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This brings back happy memories of Saturday mornings spent browsing the model railway section Cheers Darius

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Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!

This street is similar to the one in Hillingdon which was home for me from 1965 to 1967 from age 0 to 2 - not that I remember it much but we have old photos. In 1973 I turned 8 and was given my first wristwatch - an Ingersoll - and joined the local cub scouts. Happy days. Cheers Darius

Now with added shrubbery… Cheers Darius

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Careful now…

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I have to confess that I never studied Latin at BRA. I joined the third form (from England) in 1978 and, as I had missed the first two years, I was excused the subject. I spent the Latin periods sitting in the back of Geordie McConnell’s A-Level economics classes doing my homework. Cheers Darius

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Cheers Darius

That looks like a GNR AEC railcar - see this thread. I built the UTA Railcar 6 & 7 three-car set a couple of years ago using Worsley Works etched sides on cut down Dapol coaches. Cheers Darius

A certain model railway magazine, for which I write the occasional article, has a regular “Tool of the Month” feature. One month the magazine printed all of the author’s mugshots, including mine, directly below the title… Cheers Darius

Roof painted and windows installed. Cheers Darius

Duntilin. Glad that’s over but pleased with the result. Will leave overnight for the glue to fully cure before painting. Cheers Darius

I had thought about using tile strips to make the task easier but they would have looked too neat and unnatural. Individual tiles cut from photopaper placed as per the real thing look better and the process of applying them leads to the right kind of irregularity even if the original intention is neat rows. Cheers Darius

Getting there. Two more sessions I think. Cheers Darius

A few Kyosho Ferraris… Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cheers Darius

Tiling recommences… Cheers Darius

1:48 Seafire XV - Hobbycraft kit. 1:48 Seafire 17 - Aeroclub fuselage with Airfix wings. 1:48 Seafire FR46 - Airfix kit. 1:48 Seafire FR47 - Airfix kit. 1:48 Spitfire F22 - Airfix kit. Cheers Darius

I’ve printed white decals with a coloured surround using a laser printer and white decal sheet. These “Irish Shell” tank wagon decals were printed using a black surround, which is pretty easily to blend in on a black painted model. With white decal paper there is a visible white line where you cut the decal. This shows up on the model once the decal is in place and needs to be painted over to hide it. With other model base colours, blending the decal surround is harder as an exact colour match isn’t easy. For the MTK 2-HAL model below I printed the decal in varying lighter and darker shades of the olive drab finish and selected the decal that best matched the model colour once printed. As with the black surround decal the edges of the decal need to be painted over to hide the white line. Cheers Darius

Been painting a full size door today so no tiling. In the meantime I’ll let the cat out of the bag, so to speak. Gibbo was on the right track but it is a film rather than TV Cheers Darius

Arrived today Do you think the packing box was big enough..? Seriously though, the coach packs were well packaged and arrived in pristine condition. Cheers Darius

One slope finished - plus two little ones. Cheers Darius

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