RedGemAlchemist

Very nice start. I do love the Beetlecrusher, and I very much get the vibe of one here.

Long time no see! Sorry I've been gone so long; been working on another project; namely @Paleopotato09 and I are co-running an adaptation of the Railway Series with a group of people; not to mention my own other hobbies such as my Warhammer 40k models and other odds and ends. Life goes that way, you know how it is. You go off to work on something else and suddenly it's been three months. Thank you! When this one was offered to me by Gary, I jumped at it. To answer your question... I honestly haven't a clue. A lot of the time my loco collection is either grown by impulse purchases or stuff from my wishlist. Still haven't been able to afford the Ruston I wanted to shunt the yards at Berkham Works though... Good to hear. I look forward to seeing it! Sorry to hear that. I think the lockdown and the absolute storm of crap that happened last year took a toll on everyone. Certainly did on me. I'm glad you're getting back on your feet though, Chris. Onwards and upwards, my friend.

Another long wait, and another new loco. The new KLR No.18, a preserved version of the real world B17/5 City of Norwich, purchased from my good friend @BlueLightning. I actually only add to paint the black and make some chassis edits. The green is the colour it came in.

Not exactly Flash Gordon though.

Both of these genuinely look like something I'd have designed.

I apologise for not posting on here more often. It's been hard for me to find the motivation to work on my railway stuff of late for some reason. Smegglesheath's Station is now finally painted up. It's made from the small Triang station building and a Dapol lineside hut. It's small, but so will the station be so it doesn't need to be big.

Hearing you say that immediately makes me think of this clip of a VTuber totally losing her mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2wC9fzrl-c Still, we don't see a gigantic amount of true fantasy layouts, so nice to see you doing something truly different!

I actually remember this advert. Made me laugh seeing this on TV.

Not that I can see. However they do also have a matching signal box for sale.

We get something nice this time. Gorgeous scratch-built station building.

Responding to a post from two years ago... Kind of funny looking back on this seeing as later on I did something similar to build a J17.

I see you found my eBay thread! I do as well. As I think I mentioned on an earlier post on this thread I almost bought it myself for similar reasons.

Wow, that's a curious little engine. I like it.

Hmm. I knew there were a lot but not that there were that many. I'm sure that keeps the collectors busy

Very nice... though again, guilty of my biggest pet peeve, which is the lack of proper slide bars

Highlight the image in the editor, then click the hyperlink icon and insert the url. It'll link it to the image rather than the text.

Sorry to hear that mate. Still, try and keep yourself busy. The worst thing you can do when you're ill is compound it with boredom.

It's another low-effort Thomas bash, so you know that means I'm torturing myself again... Let's move onto something more positive. Like this three-rail Turbomotive. Links in pictures as usual, bar the Thomasbash as who the hell would want that? Or this... two-rail Turbomotive. Or this actually really interesting looking wooden engine shed. Looks like something you'd see on a logging line in the US.

Double-posted, sorry.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, everyone has bad days. Hopefully you get your mojo back soon.

Well, it's now been two months, but here it is. Meet Raven A2 KLR No.16 City of Norwich, which will now be on express duty between Telham Town and Kelsby. Very pleased with how this turned out.

Yes. But that then makes me depressed so I quickly stop.

Ah fair enough.

Ooh, right up my alley! I'll gladly take them off your hands!

Kind of curious as to what would be now. Still can't get over how cute this is.