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A Trix Scotsman. Must have been '56 or '57.

Tony

Interesting comparison. Photos from the same location during the 20s, 30s and 40s would accompany it well.

Tony

Your rake looks fine. I run my black one with half-a-dozen detailed maroon Hornby Railroad Gresleys. They are nice and light and cheap, too, via eBay.

Tony

Assemble first unless there are parts which cannot be reached for painting once the kit has been made. With larger kits, it may be preferable to assemble a series of sub units and then paint them individually before putting the whole together and touching up. It really depends what you are building....

All this talk about the EM2 spurred me to get mine out to look at what I needed to do to complete it. Very little, as I thought: some lining and numbering, some buffer-beam detail and glazing. The pants are not original as you'll notice. They are either Marklin or Fleischmann, and far finer I think....

Of course it is! Do just what you want. This isn’t even a science, let alone an exact one!

It’s a purely personal thing. I don’t mix eras and companies where I can avoid it but I’m comfortable with many other howlers!

Tony

I really must finish my upgrade, it only now awaits flush—glazing and lining. It’s only been waiting for about ten years!

Tony

It’s the Triang EM2. A good representation of the original 1500 volt DC locomotive. Quite expensive these days.

Tony

Thanks Gerald - appreciated.

Tony

I simply love Toplights, and yours are excellent.

Tony

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Much appreciated. All too often, Triang is treated with disdain as being far too toy like to bother with. Certainly, some of their products have little to commend these days but a number do merit revisiting, not just because they are reasonably accurate renditions ...

I had to suppress a laugh here, Geoff! I routinely scavenge time-expired cameras, radios, DVD players and computers for useful tiny screws and other transferable items but never a lawn mower!!! I shall have to view our lawnmower, vacuum cleaner and hedge-trimmer in a different light when their time ...

Always liked those Stoves!

Tony

Absolutely fantastic coach building there. The lining and general livery application is superb. I like your Terrier, too. What motor have you in it?

Tony

Bufferstop wrote:A touch of "Gunmetal" on those coupling rods and you would never know where it came from. Up there with today's models, a real nice job.

I have some 'Oily Steel' in the post for that very purpose!

Thanks both for your comments.

Tony