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1 hour ago, Michael Edge said:

Very nice, shows up a nasty drop in the crossing on that turnout though.....

 

 

Your right it does. It doesn't affect the stock that usually runs on the layout though so it's ok with me. 

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A super little loco and I hope you are very proud of it

 

We are conditioned to seeing industrial locos in an unlooked after condition being both dirty and rusting away, so seeing it nice and shily looks a little odd.

 

I also like the look of the trackwork the hand made turnouts look so much better than its RTR equivalents 

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9 hours ago, hayfield said:

A super little loco and I hope you are very proud of it

 

We are conditioned to seeing industrial locos in an unlooked after condition being both dirty and rusting away, so seeing it nice and shily looks a little odd.

 

I also like the look of the trackwork the hand made turnouts look so much better than its RTR equivalents 

 

John

 

I'm going to weather it down to finish it off.ive still a few bits to do on the model to finish it off. I've just ordered the nameplate so until that turns up I'm not going to weather it as I feel it needs to be fitted beforehand.

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It's been a while since I posted anything, to be honest I've been doing other things not railway related.

 

I'm part of a small group of em modellers here in Keighley & I opted to make the lanky box for the layout. Times not been kind recently & I haven't had the amount of time I would have liked for modelling. 

 

I've had some holidays booked so I've spent some time today in the workshop cutting the first sections of the base. I'm using an etch a friend produced for Hebden bridge signal box windows as the basis for the model. I'm also using a free download of a lanky box as a guide to building my model. So far, so good, I've cut 3 of the 4 walls & cut the windows out which was a fiddle. The double window panel is my second attempt as the first was messed up.

 

I've never been one for building buildings but I am enjoying doing this side of the hobby for a change. Could be the start of a new chapter of modelling for me. IMG-20220601-WA0123.jpeg.4ab87246e38c26c39f3cdb73176c36e6.jpeg

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  • Simon Moore changed the title to Scratch built lanky signal box

I had another session this afternoon on the box & got the walls built up on the front & rear. I've re-enfored them with some thick plasticard although the side walls still need doing. Ive cut out the plasticard around the windows so I can insert some glazing on which I'm going to attach the etch windows.

 

 

 

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I've now assembled the base although I still need to build a few bits to finish this part off. I'm going to raid my friends stash of microstrip tonight so I can get on woth the windows which I'm really looking forward to doing.

 

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