NEC this weekend - come and say hi at stand A71A! I think it is somewhere near the Dapol stand, which is a nice landmark in such a big show Got new ladder kits out in 2mm and 4mm, with normal ladders and some bolt-on-the-wall types :

It's a bit small for function I'm afraid, though I encourage kit bashing so feel free to upgrade the chassis

In the morning - Saturday 5th November - I am off to High Wycombe model railway exhibition with my display of goodies Visitors might get a sneak peek at a new train set kit soon to launch... this whole set is on a base board 4" long.

Those pesky pylons are everywhere, but so rarely modelled until now Come and see one this weekend - I am exhibiting at the Taunton Model Railway Show http://www.somersetrmc.org.uk/Rail-EX/

This weekend I am exhibiting all the goodies at the Farnham & District show in Aldershot, so come and say hi if that is your next of the woods! http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=158

It's off to Wigan this weekend for the model railway exhibition, so if that is your neck of the woods why not come and see the new kits http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk/exhibition.html The pylon kits are in stock both for N and OO modellers now. Also now there are GWR benches in 4mm and 7mm :

Thanks Ian, it has gone in todays post enjoy