ive lost the axles for my J69. strangely i have the wheels on my desk but no axles.... Id blame the carpet monster if i had one in the office.
I havent built any of the Judith Edge kits but had quite a long chat with Mike Edgeson at a York show several years ago about artwork for etching....
i had a similar issue on my Bulleid. The front cab profile was different to the rear on the etch. similarly i filled it in with brass strip and...
excellent work. i really need to buy the wheels and finish mine..
Excellent stuff. I know im a bit late to this. a 9f is high on my list. I have an old ACME version in my stash somewhere which has the same Jim...
looks really good. one thing ive realised when looking for small casting such as thes is that parts such as injectors arn't loco specific. They...
These really are cracking little kits and assemble quickly. Mostly detailing and interior to do [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
HaHa i can see where you thought that. It really is a lovely little kit especially when you consider it must be 40 plus years old
While I wait for various parts to arrive for my O gauge projects I thought id start to knock together one of the driving cars I have for tube...
Looks great. I really should finish mine
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] starting to get somewhere. just the black on the loco plus the bufferbeams to paint. I guess id best buy some lining for it......
thats lovely. i had some great fortune recently too. an elderly chap who my wife cleans for found out i did a bit of modelling through her. i was...
Excellent make do and mend. no one will notice the repair either. Ive got a similar issue on my standard 4mt. I managed to snap the piston valve...
ive heard a few similar stories. having said that a lot of acme kits are not they're own designs. The Bulleid pacific i have is actually a Jim...
Thank you. It wasn't an easy build to say the least. i get the feeling it was never intended as a full kit but an aid to scratchbuilding as ive...
I'm normally an lner man but i do like anything bulleid. must be his time at Doncaster that influenced him
[ATTACH] Not the greatest model ever, but when i consider what it started out as im quite pleased. theres a couple of bits to add such as drain...
Ha Ha i have a rake of coaches for the passengers to sit on too
Progress has been lacking of late so here is a photo of a recently aquired Hornby TT:120 A3 which is rather lovely. 7mm scale J69 for som...
Little progress has been made. I don't seem to have much modelling time of late. Valve gear is coming along very slowly.[ATTACH]
