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  1. Ok so hopefully starting to look a bit more like a bus I hope. Sides now attached to the floor/chassis and floor drawn out and ready to be cut and dropped in. The downside of building the bus this way is that the interior will need to be finished before the roof goes on... Maybe something to remember next time. Quite a lot of the info on the interior of the bus has come from photos on the Angus Transport Group's excellent website. These include photos of RLS469T, one of the few remaining ex SBG Ford/Alexander buses. Thanks Ken
  2. I was in a different bit of Perth Station yesterday and found this rather fabulous looking clock adjacent to Platforms 5/6/7. Sadly it doesn't seem to be working, and is partly obscured by some more recent signage. Some of the other signage in this area of the Station predates the current Scotrail house style, and what looks suspiciously like rail blue paint can be seen where newer paint is peeling off the platform canopy metalwork.
  3. Another quick update from me. Chassis frame and underside of the floor structure painted. Axles and suspension to go on later, plus the prop-shaft. I've made a start to the interior as well. I remember Northern Y-types generally having dark red vinyl on the floor, cream laminate on the sides and dark red moquette(?) seats. There may have been a bit of wood effect laminate as well, but nowhere near as much as in contemporary Duple and Plaxton products. Thanks Ken
  4. A bit more progress... Air reservoirs added, along with the air filter, and boot floor structure at the back. Engine sump/gearbox housing and radiator is a separate "bit" which I'll glue in once the rest is painted. Really just the suspension, axles and prop shaft to add now, the on to the interior.... Thanks Ken
  5. I've given into temptation and decided to add some detail to the underside of the Ford. Slightly approximate I'm afraid, based on online copies of photos in period Ford sales brochures. So far we have a diesel tank, and the underside of the battery box, which was just in front of the rear axle on these. Presumably to aid weight distribution with the engine up at the front... Just air reservoirs, a big air cleaner and the underside of the engine and gearbox to add. Floppy gear lever to follow in the cab... Thanks Ken
  6. Ok so a bit more progress on the bus. Here's the main bit of the floor, and the chassis frame. I'm now debating whether to add air reservoirs and a fuel tank and the like, although they won't be visible once the bus is finished. Sides to go on next to make sure they fit ok. Hopefully to be finished as VRG135L, as mentioned above. There are a few photos of this bus on Flickr, and it seems to have been moved around a bit, with Huntly, Elgin and Blairgowrie depot allocations.
  7. Ok, so in my desire to avoid easy or obvious solutions, here's plan "C" for the R1114. I'm now going to use the Nimbus kit (ok a photocopy), as a blueprint, and have cast a copy of the nose of an EFE y-type in clear resin. To be honest I've always fancied experimenting with 2-pack resin, and this seemed like a really good opportunity. I used plasticine as a mould, and just pushed the efe model into it. It seems to have worked fairly well if, albeit not one for the rivet counters. The plan now is to form a box/chassis from card/plasticard, and attach the resin nose to it. Sides will be card and the roof done with card/filler.. I've already got correct pattern wheels from Road Transport Images. If I can make this work (if!!!), I'm going to have a go at XSA5Y, the unique Volvo B57, and one of the Leyland Leopard based tow-buses. Thanks Ken
  8. Hello, I think this is GBRF's 66748 (going by the "Safety" branding) with an unidentified class 73. Ferryhill, Aberdeen this morning, presumably having just uncoupled from the Caledonian Sleeper. View from the old Wellington Suspension Bridge. Thanks Ken
  9. Yes, the Locos have done pretty well considering its 50+ years since the works closed. The original carriage shops are now also flats, retaining the original north light roof. As I mentioned the offices have mostly survived, but the locomotive shops were demolished to make way for Tesco Inverurie. There are a couple of buildings left un-redeveloped, but I'm unsure of their original use. Thanks
  10. Hello and happy Christmas to everyone on here... Not sure if this is the right place for this, but suppose it's a bit of a ghost. I found this LNER engine diagram booklet when I was helping my mum look for missing Christmas presents a few days ago. Mum is 75, and inherited this from her dad, who worked on the railways from LNER days through into BR (Scottish Region), and the early days of British Rail. He spent some of his time at Inverurie Works, where I guess this originates from. The offices are still there, now converted into flats. I'm not an expert, but I think all the types listed would have been used in and around Aberdeen in the 1930's and 1940's. Apologies for the doodling, I will blame some of my siblings for this... Thanks Ken
  11. Hello. Thanks for this, that would make sense, seems to be quite a busy road. I'm a bit surprised they didn't do away with the original bridge entirely, unless it's some kind of listed structure. It certainly looks different. Ken
  12. Hello. So plenty of ghosts at the new Beauly Station outside Inverness. The original station closed in 1960, and a lot remains, including the main building and platforms. The new (2002) station is tagged on to one end of the original western platform. The road overbridge immediately north of the Station is a bit of an oddball. It looks like a new concrete structure has been built over and around the original sandstone arch. I don't think I've seen one quite like this before.... Thanks Ken
  13. A very good point. Any idea how often they needed to be topped up? Assuming the heating boiler was working of course.... Thanks Ken
  14. Ok have done some Googling, and it appears Kittybrewster closed to steam traction in 1961, so presumably the majority of services passing through Insch from that point on would have been diesel hauled.
