20Ton 6-wheel goods brake van complete William Grant was the guard allocated to this brake van and his name appears on the board low on the right hand side of the vehicle. There’s a cast number plate on the sole bar for which there is evide…
William Grant was the guard allocated to this brake van and his name appears on the board low on the right hand side of the vehicle. There’s a cast number plate on the sole bar for which there is evidence on the two surviving photos of this…
I decided to stop work on the brake van featured in my previous post as it was proving too time consuming to correct all the mistakes, so at the moment it’s consigned to the sidings of shame. A better use of my time I decided was to build a…
I recently constructed this NER V4 brake van from a Connoisseur kit that’s a pleasure to build, it will be finished in NER livery using Ian Sadler’s book for reference. I made a few improvements, like thickening the end upright posts and fi…
I recently constructed this NER V4 brake van from a Connoisseur kit that’s a pleasure to build, it will be finished in NER livery using Ian Sadler’s book for reference. I made a few improvements, like thickening the end upright posts and fi…
Pete's newly designed W-Iron etch is specifically designed for Highland Railway rolling stock and is suitable for all 7mm scale stock with both 3' 1" and the larger 3' 7" wheels. It is etched in 0.4 brass and provides compensated w-irons fo…
Undoubtedly the Scrap Tank is aesthetically one of the less appealing of Highland Railway engines, it does not have the elegance and visual appeal of so many of their designs. It nevertheless has a certain fascination which has drawn me rep…
I was unaware of the image above until it was brought to my notice by Charlie Wrigley while I was building my model of HR118 recently, despite the photo from which it is cropped being included in M.C.V. Alchin's "History of Highland Railway…
New quality white metal castings from my own master patterns are now available for springs and axle-boxes to suit HR wagons. These can be ordered now price £5.50 per set (4 x springs & 4 x axle-boxes), illustrated below. Postage at cost £1.…
Built from one of Pete's recently released cast resin aids to wagon building, this example portrays a double-deck sheep van in Highland Railway rich red-oxide livery with the iron-work picked out in black. I've not come across any photos of…
I think you'll agree that the number plates shown in these pictures set the wagons off a treat. Pete has produced a set of HR wagon plate transfers to complement his growing series of wagon sides and ends, these are available to modellers n…
Despite keeping my precious mix in a tightly lidded jar, to my dismay it dried up to a jelly overnight before I'd painted the cab interior. So I embarked on a further experiment using Revell semi-matt Dark Green 363 as a base. I added a goo…