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Hello,

 

I have finally finished my 4mm scale Backwards Minuatures Beyer Garratt.

 

The kit has been a bit of a pain to build and have put it off over the years and the footplate along with the buffer centre line being too narrow.

 

Anyway, I've forced myself to finish before starting anything else and have built it to as close to Sneyd Colliery's example and will be such named.

 

I will be priming it tonight.

 

I have also purchased a Oxford Road Janus recently, not a loco I ever wanted but thought why not.

 

The buffers have been replaced with RT Models Yorkshire engine oval loco buffers and the hole on the bufferbeam filled in,

 

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Hello everyone,

 

the Garratt is now finally finished and will be weathered shortly to be as close as it was late in life at Sneyd Colliery. The nameplates supplied in the kit appear to be too long to me so will get some custom made at some point.

 

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It's been 3 years since I last updated this. I have been doing model making since then but admittedly not a lot, mostly plastic wagon kits when working away, usually sat on one of my buses when on standby at a railway station.

 

This week with a itch to build a layout in 009 gauge, I wanted to crack on with something simple that would be perfect for it.

 

When it was announced Small Run Batch / Meridian Models announced they would be producing a batch of kits of the 4mm scale, 009 gauge Baldwin 50hp Gas Mechanical, I wanted one as it's a prototype that has grown on me over the years.

 

So this is my latest build (not that I've had time to weald a soldering iron this year) of  Ffestiniog railway No:11 before the revitilised railway altered it to its current condition.

 

This is the result of about 15 hours work.

 

I actually built this without any instructions and modified it to have rocking beam compensation on the front axle. Runs beautifully and was a joy to build.

 

Only problem I found was the cast cab roof which was very detailed did not fit on as per the prototype so made my own brass sheet which will have lead added underneath and pressed the rivets out.

 

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