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With a week off managed to tip away between the Garden and the Shed so a good jump in progress. I had to replace the lost rivets and used snipped Peco track pins for the Rivet heads. With some consultation and research I have discovered these ships were painted in Home Fleet Grey which was a much darker shade which now makes the ship more sinister and war like! Humbrol 145 was used, initial coat with pre shading done.

People tow the Party line, China at best is a shadowy place complete with poor work practices. Maybe slowly changing but I personally would not live there no matter how great the lads are, It only for the Yankee Dollar they please.

Lent..whats that....:)

Yes I saw it on the first view I had, Just so cool!

Some bits came through from Blighty today, No Customs so managed to save 20 notes! Speaker, Relay switch of the Searchlight, Power board and a variable speed Fan unit. Got a nice surprise from Marks Models to, Will be having this with a cuppa at 9PM Also the grab rails and Stanchions with handrails were done for the gun tub.

Corr!! that would be great to see this beauty on the go again!

That's a right ol shame, Happened to Crosshaven's track too, in the end it was ripped up. I imagine there is just not the interest here to support this type of engineering modelling in Ireland. the missus came across a Video of it in the 80's recently, Was jammed packed too. When I lived in Hounslow in the 80s I used to pop up to Harlington on Sunday am to watch their live steam stuff

Gun Tub is Styrene Galtemore, Quite pleased on how it turned out TBH! Here are some more pics showing the stowage boxs and the Companion ways build, Sealed and sanded ready for a splash of colour. Its starting to look a bit busy now!

Man there are some shots there for sure!

Reporting from the Man Cave, Bit more done over the last day and a half. Stern Gun Tub is built and some Ammo Lockers.

Well done, Sadly not if interest to meself. Did I mention Schoolbus!!

Slowly working away on this now the nights are a bit warmer! Tried a few different grey paint on this one and will settle of the grey shown here. I have put down a floor and scribed the floor boards on the ply and the Steering wheel and Steam powered wheel is installed and I will add some details in the wheel house walls to add a bit of interest not that there was much in there anyhow! The Hand Rails took flipping ages to get right, Lots of curves and bends plus the White metal handrails were pretty badly molded. A new Flag locker was made as the one laid out on the plans was too small. I either did not get the white metal steering arm or lost it so a plastic one was attached to the Rudder post, Hope it holds! The Searchlight platform was also constructed.

Nah they worked grand except for that little (big) Problem , nice an quiet, no Massive Thuds and yes there is wires but you don't have to rely on a crappy microswitch to change the frog polarity. ah well.

Will I am Glad I did not Progress fast on this one, Turns out all the digital Cobalts I got have to go back for repair as they kept losing their addresses every time there was a short, all off them (13) bar 2 had to be re-adressesed each time, Right PITA. Some Component was snuck in apparently that was defective which was causing this to happen. This should be fun with Brexit....

009 I'd say for Marks one by the looks of it.

Saw that in the Flesh in Dortmund, Fantastic Layout, The Little Lad playing trains in the fore ground, different scales then for the forced Prospective. The Farrier bashing away and course the disappearing Passenger at the Halt. Sumblime.

This popped up on RMEB, 7MM Jobbie. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/163029-interest-in-boad-na-mona-locomotive/

Ah Hold on here! Rails, Firstly A Shop tried to make a quick buck off of the Hornby Rocket with a 3rd Class Coach, The come in with a Terrier too, something the big H had already in their inventory that needed upgrading They got Burnt (nothings exclusive mind) Hattons, firstly a Shop tried to muscle in with a some might say Problematic wobbly Class 66, They got brunt Kernow , also a Shop have carved in a nice little Niche with their products, No Conflict. Hornby stick to making their stuff and also selling it at high RRP prices on their web site or through discount through the shops. Now we have 'Lion', Rapido who do for sure make great products (can't Fault the APT- E and Stirling Single I have) decide to drop into Kinda of ERA 1 with the Lion / Thunderbolt (Titfield Thunderbolt) even though Hornby have form with the Fabtastic Rocket and suitable Stock and have bashed out a Titfield Train set already, This is fine with me as I have 2 products to Choose from, Keeps cost reasonable and I don't have to pay now for something I might get in 2022. Rapido or Hornby though, which one to go for. Hornby are protecting their jobs and as you say the Brand. Its got History, The have the Factories to combat these 'Pretenders' There is only one, there's plenty of shops. Its up to you to choose where you go at the end of the day. No company is perfect to deal with that's for sure but you can be properly look after with Spares etc where good luck in Getting Spares for your Hattons 66 in years to come. Same with Baccy Great for spares. I Like Hornby, Hornby has been with me since the 1970 to late 80s when I could run a HST, Short coaches and LNER Plasticky teaks in a rake with no care in the world, Airfix too and Scalextric. Now they cover a lot of SR stuff where my interest lies. Business is Business, its dog eat dog, the fittest survive. In Case anyone has not seen the Titfield Thunderbolt it is well worth sitting down with a cuppa for the Carry on not to Mind the opening scene!!

Why don't you get the same tubes in Windsor and Newton oil paints and thinners from a Local Art shop. You get more paint, costs less and does not have all that fancy packaging. All you have to do is mix it. I must admit Mig J certainly nails the Marketing on his products.

Wow , Love the Ferry, Very impressive. Some length of goods train as well. Nice to see the NG on the layout too!

Interesting thought, I wont be needing any Cravens , far too many probably as it is.

Yep, My Retirement fund just gone up on orange....

Yep it happened to me a few months back too! Errrr, you don't know the Bro in Law!!. I dont think he thought about it too long, Must buy, must buy, must buy now!! Press. Get onto Hattons and get them to take the VAT they charged you off the bill, Send em a copy that the German Zoll lads gave you as proof. Sod that for a game of soldiers..

Nice news to see MM is alive and Kicking Just Hope to hell that the plans don't include an Avalanche of all of these products 2 weeks before xmas 2021 and they are released in a nice steady fashion. Nice for the lads who aint got 201s, I 'd say I am pretty much maxed out with locos at this stage.. Gonna Draw the line at the orange Era TBH. Too much stuff as it is!

Shame Kid, Looked excellent too but I get to that point several times a year! Sit back take a breadth and reset! I had massive issues with Digital Cobalts losing addresses. Had some points ballasted and ended up taking those up to check I removed the Frog Wire to isolate it , in the end I did have them done correct. Seems I have to send back the 18 I bought as there was a issue with that batch. Now with poxy brexit this should be fun getting these across and back with out getting caught for Vat.