  15. A bit further South I was in an equally cold Insch, where the base for the water tower is still there 60+ years after the end of steam in NE Scotland. Sun shining on Dunnydeer Hill 👍 Does anyone know when regular steam workings finished in NE Scotland? I think 61A Kittybrewster was almost entirely switched to diesels in the very early 60's? Thanks Ken
  16. 🙂 I'm also intrigued that at some point the phone has been removed, but the sign has been left....
  17. Back in (a very cold) Keith today. If I've got this right, the last train between Keith and Keith Town ran in 1991, so these signs have been redundant for 30+ years. To be fair the level crossing sign (which I think must have guarded a foot crossing) looks a good deal older. Good to see the old Goods Shed is still hanging on, although the remains of the sliding doors are starting to come away from the gable end walls. Thanks Ken
  18. Ok this time I promise the F100D is finished. A couple of quick photos to show it with the ground crew in place, formerly Airfix British Commandos. Not the best quality figures, but they have turned out ok, to my eyes anyway. I've been playing around with the photo editing options on my old Samsung Galaxy, and have come up with something that might pass as an atmospheric shot from Lakenheath in the 60's (if you squint). Will post up some photos of what's left of 52817 if I make it up the hi in Spring '24, currently the weather isn't really suitable for amateur hill walkers like myself. Thanks Ken
  19. Back in a wintry looking Huntly today. Behind the modern Scotrail signs the original (?) Goods Shed is still there. I didn't realise how much it had been altered, and it seems to be out of use at the moment. The old-fashioned floodlights look a bit melancholy above the small forest that's grown up around the goods sidings. I think the track is still in there somewhere. On a more positive note the waiting area in the modern Station has an interesting collection of railway photos from the 60's and earlier. Thanks Ken
  20. 158717 heading off into the dusk towards Dyce from Kintore earlier today, on a busy service from Inverness. Thanks Ken
  21. Oh well, I thought I was finished but no.. The F100 D now has a section of concrete apron to sit on. It's a cake base that was about to go in the recycling, tarted up with acrylic paint. Maybe not 100% accurate, but I quite like the effect. A couple of Airfix British Commandos are in the process of being converted into USAF Europe ground-crew. Not Airfix best effort with that weird squishy plastic and lots of flash, but they should look better once painted. Back to railways once I can leave this alone, there is a Hornby Dublo Met-Camm DMU waiting to be chopped into one of Haymarket's last class 101's in Regional Railways/Scotrail colours. Thanks Ken
  22. Hello. So the F-100D is just about finished! A couple of bits of paint need touched-in, but I'm not doing anything more, apart from painting the base. Not a perfect model, but happy with the end result, and impressed with Esci's product. Just a pity they aren't around any more. As I mentioned earlier, the real 52817 crashed on a hill in southern Aberdeenshire in 1969, following an engine failure on a routine flight from Lakenheath. A fair bit of the wreckage is still there, and I plan to go and have a look at some point. Looking out the window this may need to wait for spring 24 🙁 Thanks Ken
  23. Thanks for the feedback on the I &AJR plaques. Would I be right in think they were removed from the Orton Viaduct in the 60's or earlier? Thanks Ken
  24. 158709 departing Kintore for Aberdeen earlier on today, with a service from Inverness. Thanks Ken
  25. A couple from me from Inverness today. First off, a very ornate plaque recording the names of the directors of the Highland Railway (I presume). Currently beside the buffers at the end of Platform 4, but presumably it wasn't always here? Secondly 6 BT payphones on the wall between Platforms 1 and 2 and the main concourse. I can't imagine these get used very often these days. They still have the BT "Piper" logo that was replaced in 2003... Thanks Ken
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