beachcomber_bob

Nice work!

I think you've made a good job of the kit,

the home made transfers look a treat.

And I think when on display in its' case -

it looks all the better for being sat in some scenery,

instead of on a bit of plain track, mounted onto bare wood!

 

Now to build a layout........?

Cheers

Marc

Took me a while since your comment, but I've just finished a diorama.(I posted the whole lot up on Flickr if the following RMWeb links don't work.) http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/32024-dscf0485/

This was my first attempt (at scale realism and modelling in general) so please be kind, or at least constructive in your criticism.

The kit started out as an Airfix 'City of Truro', but I modified it into 'City of Birmingham' as a gift for a friend (hence the display case). It was originally intended as just a display of the engine alone, but because of the size of case I could get reasonably cheaply, the loco looked lonely on it's own, so the scene sort of expanded into what you see now.

I had to rebuild the front bogie (Airfix had done a pretty poor job there) to make it at least close to the real thing.

I made all the decals myself with inkjet transfer paper, so the splasher name, loco numbers and works plates would be correct. I had to redraw the victorian 'curly' monogram on the tender (using computer software) from an example I found on a jigsaw box while visiting NRM York.

The period I've tried to go for would be about 1910-1911. (oh, and the rabbit popping out of its hole in the right foreground was made from Fimo!)