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And the last of my 42’ Ferts are also finally finished. That’s the full rake of 8!!!

30 Ton Brake Van from @Past-Avenue has finally been weathered! Very pleased with the result….

Black and amber was how I've also heard it frequently described...

Seeing this video of 102 shunting cement wagons in Adelaide Yard gave me enough modeller's licence to buy a Hunslett, even though I ended up buying a different livery version of Falcon! Lots of videos on this guy's YT channel. Including this one of a wonderfully disheveled 102 shunting Guinness kegs...

Yeah it's a sad reality though. These influencers can also downplay their part in things by hiding behind the screen of "I'm just giving an honest review." While all the while using clickbait title cards saying things like "I'm so angry about this model!" or "worst loco EVER!" and gleefully putting the boot in when there are problems. It's not helped by the fact that some of these "reviews" are shaky at best.

One of @Past-Avenue’s 3D printed barrier wagon tanks after being painted, weathered and perched atop an IRM 42’ flat wagon.

When the coach is the right way up the coupling should clear the bogie and the bufferbeam. Check that nothing has come lose on the coupler.

My three Park Royals were delivered yesterday and my Hunslet came today! I only had the chance to give them a quick run this evening, but I don't seem to have any problems over curves or points when pulling OR pushing. All my track and points are Peco Streamline. On a side note I'm really impressed with the design of the pickups on the bogies. There is no drag at all on the wheels, nice job!

Sanding the plastic really is the trick to it. Sanding both the spot on the bogie and the Kadee coupler box gives a really good bond.

I attached all my Kadees and NEM pockets to the bogies with Superglue (cheap stuff) after abrading with sandpaper. That was about 10 years ago and they're still attached!

Newer adhesives like Plastic Magic from Deluxe will work. Also, if you roughen the surface with fine sandpaper or a file superglue works very well. They look very good! I don't think I could be that brave with the close coupling space on my layout!

For when they were made the Lima coaches are fine. They have better details than they’re given credit for and can be made to look even better with detail parts. I have quite a few in British liveries and they happily run behind my modern locos. My layout is all code 100 so the wheels give me no problems and I have switched all the couplers for Kadees or magnetic ones. Although they're obviously not the most detailed models they can be made to look pretty presentable and they run very well.

Dug out 4 Dapol Tank Wagon kits and got them assembled, painted and weathered over the weekend. Happy with how they look although 2 of them are not good runners! Think I’ll have to investigate but I’d say the culprit is a warped chassis. Also got some silvering of the decals but I don’t think that looks too bad and adds to the ramshackle look! Besides, some more weathering would cover that….

A tired looking F7A unit near the end of its life…. This is an Athearn Blue Box unpowered unit, although I did fit it with a decoder to power lighting. I also fitted flush glazing and wire handrails. Weathering was mainly MIG and AK washes with some airbrushing using Tamiya paints.

Is the NEM pocket at the correct height? Also sometimes the Kadees droop a little in the pocket and that can be helped by inserting a small shim under the coupler.