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Back in the shed… The model canopy structure is removable and the fuel pumping equipment and drums are just temporarily placed for the photos. The whole trackbed and hardstanding area still needs the oily gunk weathered treatment. Cheers Darius

Details added to the refuelling point. Installation on the layout soon. Cheers Darius

Class 488 to go with the GLV… Cheers Darius

Bachmann Mk2f modified with homemade decals. Cheers Darius

Hi Robert, Is this your quest to get IRM to produce an 80 class using their new Mk2 tooling..? Cheers Darius

Britannia Pacific Gatwick Express GLV with additional brass rod cab front pipework and MJT fuse boxes added by me. Also repainted the cab front hosiery, replaced the chunky tension lock couplings with thinner NEM types and weathered the chassis. Cheers Darius

Fourth and last Class 455 interior completed. Cheers Darius

Class 455 motor coach interior completed. Cheers Darius

Lots of wear and tear and weathering to apply. Cheers Darius

Trailer coach interior completed. Cheers Darius

Plasticard 8ft. skip. Cheers Darius

Back to the Class 455 EMU and an interior using 3D printed seats from Isinglass Models. Three more coach interiors to do. Cheers Darius

RTR as supplied by Britannia Pacific Models - with the following additions by me:- - Cab front pipework - Etched ladders - Cab and bogie step boards - Pantograph gubbins - Roof spotlight arrays - Horns - New couplings - Light weathering to chassis Cheers Darius

Stores Van completed. Cheers Darius

Chivers Finelines 6-wheel LMS Fish Van kit assembled as a BR Stores Van. I wasn’t keen on the dummy cut-off centre wheels that came with the kit so I removed the “pinpoints” from some 14mm dia. wheels and fitted them to a scratch-built (from plasticard) “caddy”. This allows the centre wheel to move transversely and the wagon happily negotiated 3rd radius curves. Cheers Darius

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Another modified Mainline LMS parcels Van. Cheers Darius

Another survivor from my friend’s childhood train set. Brass wire bracing added along with metal wheels, new couplings and a repaint of the chassis. Cheers Darius

Some more Triang bolsters… Cheers Darius

Another ex-LMS parcels van from the Mainline model. Cheers Darius

Canopy completed and weathered. The brass rod rainwater downpipes also act as dowels to mount the canopy to the baseboard. Cheers Darius

Refuelling point canopy under construction using Plastruct I section and 1mm/0.5mm plasticard sheet. Now waiting for channel section purlins and corrugated metal sheeting to arrive. Cheers Darius

Modified Triang R17 single bolster. Bolster block removed and load added. Triang wheels replaced with metal ones and NEM couplings fitted. Cheers Darius

Hardstanding laid for the diesel refuelling point. Cheers Darius