Silver Sidelines

I am minded of Pam Ayres and her words: “ Infallible, articulate, self-confident... and wrong .” From her monologue ‘They should have asked my Husband’  https://monologues.co.uk/Pam_Ayres/Ask_My_Husband.htm Heljan D1000 Western Enterprise and D1010 Western Campaigner fitted with etched plates When the opportunity presents itself I will buy etched plates.   Lately I came across a set of C.G.W nameplates for D1000 Western Enterprise.   These were followed by a set of plates for D1010 Western Campaigner from Extreme Etchings. C.G.W. Etched plate for D1000 (top) plates from Extreme Etchings for D1010 (bottom) With all this ‘dreich’ weather we have been having I would spend a morning cutting out and fitting these plates.   I don’t know why I had not noticed before but the Enterprise plates looked to have been made to a different scale than those for Campaigner. C.G.W. Plates compared to Heljan printed plates The C.G.W plates ...

Back in 2015 I wrote a Post for my Blog detailing an improvement to the old Mainline / Dapol model of the ex LMS Fowler 2P https://longsheds.blogspot.com/2015/10/no124-dead-frogs-and-2p_19.html Mainline Ex LMS 2P from 198 Crucially the work required access to Hornby spare part X6475, the front bogie from their latest engine drive 2P (R3028).   Sadly as said in my previous Post about remotoring the HornbyQ6 , Hornby seem to have given up on providing useful spare parts.   Front bogie X6475 continues to be out of stock. After being tempted by a Dapol offering on eBay I needed to find an alternative solution. Dapol Ex LMS Fowler 2P listed on eBay The ex LMS Fowler 2P was a very common locomotive and as such should feature on BR (LMR) and BR (SCR) layouts.   Back in history Tri-ang produced a model of a southern L1.   It was engine driven and when repainted black it could be used as the starting point for a model of the ex LMS engine....