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Can you imagine Hornby re-releasing this model with a more up-to-date DCC-Ready Chassis like with their 0-4-0s in their Railroad range?

Hmm, now...let's see...which is the best one. They both look nice, however, the one on the right captures the right look for freight stock as they would've looked. The right one is the best as there are wagons with two letters spaced out on their wagons like North Eastern, Great Central, Great Nothern, Great Western and Midland Railway.

Why not?

Good to see you ain't given up on your London & Mid-Western Railway project - that's good.

That was the 2721 Class 0-6-0PT.

Yes, that is what they would do on some heritage railways in the UK. And while we're at it, what about N Class painted to resemble James the Red Engine on the Mid-Hants Railway?

Thanks! And yes, I was thinking of such coaches, but the orange-brown ones are the ones I'll be sticking with.

But you still can hack off the sandboxes and use them on a Bachmann 57xx to make your own RWS Duck model.

Yep, like Hornby's Black 5 Models.

Y Yes, they would. Micro figures are perfect for 00 Gauge, aren't they?

Yeah, most of them. Talking of modifications, the Hornby James model has got me thinking...Hornby should attempt a model of the G&SWR Drummond 403 Class 2-6-0or the Austrian Goods, because the model would be the closest thing you get to a inner-cylinder 2-6-0 steam loco from the Pre-Grouping Era or maybe even the Dublin & South East Railway K Class 2-6-0? What does anyone think?

Yes, I use that same method on my models (most of them).

Gosh! What a great engine! I bet it runs well!

You do? That can be useful for a WW2 scene.

Maybe they work in TT gauge or 3mm Scale?

Does any of the millenials here remember Micro Machines? I do and they were awesome back in the day! But it did get me thinking...would they make great N Scale or T Gauge or smalle-scale vehiches for model layouts or dioramas? They are pretty cool and nice to work with especially if you are working on a WW1 diorama or something out of War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. What does anyone think? Laurie Calvert made some marvellous tripod fighting machines from the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation and they are considered the best better than the 1953 flying saucer-like things or the 2005 film with Tom Cruise. So, apart from that, would Micro Machines make good vehicles to use on an N Gauge layout? The cars, trucks, lorries and tanks, even the helicopters would most likely be the case.

These models look awesome!

The LNER never did use the N3 Classification, so that's what this loco shall have - the GER N3 0-6-2T.

Very fantastic! I also did plan an LNWR Webb 0-4-4T tank locomotive at some point.

N Nice freight engine!

Here it is, for my 500th post. I was saving the finished product for a surprise, but this date should be a reference to the classification this locomotive once had. And now, the work so far - it wasn't easy as my friend and I had to measure it up. So now, thankfully it looks bang-accurate with one or two compromises. I know it's not done yet, but it's getting there. I have decided on the Midland Railway Crimson lake livery. I decided on a running number 2516 as a reference to one of the original source images for inspiration.

Yes, yes please do!

What marvellous LNWR buildings! I'm an LNWR fan myself, I am!

Ah, yes...thanks for pointing that out. 26 of these engines were built between 1907 to 1911 a year after Whale's death in 1910.

I think Faulconbridge would be a good name for one of them.