Those locos are fabulous! I'm fifteen as well, so they have inspired me to have a go at painting some stuff myself. Next time you paint a loco, you should make a tutorial thread, it would be really helpful to a lot of people
Thanks Lough Erne, very interesting. With RPSI loco Merlin nearly ready to return to traffic, maybe they should run a half and half 111 & 85 return tour to Dublin?
Unfortunately, I am neither of those things. Luckily though i found a book on the GNR and i think the timings were around 2 and quarter to 2 and a half hours
I run US HO diesels along with Irish oo, and honestly i think it looks fine, especially given that US locos are generally bigger to begin with. What you shouldnt do though is run HO & OO irish or british stock together, then the scale difference would become apparent
Quick Question,
I have seen photos of some 80 class units with a downward facing horn placed on the cab front. Do you know if this was only certain units, and if so, why did some have this, as it seems a bit odd?
The Flying Fortress that was at that show was doing a fly past at a US army cemetery near belfast yesterday, i went up to see it with my dad. Incredible plane, bigger than i expected too
Hi there,
As murrayec says, model rail is a great magazine, but British Railway Modelling (soon to be re branded BRM) I also find to be very useful as a resource for tips and examples. Hope I helped!
James
Bought 3 of these myself, pretty good quality and great value. According to a big discussion on them on RMweb, it seems most are being bought by modellers buying in bulk
I use humbrol weathering powders, they come in a good range of colours. I find them easy to use, and humbrol have some tutorial videos on YouTube that I found very helpful, as they show you the best methods
If I may be pernickety for a second, its technically not ex gatwick. I believe it is actually one of the former enterprise generator brake carriages, but it had it's passenger windows plated over prior to gatwick use. (Anyone, please correct me if I aam wrong by the way!)
You would probably have to do much the same type of thing to the model to make it.