A bit out of my era of interest (okay, a lot!). Cool choice though. Dont think Rapido has done a steam loco before, be interesting to see what they produce. Cant wait for my APT!
The only way you develop skills is by practicing. Read and watch some tutorials, give them a go. If they dont work, learn from where you went wrong and try again. You dont have to become a master, just happy with your efforts and have the desire to improve.
I'm not sure what drugs you were on to want to paint a caley pug in UP colours but fair play! If you do want transfers then micro scale are your friend! http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=UP
Erm, I have little knowledge of the French stuff. These fellas!
CP (Comboios de Portugal) 1900 Series Diesel Locomotive, Poceirão, Portugal by Pantufa, on Flickr
They're quite similar alright. Are the big French diesels that ran in Portugal gone now too? They always sounded impressive, 56esque and 071 levels of noise.
The MRSI hosted an open day for the public and a gathering for Gauge O Guild members yesterday. Some nice Irish and British O Gauge models on show. Some crappy pics taken on my phone...
Alphagraphix Bandon Tank and coaches
LMS Coaches
Scratchbuilt 800 class discussed elsewhere on the site this week
Leinster Models LNER Atlantic (Have an unbuilt kit on its way to me!)
Scratchbuilt GNRI tank
Good to meet some site members yesterday!
Progress continues on the O Gauge J26. Started to run out of talent a bit especially around the splashers but thankfully the men in the MRSI were able to show me the way!
Some 'riveting' rivet detail...
There was no boiler bands in the kit so I'm going to have to get my thinking cap on about that one. Work on the detailing will come next as well as the running gear but first a lot of cleaning up is required as you can see. Beading needs to be completed and tided up too.
Nice shots, I believe the English electric loco is basically a class 20 in a different body. They used to have a small fleet of locos closely related to class 50s too. I think their Alcos are gone now too?