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nice loco! thats going to get a few of em going huff whats that! when they see it in action! if your feeling devilish but a a BR emblem on it! and see what they do then! cheers ian.

sorry but not got any build pics as my dad sorted the chassis out its come too me for finishing and paint job with weathering,its a kitmaster loco kit with Hornby/triang 2-6-0 chassis under it but they do have to be chopped about alot to get them to fit its not an easy job to do and we only had limited ideas to start with as this is the first one we have done that runs we have two others which are static models. one of the others may get upgraded to either a Bachmann or later Hornby chassis but thats all in the future unless someone wants this one when its done! to help fund the others! we will have too see! regards ian.

cheers guys thanks for the comments! and yes it runs well in both directions I was on camera duty and my dad was at the controls of the loco! as its bit difficult to do both controlling and recording at the same time! could not put it on the layout as we have it in bits again! so had too use a couple of lengths of track for the test run as it had been drying from painting! we have had a rake of 20 wagons so far behinde the garratt looks the part! thanks again for all the comments! regards ian.

glad you like it so far! bit more to be done yet but getting there hopefully will not take too much more to finish off and weather it up!

looking very good! its suprising what a little paint can change things into! great work looking forward to see more!

well folks its along time since I posted on my rm blog as been very busy doing lots of other things but just been able to make aquick update vid on the garratt project which was started last year! this is still a working project although please note its not a finescale model ! as this was done out of triang and later Hornby components as a test build to see how we could motorise the kitmaster model! so here is a quick vid ive done today its not long but you get the idea! thanks to all those who helped before. more news to follow shortly once ive got a little further if the weather stays ok I may get round to more painting with the airbrush! anyway cheers all regards ian.

go on do it at least you will know its there!

well done redgate! looking realy good there! looks a bit like a rebuilt crosti without the defectors on! which is another hint that im doing soon another rebuilt crosti but not with normal tender so will have some pics of that soon! anyway good luck with the rest of the build can`t wait to see it in paint! cheers ian.

great to see them both out! sorry i Missed this event! been to busy working! anyway redgate well impress with the new loco build! cheers ian.

thanks guys glad you liked the work! cheers ian:D

well folks I forgot to post these up I think!? so thought id put the final z class pics up as its gone down south to run on another layout now! so all ive got to do when I get some spare time is make another one for my own fleet!!!!!!! anyway enjoy!

great work as ever redgate! been watching the progress!!! chhers ian

well folks its been warm so recently had a bit of time spraying again so thought id play with the spare garratt! as we have now collected a number of them so thought id have a practice at weathering one as we are currently building one up to run properly with a triang chassis setup im also looking for the railway modeller articul with it in if anyone knows the issue number and year & month drop us a comment or PM me with further details or if you have a copy spare again let me know. we will be doing a later build using modern chassis at a later point,but as the triang ivatt chassis were found spare it was an ideal way of using them up! so will update on that one with pics once we have done abit more on it. but here`s the weathered one so far! hope you like :Dcheers ian.

top class work there Ithink your onto another winner with that! cheers ian

great work there look forward to seeing it painted!

ramrigs got it! I thought the same yesterday when looked at it! maybe regates got a secret machine that increases the size! now thats interesting! cheers ian

hi james glad you liked it! yes maybe so ive seen tim do the very same with some of his weathering onthe dvd but one thing im sure of is you got to keep them joints as clean as possible or fill them with oil other wise the whole think locks up! or as tims says on his weathering dvd gums it up! been there & done it to many times! it may also look stark as the photo is not in natral light! it brings out more colour tones im leaving this one as it is if it gets a new home then it will stay that way if it stays here with me then I may do some fiddling. cheers ian:D

thanks bob its all done with an airbrush!

tyne dock 9f now redone and new pipes added and scale coupling! been and donesome moreweathering in the shed tonight on it! so took a couple of quick pics! it now going for sale as need to pay a few bills ! anyway here`s a few pics!

well done redgate! great work so far! looking forward to seeing this with the rods on! keep up the top class work as always!

great work there well done!

well the rebuilt crosti version will be going on its merry way to Newzealand! so thats one for another british fan out there! and ive been updating and finishing my tyne dock 9f its got to have more weathering yet as ive redone it all grey black as was not to happy with the older weathering id done! anyway took a couple of pics as ive putsome cab numbers on finaly and have just put a load of coal in the tender but thats now drying out in the drying box so will take a few pics more once its dryed out! anyway hope you like it so far!

cheers james!

well as I said earlier we had a tender drive issue but had it to bits this afternoon and replaced the main cog with a brass one and cleaned it all put a spot of oil on and its as good as ever! also put the cab numbers on and did a small amount of weathering to the cab so ive took a couple of pics so here you go sadly though this ones now up for sale so hopefully it will pay for some bills! more new stuff to come soon!