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I have a guess on how it will look: Awesome. It’ll look bloody awesome!

ah, I see still awesome though

Whoo! Industrials. I’d like to see how this one turns out, as all previous of your works are awesome. My layout was based off of a colliery, but I don’t think an E4 ever did coal work.

Ooo spooky

I always found that class 40s looked intimidating... no less amazing though! Lovely photo!

Those snowplows on page 668 look like the bogies of a class 40/45. Are they?

One of my side projects is to rebuild the Fowler diesel mechanical I had made out of LEGO. I stupidly scrapped the first one to get parts for a ship and I since regretted it. I got to building the new model not too long ago. LEGO Fowler 2.0 has revised body work and gearbox which should improve repairs (because the gears can break and the motor used is out of date). I haven’t completed it yet since I am expecting new parts which is different sizes to the parts used now. For now the battery box is to be pulled behind the loco, however I have my eyes on the parts to convert it to a remote control loco. The wire sticking out of the cab is the main wires to connect to the battery box. The gearbox is situated under the sloping bonnet on the front running plate and in the engine compartment is the motor. The cab isn’t finished and the running plate along the left side isn’t even there but it’s a work in progress and I hope to bring it with me to model events (hopefully one that is all about LEGO )

Looking brilliant, as usual. do you mind if I gain a massive amount of inspiration from this? I’m nearing the time where I can begin to build my layout and I find that your layout is a superb source of inspiration for it.

When I was designing a steampunk heart, I noticed that a lot of steam locomotives had very similar parts to a heart and just like any living thing had to be looked after and cared for to make sure it works well. Every steam locomotive is individual even if it’s the same class of loco. To me, a steam loco is more than just a machine. I grew up with them and they’re as much a part of my life as my cat it’s a shame we stopped using them like before because they’re a renewable power source (because steam locos can run on pretty much anything that burns hot enough)

I’ve only ever spotted the blue one. Plus I haven’t been around for that long. I’ll go look at that layout now.

Another 08? Or was that one hidden all this time?

Lovely stuff!

I took so much inspiration from this that my sidings layout was pretty much designed on the basis of a pannier sitting on some grassy track. It still inspires me to this day, and so does Seven Mills!

Does anyone know where this loco went? it used to sit outside a museum in Izmit in Turkey until recently, where a tramline has taken it’s place. It’s one of 2 TCDD 8F preserved in Turkey but I fear the worst for this one. Any information on it would be nice. There isn’t anything I can do about it being cut up but i would just like to know, so I don’t go there and try to buy the thing in the future (because I would if I had such money!) (to any TCDD people: 8F look so bloody good in red lining . If I ever get an O gauge 8F I am almost certainly colouring it in like this!)

I never knew Westerns needed water. well, with the amount of smoke-screen I’ve seen them make, I would be surprised Its a brilliant atmospheric photo!

So far I’ve only got a Lima 4F and I’ve been trying to find more Lima O gauge stuff but so far I can’t find anything. Could you possibly point me in the right direction? thanks, PT14

The wood for the internal frame has been sized up and materials are being gathered ready to begin. Before I build the frame and backboard, I will need to make at least a to-scale mock up of the brick building shell since the backboard requires the measurements. I was thinking about using plasticard or something similar for the building. For now though, I’m going to see if I can acquire any more O gauge things to restore/scrap.

I also repainted my Leman Russ battle tank from a rusty mess (1) into a less rusty mess (2):

Poor chopper, stuck in the rain. The photo effect is nice though.

That’s such a great looking locomotive!

A Cromwell tank I am working on. Just in it’s base colours for now. It will probably find itself on a Warflat someday...

Admittedly, that loco is the only reason I’d ever want to go to America...and also to see the A4 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower... but mostly 4014. Those photos are great. They help with prototyping.

Poor diesel. Needs some friends and a repaint. Great find!

Castle Rock Sidings is a puzzle as well as a simple sidings. So far the easy version of the game is that the player has to pull out three or four cards from the pile which represents the wagons that must be shunted into position, however, the player must first shunt any brake van into the train first, as brake vans are a necessity on trains. Once the train is completed, the player wins. The harder version of the game is the player must pull out wagon-cards from the pile and put them in order of the four sidings, this time not making a train but instead rearranging the sidings. This is harder because the player now must shunt all the wagons on the four tracks, which so far is an estimation of just under 20 wagons. To make both the games even more difficult, there could be a time limit. Talking of time limits; one of the WW2 events at Castle Rock is a re-enactment of a gunpowder van in a shunters yard which is based on actual events (see Castle Rock events blog entry) In this game, an ‘air raid’ can randomly occur and a wagon next to the gunpowder van catches fire (with LEDs) The player must shunt the wagons to get to the gunpowder van, which by then would have had a small fire start on it and take it to the water tower to be extinguished in under 3 mins. If the time runs out, the gunpowder van ‘explodes’ (with a speaker inside that goes ‘BANG!!’). If Castle Rock Sidings ever reaches a mode event, you can come and see these games in action. Maybe you could try your skills at it too.

A sign I got from the Great Central gift shop. I don’t know why they don’t enforce it... (P.S. I’m mostly joking... mostly...)