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Still no Mainline 37/4 (The IC stripes not Freight company) Still no white roof FOs glass half full says money saved.....

There is literally thousands of packs for other scales N seems to have 600 odd. Railtec service always been good and I recommend them but I don't see much going on in the TT world to warrant that much product???? Maybe I'm missing something. Back OT seems a decent run by Farish. An RR Mk2 brake would be good as I'm having to respray one otherwise.

I guess some of the difficulty is with blue and the green eras there is less to tell locos apart and numbers are more difficult to read. Remember the small Intercity numbers period well not easy in the smaller scales. Time will tell with TT but it needs other companies to make runs of stock to get it having a larger appeal. The quality of N stuff now is that good I wouldn't jump a scale when I can run a doubled headed 12 coach train which fits in a passing loop. That's with sound fitted locos.

It's kind of odd the TT rush, railtec transfers which I use a lot these days do TT and 3mm but have much out of stock or not produced N gauge range. I guess Many N gauge folk don't renumber etc but with Magnification it's not much different to other scales...

The sound fitted 158 is interesting. Wondering though wether to go for one or just fit it myself using one of the well known DCC sound suppliers. Don't want to miss out on having the model waiting to see how it's sounds. Most stuff I have bought lately (RR mk2s) sold out so fast that pre ordering is the last chance saloon for many models these days. Especially in N were we seem under served.

Some scenic work going on around the castle. Trees by Primo. Excellent stuff. John

2 vids of the 26 powering through. Deliberately gloomy. Thinking of getting a go pro or similar to film layout as the phone isn't easy.

Further to my last post YouTube clip of 26037 sound fitted shunting. Apologies not Pro shot.

6T47 COY to Mossend with 37401 ready to depart the yard on Aberkeld Jcn while 26037 has arrived with 6T37 COY from Mossend and prepares to Shunt once 6T47 has gone. John

37401 Mary Queen of Scots sits in the headshunt waiting it's next turn on Aberkeld Junction.

Some work been going on behind the scenes, mate of mine Anthony who is great with electrics has rigged up a raspberry pi computer to run a route setting programme on a touch screen so I can set routes that involve multiple point changes by touching a screen. This can also be done by phone on an app also or a mouse plugged into the computer. This interface will also eventually have block detection and control signalling which is planned. Also some shots of the yard with a set of cargowaggons and the polybulks in at the same time.      

Weathered Grain Silo. Haven't really weathered buildings before so needed to give it a go. John

Freight as it was. Polybulks weathered now and some fencing around the Sidings. John

Class 26 Shunting NGS polybulks through the Grain unloader. Been doing a bit more scenic work, not finished mind. John 

Has anyone received replacement bodyshells off Dapol? Beginning to wonder if it's been forgotten for the backwards Arrows.

Some overall layout shots, not award winning but give an idea of what's been done so far and what's left to do. The unfinished board near the cabinet will have a rising Road going over a concrete bridge and a smaller road off that going over a double span stone bridge to the Castle. Planning a river feature on the other side of the castle and the disused line to Aberkeld flanks the other side of the Castle mound. The road behind the Grain loader also needs finishing as does the scenics on that part of the board. I also need some lighting in buildings and to do a lighting bus wire underneath the boards. Happy New Year to all. John

Disused Station at Aberkeld Jcn is done. John

37428 latest weathered model. Cheers John

37428 gets a tow to Perth off 26037. Cheers John

I am doing 1993, was up there a lot at the time but didnt bother taking coach numbers, I might be the only other modeller with similar questions, have been trying to figure out which coach was still with RR instead of Scotrail branding but am at a loss. Am on that Vid with 428 when it leaves Waverley head out person briefly seen. One thing to note is the Platform 5 books were not quite up to date, There was a lot of mk2s in RR up there as the West Highland was pretty much all Loco Hauled on the Mallaig branch plus a return to Glasgow and back. Also a turn Perth-Edinburgh-Inverness-Edinburgh-Perth and an Inverness Aberdeen with 3 returns. Plus the Kyles with the Green/Cream mk2s and Obs saloon. I reckon Eastfield painted a lot during early 1992 as pretty much the last work done there as the 26s and 37s left for Inverness/Motherwell and DMUs went to Scrap. Cheers John

Spent some time lately working on 37113 and 26037 getting them weathered up. Its my favourite part of modelling. John

37113 starts emerging from a 37068 body, Bees Hill models have worked on a new front end based on a split box with doors, hinges and a high intensity headlight. As I posted a while back in the Farish thread this type of 37 front end is not produced by farish with the cut away bufferbeam. As far as I know these front ends may be available soon on a well known auction site. Cheers John

That factory weathered or your own hand? Looks good anyhow.

Little Chef under construction. Olympic Breakfasts all round!

Some coaching stock getting work. Farish Regional Railways Mk2AS becoming Scotrail Mk2s. End gangway changed to a single door and Scotrail logos applied. Just waiting numbers now.