Red's Unsound Buildings - Designing Kelsby

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Why did I let it be five months before I updated this thread? 

Anyway, now I've remembered that this exists I can show you this that arrived in the post this morning:

A huge box of Dapol buildings kits. Thanks Mum

As such, I apologise for missing... Well, most of the kit builds I've done for those following this thread. I promise to at least try and be more up to date with this in future. 

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On 13/07/2020 at 16:15, RedGemAlchemist said:

Mr. Alchemist, what have I told you about remembering to keep your work up to date?!

 

Apologies for the long gap, I just keep forgetting to show my working as it were. All the rubbish going on at the moment makes it very easy to lose track. There will be a sister post on my buildings thread showing my work on that front too.

 

Let's start off with the 9F, No.15 Tom Hickathrift, as its the loco I've been wanting to add to the roster for longest. The smoke deflectors have been removed and the gaps filled in, and more weight has been added to the tender but other than that nothing has really changed. It goes look very smart in KLR unlined black with copper fittings though. Really like how the copper cap turned out. This thing is, in terms of haulage, an absolute MONSTER. When I was testing it it pulled the entirety of my coaching stock at once! 

 

Next up is the little Neilson tank, No.20 Lynn Witch. It... actually needed no modifications, and all the black is the same as original. All I did was paint the running board grey and the fittings brass and add the gold lettering. It runs like a dream (clearly the motor has been geared down by the previous owner) and is actually very powerful for its size. 

 

And finally No.19, the Warship Boadicea. Same paint scheme as the Class 37, which I can't remember the name of but I know is named after Grandad's old Regiment to act as a pair with No.16. Connecting new couplings was a nightmare, and while they are a bit low thankfully its not so much as to cause an issue, though I did have to remove the extended tabs at the bottom of them to stop them clipping the sleepers. Runs OK but chugs a bit. 

 

No.18 has also had a rename, as Jack-in-the-Green doesn't fit any more seeing as it's no longer green. So now it's called Thomas Paine, because it's another good Norfolk name, though I was originally saving that for a possible American loco. 

Said sister post to the above. 

 

Here's a trio of low relief houses made from Wills sheets and a Hornby Town and Country Georgian house kit (remember those?) 

 

Then there's this... Palo, is it? overhead crane, a Ratio maintenance depot and a cattle dock for Berkham. The last, of course, are very much WIP. 

 

EDIT: The crane kit is by Faller. Who the hell is Palo?

Edited July 14, 2020 by RedGemAlchemist

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Doing some buildings today as I try to get caught up on my backlog. 

To start with I repainted Kelsby Shed Three so it looks more like how I intended (as brick rather than carrstone like the other sheds). 

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Some more stuff for Berkham. The other platform is done, along with the water tower and coal platform, and the cattle dock. Also picked up a Matchbox Super Kings Scammel K-J2 for the Works. 

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Berkham Church has just arrived too. Got it for a tenner off Facebook. It's dedicated to Edward the Confessor and is heavily rebuilt to the point that very little of the original medieval church remains. 

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I apologise for not posting on here more often. It's been hard for me to find the motivation to work on my railway stuff of late for some reason. 

 

Smegglesheath's Station is now finally painted up. It's made from the small Triang station building and a Dapol lineside hut. It's small, but so will the station be so it doesn't need to be big. 

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Over a year later and I finally update this thread with some of what I've been working on. 

This is Mill Cottage for Smegglesheath, which also has a windmill to go with it that I've been working on since... probably about August last year? 

The thatched roof needs a neaten up but I'm pretty pleased with it overall.