Category: modelling

Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)Painting of the lettering of this vehicle is progressing steadily, with completion of the vehicle and a return to traffic expected in June.Great Eastern Railway 1897 6 Wheel Saloon Third 37 (BR…

Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)Painting and lining continues when weather conditions allow.Great Eastern Railway 1907 Brake Third 295 (ASSESSMENT)Not a coach that appears in these (virtual) pages very often, if at all, is th…

**NOTE: This post is due to be updated with extra pictures in the next few days**Our winter output continues to be reduced by involvement in locomotives, but we are still doing our best to progress our current suite of projects.Great Eastern Railway 18…

We are now back and well into the swing of things following the Christmas and New Year break. Overall progress has slowed somewhat as we have been requested to help out the Locomotive Department with some of their winter maintenance tasks along with st…

We are now back and well into the swing of things following the Christmas and New Year break. Overall progress has slowed somewhat as we have been requested to help out the Locomotive Department with some of their winter maintenance tasks along with st…

As is traditional, the final Blog post of the year looks back on the year behind us and all we have achieved, with a comparison with other recent years. This year, eight vehicles have been through the workshops with one of them being a mid-life varnish…

Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)Some condensation free days has allowed some painting progress to continue. This has been helped by a new roof being fitted to the tent at Holt which again has reduced water ingress onto the co…

Apologies for the lack of updates, this has been because of an enforced period away from the railway owing to illness. Going forwards, it will probably be the case that we will aim for these updates to be monthly, a frequency that despite best efforts …

Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)No progress to report.London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)The two main areas of progress have been tables and door skins. The tables have now been prototyped and …

Another long overdue update, however it is worth celebrating the (re)entry into service of another vehicle (back) into the fleet…Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)As with all well thought out projects, a good assessment of th…