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Some more visitors… Cheers Darius

My cousin challenged me to make an F1-themed train. So here it is:- Cheers Darius

Modification of a Hornby Railroad Black 5 into Henry the Green Engine for a friend’s grandson. Still to add the red lining, number “3” and do the face. Cheers Darius

Looks like it is sitting higher on one bogie than the other..? Cheers Darius

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Status update email from Accurascale is that these coaches are in transit to their warehouse with an ETA of 9 December. A bit more time to wait then. Cheers Darius

I got the same emails from Accurascale but I’ll wait for an announcement from the guys at IRM before warming up the Hunslets. Cheers Darius

Did you also win lunch for a year from M&S? Cheers Darius

For Leslie. Cheers Darius

Time for a break. Cheers Darius

A bit of railway footage at Botanic Station but an interesting record of Belfast almost 40 years ago. Cheers Darius

I remember interrailing around Europe with my school friends from Belfast in 1983. The food at the German railway stations was fantastic. Herring Bismarks at Munich station were particularly good. Cheers Darius

New arrivals. The latter is for my Dad who worked for Michelin at Stoke, Mallusk, Nigeria and Ballymena. Cheers Darius

Some Bachmann and Dapol LMS coaches transformed into NCC coaches. Removed the printed LMS markings and numbers and affixed Railtec NCC decals. Replaced the Dapol plastic wheels with metal wheels. Fitted smaller tension lock couplings. Painted roofs dark gray. Light weathering to chassis. Full disclosure: the coach numbers are random and so very unlikely to be correct for these coaches - before anyone takes the trouble to point this out… Cheers Darius

Well, if the message is clear it will be 18 months or so before the “announcement” or possibly the “delivery”, so I think they will hold their value for a bit of time yet. I enjoyed making my Black and Tan one. Cheers Darius