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Matthew Cousins

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  1. It would have made more sense than the Leader!
  2. Agreed, but although they look very attractive like this, they're just a bit too bright and the LNER couldn't have kept anything this clean, except the Royal Train!
  3. Guildex at Telford had its usual grievous effect on my funds, but very pleased to have received the repaint from Colin Tyler - will post pic later. Also found a couple of LNER suburbans at the bring and buy, that were nicely made and with a bit of weathering will be a nice addition to stock, many thanks to the vendor for a very fair price. I hope they feel that they have gone to a good home! There were very many other opportunities for complete wallet failure, with RTR in 0 gauge offering some really nice products, one can always dream...
  4. Would really like to see an 0 gauge version of this loco type. I'm sure that if Dapol make a success of their Terrier, then some other makers might look to sell economically priced 0 gauge locos?
  5. A great piece of model making, good chassis/motor/gearbox and lovely detailing, should make an excellent and useful addition to a layout.
  6. Thanks for the kind comment Steve, but so far the track still needs more fettling to cope with express speeds! Freights do trundle quite nicely though!
  7. Thanks for the kind comments and good to meet you too.
  8. Having been spotted on RMWeb by a fellow rail artist Craig Tiley, my outdoor layout got featured in RM by him, which was very flattering considering that the railway is still a work in progress. Anyway, Craig asked what the name of the railway was and I hadn't really thought of one, so came up with my old spotting location of Cadwell plus a description of Moor, which I suppose goes with the rugged viaduct and heathers? Have had a couple of recent running sessions with some visiting locos. The Devon Belle seems to have got itself diverted onto my patch of the LNER This is a Golden Age model and is superb, but I didn't seem to have enough amps running to power it properly, which was a pity. Also a stray E4 and C2X seem to to have wandered my way. The C2X and E4 are radio controlled and worked well - made very nicely by Malcolm Saker, who has got a nice weathered tone and colour to them. Returning to the LNER here are a couple more pics of my stock, The blue A3 expertly painted by Colin Tyler is a modified Sunset model and the Royal Claud is a Mallard model by an unknown maker.
  9. Thanks, for that, I shall send you a progress pic when I've done some more to the painting.
  10. Ironically, I've been asked to paint a semi aerial view of Brighton shed and your plan will help me keep the track layout faithful, good luck with the model.
  11. Thanks for the kind comment, I haven't seen the article yet, so must dash out and buy a copy!
  12. Very nice work, but just one question, is it better to have the compensation beam soldered to the centre bearing as you have, or to let it just bear on the axle bearing allowing some axial movement of the axle?
  13. Hi Dave, I shall find a suitable photo of the garden that shows how the railway fits in, but basically it occupies the top third of the garden and when the green lifting bridge is out, you can't really see it from the house. I'm hoping that the railway will feature in the August Railway Modeller, with plan etc. Cheers, Matthew
  14. I kid you not, a Daf would be quicker!
  15. Agreed absolutely about the A3 and although the B17 looks almost too shiny and clean, I'm loath to weather it down, so that it reflects the 1930's condition, so It's ex-works!
  16. The Sunset A3 has arrived and is running in on a goods. The paint job by Colin Tyler is first class and just what I wanted it to be - superb work. However despite Colin's best efforts the loco is still massively inefficient and draws a lot of power for not much output. My layout has gradients, not huge, but significant and the rest of my front-line locos have ABC gearboxes which handle everything superbly, specially the James King built B17 which with ball bearing drivers is a fantastic performer! The Sunset models have some kind of belt drive and are massively heavy, so it takes most of their power to move themselves up a gradient! Also shown is the wonderful B17
  17. Yes Jon, but another problem has cropped up, which I shall be curing pronto, will be running within a week!
  18. The garden has emerged from the soggy winter fairly well, with only a small amount of electrical bonding and track alignment needed. It has allowed me to have some fun taking pics after a spot of hedge cutting and garden tending.
  19. Looks like a Gresley K2 mogul, I've been trying to finish one in 0 gauge for around 10 years!
  20. Agreed, have you got any further with your P2 type profiles?
  21. Yes - much better to be outdoors, but it was a nice little show - will go again next year. See you Friday.
  22. Had a nice time at the East Grinstead show, managed to finish a small painting and have plenty of chats on railways and art etc. etc.. The sun came into the room nicely at the end of the day Saturday so grabbed a few pics and cheated a bit on the scenery with Photoshop.. I displayed three LNER locos and by co-incidence these are models of what three different groups are endeavouring to create full size, I hope they succeed! Lastly on another site someone mentioned that streamlined locos looked best in blue, so I decided to photoshop a photo of my P2 to see what it might have looked like if Mr T hadn't chewed it up - it might have been classified 9P! Almost tempted to have it repainted blue, but I think the builder would have a fit, having carefully lined out those 8 drivers!
  23. Very good work, I like the artist and easel, he must have to paint quickly to capture the trams going by, or do they stop for a pose!
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