Building my first etched coach, Comet Models E147

Work is going well with my first etched coach kit, ex GWR ‘E147’. Strictly speaking, this isn’t a coach that I believe worked on the Bala-Blaenau Branch but it a variety of Non Corridor Brake Composite. The two most common coaches used on the line are not produced in model form, those being the Collett E157 …

Passenger stock underway

The first of my passenger stock is ready for Cwm Prysor. It’s the old Mainline Brake Composite Sunshine Coach, latest reissue from Bachmann. I have a photo from 1951, of one on a mixed goods between Maentwrog Road and Llan Ffestiniog. All I have done is modify the bogies, add screw links and weather. I …

Bachmann 74XX from a 64XX

The 74XX is finally finished. This has been a truly rewarding project, one I wasn’t convinced I’d be capable enough to complete to a satisfactory finish. Without going over too much old ground, the principle difference in the 74XX (other than no autogear) was the cab join between the bunker at a right angle, not …

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