… well possibly more annoyance. Much of the Rhiw stock roster has grown quite organically, and even this has moved around date wise. The upshot is that the stock is stored in random boxes. Post Eastbourne some of this stock jumped out of the bo…
Wagon kits coming thick and fast through the post. This was an interesting build that caused quite a bit of research and more than the usual amount of checking and trial fitting. Extra handrails were a bonus and generated questions as to why (as …
I haven’t posted a video here for a while, but within the research being carried out for a future project, this popped up. Simple enough fare, but oozing with atmosphere and just a bundle of modelling inspiration and detail.
Getting a few corner points in on Drovers Brook. The one to sort now is the bridge. As always this is travelling hopefully and I was to find this out quickly. There were a couple of pillars in the box; these may have been built by Mr. Hill. Anyway, as …
So to continue: The buffers are actually pretty good, better than the other major kit manufacturer’s offerings. The holes in the bufferbeam mouldings were opened up a tad and the buffers and vac pipes trial fitted. The inner ends. Oh dear, g…
It was was some trepidation that work began. I settled myself with the attitude that this was pence spent so no problem if it were to be abandoned halfway through and jumped on; or recycled back into Coke bottles.The floor was raised at one end by 2-3m…
In a leaked conversation with Russian government officials, Russian Railways’ (RZD) head Oleg Belozerov ordered no less than 100,000 wagons to be removed from the…
Oh yes, there’s more! On a roll and once more into the box. Well I may as well do the whole train now I’m 75% there. This is a mixed bag, and this is what I have. As per usual it came off a club stand at not much money. There are risks involved h…
And so to paint. The whole lot was given a coat of Humbrol 62 orange as a base. Then, slightly paler than normal, the body outer, a coat of Citadel Corax White. Photos of 16 tonners often show an almost white finish, so I could dare to be pale.Th…
A few moves in quick succession: The brake assemblies. As per the prototype, single sided Mortons as per the instructions… only they’re not. The Airfix kits have a knack for making an obvious blooper, note all the wrongly fitted windows on the …