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    In the case of the 1973 Piccadilly Line driving car, yes, back in 1987 - in a one room bedsit from plasticard and balsa wood. I remember I had a couple of needle files and a Stanley knife as a toolset. No decals - the LU roundels were hand painted. The red 1938 tube train is more recent - RTR from EFE Rail. Cheers Darius
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    More details added and primer coat on. Cheers Darius
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    Second brake tender under construction. Cheers Darius
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    Buffers fitted and decals applied to the brake tender. The Fox Decals carrier film is applied around each “word” in each decal set rather than as a block, which makes them prone to distorting and “folding under” on application. Fortunately the film is quite strong so the errant decals can be recovered and re-applied with care. I have since sprayed the decal sheet with a coat of acrylic varnish to avoid a repeat of these issues on future brake tenders. Weathering will be next after I have built another brake tender. Cheers Darius
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    As a follow up, my paternal Grandfather was a permanent way engineer and later inspector for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway as witnessed by this photo of a trial assembly taken in 1945. My Grandfather is sitting to the left on the inspection trolley. Cheers Darius
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    Actually I know that the body is scratch built as I scratch built it myself from plasticard sheet with paper and cardboard bracing and stiffeners when at University in Bristol. Interesting to know about ERG. Cheers Darius
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    Found in the same old shoebox as the 1973 tube driving coach. Scratch built body on a metal Triang wagon chassis. I think a friend and I bought a few of these chassis for peanuts at Beatties in Bristol Broadmead in 1985. Cheers Darius
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    Just found this in an old shoebox. Scratch built in plasticard about 35 years ago. Cheers Darius
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    The lower double track section of the upper scenic level has been extended around the western end of the shed. The curves were spaced to permit the Rapido APT-E and Oxford Railgun to pass on opposite tracks without clashing.* We have had made a loco running-in/testing station to our own design in laser cut plywood. Cheers Darius * As happened more frequently than you think in real life. Not a lot of people know that…
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    It is indeed. Inspired by an article in the latest Hornby mag. The article used 3D printed body but I thought it’s flat-sidedness would make it relatively easy to make from plasticard. Cheers Darius
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    Painting completed. Just awaiting decals (Fox) and buffers (Lanarkshire). Cheers Darius
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    Dunrivetin… Cheers Darius
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    Got the plasticard out this afternoon - plus some spares box Ian Kirk bogies. Cheers Darius
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    Also converted an Oxford Diecast Robin Reliant with some home made decals and a roof rack soldered up from brass rod. Cheers Darius
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    Second wagon painted. Cheers Darius
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    Hi DJ, The bogies are the original IFM resin bogies supplied with the model. I added brass rods and actuator arms to the vacuum brake cylinders that were already moulded as part of the wagon chassis. Cheers Darius
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    Second fertiliser wagon constructed. Cheers Darius
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    Decals and weathering applied to the fertilizer wagon. Cheers Darius
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    Received this morning - Niu Models LNER Ammunition Wagon kit. 3D printed and a joy to build. Built to accompany Oxford Rail’s Gladiator rail gun. Cheers Darius
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    Hi Leslie, I have built two of them so far. I came across the box with the spoil wagon kits when I found the two MIR fertiliser wagon kits. I had better get back to finishing them - plus an unfinished Watford DC EMU - plus an unfinished LMS Clerestory Coach - plus another Brown Van in NIR maroon - plus… Cheers Darius
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    Painted. Decals and weathering next. Cheers Darius
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    I found two of these MIR Fertiliser Wagon kits in a cardboard box with no instructions. Assembled one wagon today with additional plasticard bits to the under-chassis truss work. Not sure what these parts are..? Cheers Darius
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    Class 319 “Thameslink” EMU built from the Bratchell Models kit. Cheers Darius
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    Class 402 “Tin HAL” - Eastleigh Model Railways 3D printed kit. Cheers Darius
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    Another early video showing the helix under test. Cheers Darius
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