Karl

At risk of putting too many photos in this topic in a short space of time, here's 590 powering through Tanyglaslyn. Colour & BW versions.

Fantastic news! I wouldn't have bought it in black but in crimson there's another sale made!

Thought I'd add one that just shows the whole of the board in one view.

Colour version of this is within the Get Britain Modelling thread, a pair a 10-12-Ds powers through Tanyglaslyn.

A pair of Baldwin 4-6-0's blast through the pass at Tanyglaslyn with a WD train.

A preservation scene with Hunslet 2-4-0STT 'Linda' picking up the glint arriving at Tanyglaslyn above the slate workers cottages.

Having called at Tanyglaslyn the oil fired Hunslet 2-4-0 'Linda' powers away having passed through the short tunnel and is now on the ledge above the river.

A care-worn Double Fairlie 'Livingston Thompson' works an empty rake of 2 and 3 T FR slate wagons through Tanyglaslyn.

Headline on Tuesday... "Hornby enters 009 with Darjeeling B"... think that's sadly a fantasy. 😂

A thought that just occurred would a 4079 and 4472 set be a candidate? Isn't 2024 100 years since the Great Western posed 4079 with its "Most powerful emgine" headboard alongside an A3? Its also 35 years since the pair were in Australia together so there could be a pair of them in 1924 condition and a pair in 1980 Aus condition. An obvious good seller and notable absentee as well is an Umber liveried Terrier. Hornby haven't done this in the new tooling and the Dapol/Rails one sold very quickly and from the odd one I've seen on ebay sell for high prices. 40 years since steam return to the West Highlands and the precursor to the Jacobite with 5407 in LMS, could use the new tooling. More Black 5s i think are likely to be announced (the second run of Std 2s were announced before the first arrived) and on the subject of the West Highlands could we get K1 2005 in LNER green, only a preservation era livery but I think it'd sell.

It must be the GWR year for a Hornby Dublo, we've had A4, Princess Coronation, Merchant Navy and Prototype Deltic. My guess would be a King as that'd be the 8Ps offered in each region. Other than that I really don't know. Something Scottish and 4-4-0 (D40/D34) would be lovely but have they cleared much of the backlog that 2023 was to catch up on? B17s haven't arrived yet, neither has the Deltic Black 5s, Coronation Stock, most of the 88ds. It could be that there's only one new tooling announced as they continue to catch up. On rolling stock the rebuilt beavertail is probably a fair shout.

Quick phone snap of the progress on the now named Porth Nadolig with the stone effect paper starting to appear on the main building.

Dry fitting of building for spacing out on the as yet unnamed next project... Phone photo with background removed.

With the resin water still drying on the other side but the station nameboard now in place and the water tower plumbed in 3 cruel phone photos of the first trial of a Double Fairlie through Tanyglaslyn. Hopefully this weather will break and I'll be able to get it outside again.

A possible difference is the tender. I don't know what 92134 ran with in service but it didn't have a tender when it entered preservation. I think the one it is running with is on hire from a standard 5 owning group.

With the ballast having to be patched up and drying the Dremel was used to extract the sections I want from the slate processing building for this next project. Some nasty phone snaps attached. The plan is a small Canal side wharf with the fiddle yard also on the same board but with potential for future expansion. It's another 22ltr baseboard build!

Plus starting the set up on this...

A little bit of work over the Christmas break but some unforgiving phone photos and room lighting.

Hopefully OK to put this here!

Thanks very much. This is my third Victory, already have the maroon one as "Francis" as it ran at Astley Green Colliery which you can almost see from the house and the grey one. I added the sandboxes, steps and one toolbox to this just so it was different as I haven't fitted them to the others. They are terrific little models, hopefully another engine is to follow in the not too distant future. That is a lovely weathering job!

No fancy editing on this but like others I succumbed to the offer and bought another, no dressed with bespoke transfers from Railtec. Away to be weathered for appearing on the colliery!

We have GWR autocoaches coming from Dapol and the Bachmann BR(W) version, Hornby did a SR push-pull set. An obvious omission here to me is an LMS one to go with the Bachmann PP fitted Ivatt 2 and 1p.

Another from a photo session yesterday afternoon outside when the sky turned nicely dramatic. BR Standard 2 No. 78054 waits to leave Loch Dochard, the fireman must've gone for the lamp as they're nowhere to be seen!

That's very kind Andrew. Progress on this has stalled since I put those last photos up but given the forecast for the Christmas break from work I may find plenty of time to add more to it.

Bachmann Dukedog No. 9018 crosses the trestle bridge at Cwm Bach at sunset. Not the best photoshop job of exhaust. And another in the late afternoon autumn sunlight charging across the bridge. (Again not the best of photoshop jobs)