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Well, enjoyable but very frustrating project – but lack of spare parts and even the correct paint has made it stall. It will now be put to one side and hope Ebay or a future swap-meet will come to my rescue.
Anyway, this is as far as I got, pictures below, enough said!
I store layouts in a shed in my back garden – when I had a look on Monday the curtain over the large window had fallen down and direct sunshine was on some of the layouts! I put the curtain up again, but have no idea how long it had been down – the direct Sunlight heat must have been tremendous as when I checked the layouts two of them had a degree of track buckling and will ...
We have now heard from Colin’s wife Margaret and she has asked us to post the details so anyone wishing to attend is aware of what is happening.
04/08/2026 at Ipswich Seven Hills Crematorium at 2.15PM
Afterwards at the ‘Limeburners’ in Offton.
Colin has requested, no ‘black’ mourning clothes – come in whatever you are comfortable with. This is a ...
More work on the O Gauge Heljan Bodyshell. I have now added all the hand grips on the roof and given it a coat of roof grey, very time consuming, but has to be done!
I have removed the lamp brackets I originally fitted and replaced them with less steam engine looking ones. I then gave the Warning Panel another top coat of yellow..
I have come to a couple o...
More work done on the O Gauge Skinhead. Cab handrails added and the front handrails on both ends completed. This was then airbrush sprayed warning panel yellow after masking as needed. I then touched up with a brush as necessary, both top coat and some undercoat.
I will probably rub down the warning panels once more before adding the discs.
The next job i...