Well from a modelling point of view, as well as a motorcycling perspective, 2013 was a bit of a write off. A seriously delayed house move left us living out of boxes for a quarter of the year, the best quarter too.
There has been no progress on my industrial layout at all.
But yesterday brought a tiny glimmer of hope…the arrival of my first Hornby Sentinel. It wasn’t the livery I wanted but seeing as they are becoming like rocking horse dung I thought I’d better snap one up. Inspired by Arthur, icphotos and Richard 37670 it seems entirely practical to try and re-livery one to my exact needs.
The loco in question is an Esso liveried one and I’m really pleased with it. I’d like to echo the points of numerous posters and say the red is really nicely applied and looks much better in real life than the photos you may have seen.
My local shop, Trident Trains, has one left in the Esso red if anyone is interested. No connection other than as a satisfied customer.
Anyway, off to do some work now but perhaps there will be track planning updates on my own thread later in the day.