RedGemAlchemist

Seconded. Welcome back Martin, my good man :)

Wow. Fantastic work Ruston!

I think it's about time for another instalment of "Weird Stuff I Found in Online Stores" with Red. First off I found this American style warehouse made entirely out of wood, which honestly looks kind of like the house one of my friends lives in. I really like this. O Gauge (not totally sure if there is any difference between that and O Gauge here in the UK, but whatever.)

I do adore your little 2-4-2Ts, Annie. I just wish I could work out a way to replicate one physically.

The Holman Locomotive con is an entirely different kettle of fish. Both Adams and Pratchett were very well-read and intelligent people, especially Adams when it came to philosophical and scientific concepts, so I would be kind of surprised if either of them hadn't read anything about thought experiments like the work of Schrodinger or the concept of mental manifestation. Hell, Adams quotes or paraphrases Descartes several times in the Hitchhiker's Guide series. Hmm...

A line of steam engines being pulled to the breakers by a diesel. Funny you mentioned this, I recently got @Paleopotato09 to have a crack at one of these. Knowing the quality of their work I suspect it will look spectacular once complete. Indeed. Our little local line was run by J15s and J69s for most of its life.

It was a concept, and you won't know if it works if you don't at least test it. I swear that Douglas Self wills these things into existence by writing about them. There can't be that many bonkers ideas out there.

*frantically taking down notes for when I get to making Telham Yard* Fantastic work as always Russ. You've really made a good representation of the average Eastern Region terminus. I absolutely adore how good this looks. How much space do all the lines require depth-wise?

Been a while since I've been on this thread. Nice to see you have things moving again James. The station looks very nice, as does that Single!

Same. The cut and shut is so clean, I wish I could get joins that smooth.

Interesting, I'll be keeping an eye on your progress with this side-project, Gary. If you do any particularly unusual wagon types let me know.

Indeed, that is a very smart 0-8-0. I really like that.

Obviously we can't finish a batch of posting without at least one low-effort Thomas custom. Flippy here has seen some things...

Right. It's been a while since I updated this. Will admit I am a little annoyed at the permanent loss of nearly all the images from this thread. Most of them were copy/pasted from the respective pages so they're gone forever as the listings are also now long gone. Still onward and upward. New starts and all that. As always, pictures are linked if you yourselves are interested in bidding or buying any of these. To begin with is this adorable US-style sanding tower in N scale. Completely scratchbuilt from wood by all accounts. Certainly looks it. It also looks very nice, though the paint could use the odd touch-up. Next up is this pair of scratchbuilt pubs being sold by the same person. Genuinely tempted myself by these. The second one actually looks a lot like a pub that's local to me. It's called the White Lodge and it's outside Attleborough just off the A11, anyone here from mid-Norfolk might be somewhat familiar with it. Item No.3 for my finds today is this handmade brass 4mm scale LNER A4, complete with chassis. Not motorised according to the listing so if you go for it keep that in mind. And finally for this post is this interesting 009 0-4-4-0T. Reminds me a little of a creation by my good friend @Adam FW. Might post up some more in a follow up post on here. It'd be a good way to make up for my prolonged absence.

See, part of me would want to restore it and bring it "back to life" as it were but at the same time I can see why you'd want to leave it as-is.

Personally Duke of Gloucester is more impressive but the 9F is a beast in its own right too.

I swear Douglas Self's site wills these locomotives into existence. There's so much stuff on there that prior to him writing about them I didn't even know existed.

2-4-0. And no, it was a modified eBay rescue.

Rats. Ah well. At least you'll get some interesting new stock.

Wow, you have been busy recently. Also where did they get that 0-6-0T? I love it and now want one!

Your painting has come along in leaps and bounds, it's wonderful to see!

That is very nicely done. Great work.

Shouldn't that make it a Packett?

You sound like a man after my own heart there.

My advice is don't be afraid to cut up a cheap model to get the look you want or to experiment with unorthodox materials. My models are often absolute Frankenstein's monsters made of all sorts of odds and ends, including but not limited to plastic sink pipes, wooden dowel, paperclips, duct tape, parcel labels, glue lids, offcuts of plywood and plasterboard (drywall for you guys overseas) from bins at my work, foam insulation, broken toys, guitar strings and all sorts of stuff. That's not even mentioning the dozens of non-runner or otherwise damaged Hornby starter locos that have given their body shells to the cause. Necessity is the mother of invention, so don't be afraid to get clever with it to keep the budget down.