RThompson

RMC1490 operated in all over advert at almost, if not, every London Country garage. Its last garage before being bought back by LT was Chelsham which ironically, I have 2 buses 25 years apart that operated on route 403. Tbh, it won't be going back to all over advert as I'm not keen on it plus don't think many people would hire it like that!

There is a manufacturer called model1 (?) who does an accurate Hong Kong Leyland Olympian. They didn't see it when visiting as it was at my other depot.

It certainly is Ian which fits in with the Bachmann range of Narrow gauge models. RMC1490 will be at the Welshpool and Llanfair light railway operating a shuttle service on August 31st and September 1st 2024. It's not at RM70 this weekend as it's doing a local private hire today.

Might be worth checking inside for any lubrication as Ruston has shown there was a lack with his.

Hello Alex, The replacement chimney is glued on top of the saddletank and uses the fixing hole on the saddletank rather than the original chimney.

Sorry just seen this. Yes I have been busy with rail replacement services then went away for a week. All emails I could see amongst the various spam has been replied to.

And now for something different and in another country! A dundas models kit of Ffestiniog railway Van 2/Coach 10 which has been sat around built, but unpainted for well over a decade. Was built to run with a backwoods minatures double fairlie kit which in itself is half built. So after lots of research, this is my interpretation of the yellow livery it carried at one point in the colourful era before Colonel Stephens arrived. The yellow is BR cream as I found various proper yellows didn't look right and the brown, southern goods brown, both brushed by hand.

The finished North London tank and weathered going off the only colour photo I found of the loco, not like its clean sister used on a railtour. Also the opportunity came to apply transfers to the Dapol pug which I compensated the original chassis and replaced the original dumb buffers with larger ones as per the real loco as they did vary. Also the smokebox door was reshaped as it wasnt quite right in profile just like with the North london tank. Unusually this gives me 2x Devons road locomotives for someone who usually models the southern but then I do a mix of bits anyway!

So for something completely different. In 4mm scale, 00 gauge I built a Mallard Models kit of a North London railway 0-6-0T. This has fitted a high level gearbox and coreless motor. The standard romford wheels that came with the kit dictated which of the final 2 that operated from Devons road in London I could model. Plenty of scratch built and alterted parts from the kit. I do need to scratch build a set of brakes for it though at some point.

As I do work in the film industry, a lot of the time but not always, I find stuff is very last minute and improvised on the day within a limited time frame and could spend a hour doing the same scene over and over again just for a minute. Of course setting up in itself takes hours as well as dressing up and breaks. A lot of the time when a vehicle is requested from me, they just want something generic and have their own vision how things should be even though it's not right for that vehicle despite all the information provided and they want to put their own mark it.

Hello Steve, The water was 2 part clear resin with a bit of blue and brown dye added. After it had fully cured, I then added the ripples by brushing gloss Modpodge and blowing on top to form the ripples through a straw.

My 009 gauge test diorama from last year.

Looks very good. I've got one to build myself and replace the handrails as I'm missing a GWR toad but trying to find a decent photo of one in the London area.

I built one many years ago for a friend certainly nothing I can think was wrong with it.