Jinxman

Looking very good indeed.

And a bit more done - there's quite a lot of cleaning up on the smaller parts so progress is steady. Saying that it goes together very nicely.

The tender has seen some more filler, and is now ready for some black paint. Time to start the engine. I've elected to borrow a part from another kit as this is an OOB build - it's now out of two boxes.

I think building this one out of the box and basing the colour scheme on the box top has saved me much gnashing of teeth. The more I look at photos, the more variation there seems to be, and the inaccuracies of the kit stand out. Anyway, it has gone together very nicely so far. Hopefully I'll get some primer on the tender this weekend, and then get going on the engine.

Thanks for your input chaps - I've been looking through some of the colour photos I've got of 34057 and Humbrol 3 looks about right, if not a little dark because of the 'scale' effect. With a bit of toning down, then weathering it should be ok. Given the number of variations I've seen in photos I'm going for a reproduction of the box art on this one - the transfers are currently sitting in the sun which should get rid of some of the yellowing.

Starting to think about colours on this one. I have these in the stash of enamels, and assume they will be ok? I know next to nothing about the many-varied liveries of the various organisations, but picked up a collection of these Gloy authentic railway colours quite a long time ago. Being enamels they are all still good to go.

Time to start this one. Tender first, and it's going together quickly. A nice fit so far, and very enjoyable modelling.

Look what was in the stash - a Dapol release of the kit. Not as nice in grey plastic, and definitely more flash. Some of the pieces show that there is mould deterioration, but it looks perfectly buildable. One of the wheels is missing, but we'll try and cast one in white metal. Checking the dimensions shows that the body looks about 8mm actual, or 2 foot short in scale - nothing that is a worry in an oob build hereabouts.

I'm not sure it's worth it with this one - I've read somewhere that the Airfix engine is about 2" short in length - that seems an awful lot when scaled up.

Looks like a beauty - and with beaching gear.

First released by Kitmaster in 1959 according to Scalemates, this is the 1973 release from Airfix, code no. 05651 - 7. I'll be building it oob, the other kit and the Albert Goodall goodies are for a later date, when some of the kit's issues can be corrected. I think there are a couple of bits missing, but we'll see. The moulding looks ok - I think some of the later Dapol issues of the kit are a bit softer on the detail.

I can't see any photos in your last few updates - am I being teased?

That's quite convincing - would they have used bungee ropes or similar to keep the thing in place?

Brilliant, and the base looks perfect.

Hi Martin, I can't help as I run all my files off external hard drives, independent of a particular PC.