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Seeing John's @nimrod54 build of his BR Mogul reminded me that I have 3 stalled loco kits that were originally produced many years ago by Rosebud Kitmaster, later known as just Kitmaster. The moulds were then taken over by Airfix who produced part of the range for a good few years, before passing them on to Dave and Polly at Dapol, which is where I got mine from quite a while back. My model railway layout was packed away sometime in the 1990's together with about 60 locos and an awful lot of rolling stock, but from time to time I get the urge to re-visit it. About 3 years ago I got out my Hornby LNER Silver Fox A4 Pacific, my Airfix Large Praire and my Bachman V2 and finally got round to re-spraying them in the correct colours and replacing the rather basic markings. At the same time, and whilst I was in the mood, I made a start on 2 Dapol Schools and a West Country/Battle of Britain. I got the markings together with cast plates etc and then something distracted me so I put them aside and forgot about them - this is how the Schools looked at the time. I removed the horrible moulded handrails and replaced them, and on the one nearest the camera I also replaced the later large "Lemaitre" chimney that Oliver Bullied fitted to a number of them with Maunsell's original smaller King Arthur type chimney with the lip at the front - I believe it is called a Capuchon. The one at the back is more advanced as I have started putting on the lining which I bought from Fox Transfers, which could make things tricky. There are a number of reasons why I might not actually finish both of them - not least the fact that by now some of the parts might be missing. More difficult is the paintwork on the rear one as I decided I wanted it in the early pre-war version of Bullied's "Malachite" which is a blue green colour and I was never able to find any ready mixed, so I mixed my own. I thought I had painted everything, but now find I will need to do some touching up and as the paint I mixed has dried out years ago, that could be a problem. I therefore will probably have to completely repaint it with a new version which obviously means a hairy stick to get round the decs! The earlier version is in the lighter of Maunsells's olive greens of which I have several tins so that should not be a problem. However the LNER style white/black/white Pressfix lining I have is very old and may not work, ditto the Southern Railway numbers/lettering. I maybe can get replacements, but this build may not happen before the deadline - maybe I should do the Bullied "light pacific" instead as I have both paint and markings - we will see. I will probably potter about with them in between building planes as a sort of light relief. Don't hold your breath! Pete

Joining with this Dapol kit, Bought at Cheltenham Model Centre for £13.05, on 02 Dec 2020 - about the last time they were open. Parts, I'm quite impressed. I built a Dapol Battle of Britain in 2017, and the parts were quite warped. These are much more straight. And instructions, there's only one option for this build.

It is a number years since anyone has posted this venerable model onto BM, so I thought I would give it a go. Venerable indeed as shown by the copyright date Now on its third manufacturer this sprue shot shows a significant amount of flash, but luckily none of it is near delicate parts. I have purchased Dapol kits with significant moulding errors, this one seems OK. Dapol's warranty makes interesting reading. Especially as it would cost me most in transport costs & parking, to get to my LMS to return it than the kit cost. Will make an interesting build as Yellow and White are my two least favourite colours to brush paint. Airfix used to mould it in yellow plastic which actually was not much help if you primed the kit prior to painting. On with the build...

This was a failed completion in last years Made in Britain II Group Build and I decided to enter it in KUTA X. I didn't add a lot to the kit other than a couple of Smiths couplings, a set of vac-formed windows and some decals and etch manufactures plates. Extras used Decals and Etch Metal Parts - Fox Transfers Screw Couplings - Smiths Vac-form windows - Finecast Paint Body - Phoenix Precision P110 Prototype Deltic Blue Roof/Bogies - Humbrol 128 Details - Citadel, Humbrol, Mr Color by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flick

This recent addition to the shelf of doom was a Made in Britain II GB fail, so what better opportunity could there be to complete it than to resurrect it as an entry into KUTA X. Here is a link to the build, and a few photos of how things stand at present. So, just a single entry for now but there are other candidates that have been hanging around the unfinished pile which I might add later, it all depends on how this progresses.

Neé: 1961 LMS Kitson 0-4-0ST Boxed: 1973 Airfix 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Rehomed: 1980s Dapol BR Pug https://www.scalemates.com/kits/182057-airfix-r9-0-4-0-saddle-tank Missing front cab wall & firebox, 1 small internal lever