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Cracking line up Simon! Best regards, Jeremy

Cheers Cav! I'll be adding the window panes in with a smoked effect clear plastic behind. The only interior I'll be modelling will be just inside the entrance to the depot on the side as I've found a couple pictures on google earth which someone has taken...very fortunately! Best regards, Jeremy

Thanks Keith. I'm pleased with how it's turning out. Best regards, Jeremy

Evening all, Having spent the last couple weeks dipping in and out of the build of my second building, I decided to return to the postal depot and make a start in the canopy which runs right across the entire front of the building. This particular part of the building will be built in situ but not glued into place so that I can remove it for spray painting as it will be in the same red as the rest of the building. Once finished and painted, I will then glue into position. I’ve built up a set of joists which fit nicely in between the two sheets of plastic I used for the first floor base. These are 2mm square strip with the ends slightly shaved down so they fit snug into the gap. Photo below. I then removed them and added them to the pre-cut base of the canopy. I’m trying to make this a relatively strong part of the building in case it gets knocked while cleaning the track that will run alongside it. Here is the progress so far. I’m also using the 2mm strip to build up the inside structure of the canopy. On top of this will be some sheet more plasticard to represent the roof of the canopy. The front and sides will have the same plated effect like below the windows of the building. At the moment the canopy can be slid in and out so I can work on it. Still lots to do! Best regards, Jeremy

Great news! Any estimated delivery dates yet?

Very nice!

That photo of the class 90 is superb!

Thank you Michael for your kind words.

Cheers Cav!

Thank you Peter. Great tip on the scalescenes thanks. Do you brush paint on the varnish or spray on? I assume Matt varnish? Best regards, Jeremy

I like your mixed stock coach rake. Very typical of Swiss rakes at the time. A nice collection of stock there! Best regards, Jeremy

Cheers Mark. I think I’ve been building this on and off for over a year now. Finally getting somewhere now. Best regards, Jeremy

Thanks David. It’s really coming to life now. Best regards, Jeremy

Evening all, Having replaced my airbrush with a new one, it was time to get the main colours onto the the postal building. I spent some time trying to get the main red colour of the building as close to the prototype as possible. Whilst on a trip to our local heritage railway and browsing the model railway shop, I found a pot of railmatch BR crimson which I thought might just be the ticket. I painted a small area and left to dry. It looked rubbish to be honest, so back to the drawing board and decided to get out all of my railmatch paints that were a shade of red. I then decided to mix up a little rail red and BR crimson together….and hey presto, I had something which was finally going to work. So here are the results. There is still loads to do with all the roof detailing, third coat of yellow on the doors, glazing, canopy over the platform area….and the list goes on! For the platform surface, I’m going to experiment with some scalescenes concrete paper and see how it comes out. Has anyone used this, and if so, how did you find it? Anyway, here are some progress photos. Best regards, Jeremy

Why don’t they offer them all up for sale rather than letting them sit and rot away?

Morning all, Latest addition to the rolling stock fleet arrived yesterday in the shape fo the newly released RE620 loco from Kato. Very pleased with it although they could of added the handrails as separate items as with their newly released Re4/4's. Seems they have stuck with the moulded types, shame really as this would of enhanced the model. However, its not all doom and gloom as they have updated the pantographs which look far better than those on the original batches of models. Best regards, Jeremy

60055 must be the only 60 that has kept its original name.

Afternoon all, I’ve been making some steady progress in the current build and have been building up the layers to the front. With a bit of filler added to hide the small gaps here and there! The little corner sections above each window have been cut out individually and seperately fitted. It’s now finished so I’m on to the first of the two sides now. The back will front onto the layout and will be just a solid piece of plasticard as the building will be partially low relief to the front of the layout. Best regards, Jeremy

Any chance of a set in N please....nudge nudge wink wink!

Hi, Looks very nice indeed. What scale is this? Best regards, Jeremy

Top stuff David! Track looks superb! Looking forward to seeing some stock on it. Best regards, Jeremy

Hang in there though. Kato have produced countless versions of the French TGV, some with just minor differences, so you never know, they may produce a 9 car version in the future.

What a waste of money. Class 91’s would be far more cost effective. And still using MK4 stock.

Good evening, So I had a hunt around for something suitable to use as a template. Unfortunately the lolly sticks my wife bought were not suitable Looking through my modelling tool box my set of tweezers looked like they could fit the bill for each half of the semi circle. So I tried them out on one semi circle and with some careful and light scoring working through the plastic, it worked! So here are the results, it’s not perfect but it’s good enough I think. Best regards, Jeremy

Hi Keith, That overall view of the layout is brilliant, what a picture! It's like looking out of the window at the real railway and that would be what you would see. Cracking work and look forward to some more videos! Best regards, Jeremy