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I hadn’t planned to post any pictures until my latest repaint was finished, but these two do demonstrate one of the challenges with a livery change. The first shows the body shell stripped of all glass and fittings (whee possible). I had removed the previous branding with IPA but even so, it could b...

I must have a look at that site Richard.

In the meantime I ordered some transfers for my next project from Railtec at 11:00am today. The website says 'made to order and may take a couple of weeks' but these were dispatched by 3:00pm.
Excellent service and definitely my preferred supplier these days.

Rubberised horse hair. Cut into strips, tease out the strands, spray grey/black. Brush on PVA and sprinkle with scatter materials.

Hi Steve, Nice Class 31 picture card you have there :D ........ might have a project or two coming your way in the not distant future - still trying time decide whether to sell one or two locos that no longer fit with either of the era’s I have chosen to model, or repaint and keep them ( aka Class ...

One byproduct of ‘lockdown boredom’ is random online purchases - this was mine. So for an unlimited time, I’m offering a special offer of a free card with every painting commission. :D https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50074596023_d3379271aa_k.jpg 2020-07-04_01-44-14 by Steve Mumford , on Flickr

I’ve seen them exchange tokens from a moving train while standing on a proper platform but seems a bit dodgy from a signal box. They usually hold one arm up for the driver/fireman to hook the token over and a hand up holding the other token. They look like they are posing for a ballet when they do ...

I wasn't social distancing.

well done Steve, can't do with scum but can't post my thoughts here, F1 restarts his weekend so something to look forward to :D And it's quite a packed calendar for the next two months as well. Obviously we can't go to Silverstone this year but at least our tickets have already been rolled over to ...

Excellent as usual Barry, but how do you keep the dust off? There’s not a speck in sight!