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  1. The.story of City of truros record is fascinating, simply put it seems a correspondent of the railway magazine no less logged it, bit great Western weren't sure they wanted a reputation for being speed freaks. How times changed And a link https://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/14889/city-of-truro/#:~:text=3440 City of Truro acquired,in the four-weekly magazine.
  2. It certainly is, though I imagine if you found that unpalatable, it would be an easy affair to mark it up as a DB one.
  3. I'd broaden it out to architecture full top- Lutyens &co I've got a card model of the original Schipol terminal building of the era and in a week's time and off to wallow in Art Deco splendour at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe; so both transport links but they don't move so they're not in. And in any case I've really got too much on my plate already.
  4. I know you occasionally leave the Group Builds pleasure garden, but in case you've missed this
  5. That'll be this then Yep, don't worry, the BR Class 13 is on The Ledge ©️@Enzo the Magnificent, from 2 Kitmaster shunters and a 3d printed conversion, there's also a Kitmaster 'Italian loco' which could be anything from a glance at the parts! Sounds like the age old discussion about where there 2 sets of Great Eastern Blue- Cambridge and Stratford, whereas the current view seems to be that, as far as quality control allowed, they were the same, but the East London 'atmosphere' lead to the rapid discolouring.
  6. There's always something strangely calming about watching work; beats doing it! I call it research
  7. Very organised to have something allocated to KUTA already! Seriously though I think it's a very clever approach and a good use of the KUTA wildcard
  8. I built a lot of these when I was going through my T-34 period and they all had decals so I think you've got a rare gem there (other phrases are available). Classic tracks of the time and probably shrunk with age and brittle by now. ankle deep in rubble will hide the ill fitting join though
  9. I think anyone attempting this needs therapy! No problem, because I've worn out plenty of mental health specialists, but in this case I'm definitely going for impressionist rather than realist! The basic plan is lots of thin layers and dry brushing
  10. Please stand back from the platform edge, a nerd is approaching! Stable mate Sir Nigel Gresley holds the post-war world steam record so it's a 1/2 for the big beasts! tbh don't understand all the hype about Flying Scotsman apart from a sociological perspective, but that's way off-topic.
  11. Golden Teak in this case! Plenty of train porn here for those of a 'specialist' predilections! https://www.lnerca.org/home/ My secret weapon for the teak is the Rail Match paint, and lots of experimenting before tackling the real thing. for non-railway modellers this isn't far off 1/144 in airplane speak; the detail is immaculate so hopefully I won't obscure too much of it. For all the nostalgia etc. it seems that even in the Golden Age these weren't really looked after and were soon filthy- the white roofs soon turned grey etc.
  12. This being the golden age of transport there was plenty of cigars and pipes! Whatcha mean varnished teak can burn?
  13. It's the teak finish more than the microscopic parts that scare me! Apparently yellow is a good undercoat for teak, ad if yellow wasn't everyone's favourite colour Hoping this doesn't turn into a train crash
  14. Looks like a strong railway showing in this GB; I'm in with another part of the genius that was Gresley, not the locomotives but his gorgeous teak coaching stock. This is the N Gauge Society 'Full Brake', in simple terms it's where the guard sits run a passenger train! This is a 'Full' one, because his compartment took up the whole carriage, leaving plenty of room for luggage (think Downtown Abbey), parcels or later on racing pigeons. Gresley got through a lot of teak on carriages for both express and suburban trains. Later on, plywood was used and painted to look like teak, and later still they were painted (sacrilege). Also, they ended up filthy and neglected, but mines going to be in pristine condition as original teak; the joy of making a model of a preserved railway is I can really do whatever I like! OK the box is not remotely attractive Inside, there's detailed instructions... And bags, or at least loads, of bags... Including some tiny springs which are just itching to meet the carpet monster. Got some extra reference material as well.. The little blue sheet is the decal sheet, and here the N Guge Society do themselves down, because contrary to the instructions decals for LNER are included as well as BR. I predict an early summer of wandering around preserved railways until I remember I'm meant to be doing building as well as researching!
  15. Shorts 360! Flew in one to Jersey, and yes for a 1980s plane a definite case of things going backwards! The thing in it's favour was being such a Flying Box of a shape it was my first vac-form because of the simple shape.
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