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I’m thinking about including war locomotives in my O gauge project. Locomotives like the 8F (in W.D. and TCDD liveries), a few Hunslet tank engines in various war time liveries and a BR-52 Kriegslok in ww2 camouflages to add a bit of unusualness to a british countryside theme. (However the 8F and most definitely the BR-52 will probably be too big to do anything useful)

I’ve figured out how to lift the cab from the castle without breaking it! 

I’ve only taken it off to put it back on again though XD

I’ve just spotted an article on Rail Advent where the A1 Tornado is written as ‘ex-LNER’. That would make sense if the loco was that old, but Tornado never ran for the LNER because it is way too new. How can it be ‘ex-LNER’ if the LNER never had the loco?

It would make sense if the design was what was ex-LNER.
 

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It's been a while but I'm back.

It’s nearly a whole wagon

does anyone know what it used to be attached to?

It’s only the 1st of December and the E4 is already festive!

My wartime side of O gauge begins...

with a Cromwell tank...

Next time I see the Mermaid Cove layout I will write down the updates I gain from that day into a ‘topic’ because by the looks of it people are keen to know the outcome of this layout. (Also to keep it separate from the blog pages containing Castle Rock stuff)

I don’t travel down south very often but I’ll write down any new stuff I learn about any advancements in the stages to the layout in becoming an operational exhibition layout.

One day a 7mm 47 will sit upon the Riverside Works...

One day...

One of my plans is to build at least one steam locomotive to a 1970s state as if steam was not removed in the 60s. I was probably going to use a Jinty and paint it BR blue like an 08, with wasp stripes and everything....

but now I’ve seen a 9F and an A3 in the colour!

PannierTanker is a play on words. A tanker can also be a military tank driver. Therefore I am a PannierTanker, meaning that I drive pannier tanks.

I thought it was clever...

The dead and the deader

The E4 testing the tracks. The surrounding card is representing the backboard which will hold up the buildings when I build them...

The names Tanker, Pannier Tanker...

The signal is on clear and the “Castle Rock Colliery sidings” project is given the go ahead. It’s time to see if this E4 is any good at shunting!

The track is stuck down to the board. The Next stop is figuring out how to fit the inset track. I’m using the tutorial in a BRM magazine from a few years ago to create it. So far so good.

There’s a BR52 Kreigslok in the Nene Valley Railway, and another in Bressingham steam museum. These are some of the biggest locomotives I’ve ever seen.

How did they even get here??

When projects begin to be worked on more often I will write the progress down on the ‘topics’ section of RMweb so it can be continually updated easier. 

Currently nothing is really worth putting down since my current project (Riverside Works photo diorama) is missing components.

for now: here’s a freshly under-coated Tamiya ‘Cromwell’ tank.

Where did all of the galleries go?

I had photos on this site...