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    Wigan Show - Prep 2

    By paulprice,

    Well a little more prep has been completed on the Locomotive fleet before the weekend, actually I was just playing train, but they are my trains so I can if I want.
     
    I have been slowly re-painting a second Jubilee on post-war lined black, and she has now got her identity and a spot of weathering. So she joined her sister for a few laps of the layout, no lamps have been fitted yet, as I think she may end up double heading.

    I would hate anyone to think I only have fancy passenger locomotives, so I thought I would look at some of the freight allocation.

    I know the proto-types to use a technical term were a bit "pants" but I king of have a soft spot for them, and have a 3rd example that may get off the workbench at some point (maybe).
     
    There was one calamity however, and it involved my Stanier Mogul, all I can say is it needs a little more work now before its completed, as I dropped it and it did not bounce so the picture below is pre-drop.

    This would have meant that I have examples of all the principal LMS moguls, oh well it gives me something else to do, that's if the two Terriers and the Domestic Overlord will let me, only kidding (just in case the Boss reads this).
     
    Until next time Happy Modelling
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    Well I completed the final bit of prep on some of the Locomotive fleet today, on some examples from a lesser railway, I don't mean the Southern, but the LNER.
     
    I know I'm and LMS man, but Foster Street is based in the Northwest so even though I hate to admit it the LNER got into the area, so I have a little collection for the odd inter-regional train.
     
    When Farish released the V2 I held out for quite a while, before I finally gave in an bought one, it sat in the fleet occasionally getting a run, but that was about it. Over the last couple of weeks its had a coating of grot adding and a little fettling to try fit it in with the look of a working loco, I think it needs a little more grot though.

    Having a dwindling supply of older Farish chassis hidden away, like most of us N gauge modellers I try to find a use for them, because I couldn't come up with a better idea for them they sort of ended up as the NE copy of a decent engine the Black 5. So I have a couple of B1's in the fleet, one is on a old A3 chassis the other is on a Black 5 chassis but nobody has noticed yet

    The first one was such a pain to finish in the apple green livery and made me seriously consider my sanity it was a such an effort. In fact I enjoyed it that much the second one appeared in the same livery.
     
    What I do like are six coupled goods loco's and have quite a few in the collection but I did not have any none LMS ones, that was until I decided to build a couple of NE types, and knocked together a representation of a J39 and J38 which I then lined (I have no idea why )


    So that's my shame is out there for all to see, my name is Paul and I have some LNER locomotives, but only 5 of them . On the bright side, they say there is always inspiration to be found from the most unusual source........ and I have an idea for the next layout a SCRAPYARD

    Well Im not doing anymore prep work I think its done, so until next time, as ever Happy Modelling
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    Yes I admit it I have a problem.......... I think this model railway bug I have is terminal, or at least it will be when the Domestic Overlord finally realises how many "Toy Trains" I have.
     
    After a brilliant weeks holiday with the Domestic Overlord, down in Cornwall, a day out resulted in me becoming the proud owner of my second one of these.

    At only £90 pounds (I still have pains in my wallet) they are astonishing value for money, I know they have been out for a number of years but if you can still find one snap it up.
     
    Now I thought all I had to do would be to either give the loco a simple repaint into LMS black, or like I have on my previous one splash a bit of weathering around to represent a loco, still waiting to be repainted into the glorious LMS ownership. Having limited time today, I thought while I was working out what to do I would add a crew and lamps to my previous loco.
    That's when the simple task got a little more complex, as I got the loco out of the stock box, I noticed a couple of the fleet had a crew member missing, so I resolved to put this right,

    However I soon ran out of my supply of ready painted crew (I need to paint some more up, I normally do this in batches) as I had a Pat and Scott to crew, and I have also run really low on oil lamps.
     
    The good news is that if I order the lamps, I will have plenty of time to decide what to do with the loco livery wise, the bad news is now I have all the 4Fs together on the layout, perhaps they are still a little too clean, and also what codes to apply to them?
     
    Problems, problems, problems, which will all pale into insignificance if the DO ever found out about my little problem, but I can trust you chaps to keep a secret cant I?????
     
    Until next time happy modelling
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