Continuing the Year of the Horse, I’ve dug out a 3D-printed LB&SCR D53/271 horsebox from my “indulgence box”. It will run in a short train of Victorian horseboxes that I’m putting together for a bit of light-hearted, out-of-period running.
According to the Chinese calendar, this is the Year of the Horse – an obvious excuse to dive into the wonderful world of horseboxes. To kick things off, I recently did a little restoration job on a GWR diagram N1 horsebox. The N1s were the
Here’s an account of my stumbling efforts with pragmatic coach lining, warts and all.Like many I find coach lining a challenge. But I don't want it to stop me modelling the pre-grouping period, so for years I have simply been running my Edw…
GWR saddle- and pannier tanks form the mainstay of Farthing’s current loco roster, and recently several have been on the workbench for a bit of detailing and tinkering. My new Buffalo Tank is now finished. As described earlier, the body is
I've had a play with AI animation of the figures and road vehicles at Farthing. Here's a short video showing the results. It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but after seeing a few animated model railway scenes pop up recently I had to satisfy…
Railway modellers come in many shapes and sizes. I've had a bit of fun trying to capture the different variants of our noble breed. The fun but also challenging bit was to gradually work the images towards the style and content that I wante…
Recently Bill Davies has been raising the standards of 3D-printed GWR loco bodies. I’ve been working on one of his offerings, the GWR “Buffalo” 1076 Class Saddle Tank. Bill made the body to fit a Bachmann 57xx/8750 chassis. The project is a…
I've recently been making my own 4mm scale posters, posterboards and adverts for the main station building at Farthing. Most of the posters were selected from the various Edwardian GWR posters illustrated in an earlier entry. I chose a vari…
More notes from the rabbit hole. This time about poster boards and non-railway station ads in Edwardian times. Please note that this is not systematic archival research, just my own little investigation based on perusal of period photos for…
I recently fell into a rabbit hole. I was looking for some Edwardian posters to stick on my station building, and ended up with pages of illustrated notes about GWR posters, poster boards and adverts. I’m sharing them here in case it’s of u…
Here's a catch-up post on the station building at Farthing. The main station building at Farthing is a model of the prototype at Newbury. It was built in the “Westbury” style used on a number of new GWR stations in the 1900s. A typical feat…
My GWR E37 tri-compo is ready for painting, built from the Slater’s kit. Earlier I did a blow-by-blow account of the C19 build from the same range, so this post will focus on new experiences and things that were different. There was more fl…