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  1. Completely separate post on the subject of model railways. I’m looking for architects drawings for Great Western station canopies from the first half of the 20th century.

    The selection of canopies available to modellers is rather poor, most don’t match the dimensions of the platforms you’d put them in anyway, so I’m going to experiment with a bit of 3D printing to set what’s feasible at this scale.

    This might also trigger the purchase of a resin printer if the results are good enough but not quite good enough, if you get my meaning.

    #ModelRailway #GWR #PlatformCanopy #OOGauge

  2. The problem with #Accurascale is that you have to either pre-order their products (direct or through a shop) only to have the delivery date pushed back at random, or elect to wait until a product starts shipping and probably miss out - or overpay to get one via the resale marketplace.

    Have they just told me my #OOGauge Class 55 Deltic, ordered last April for delivery next month, has just slipped six months? Yes. Yes they have. And it isn’t even the first production run.

  3. A look back to 2021 with some moving images from my layout, which has been the same green plate for several years now.

    The videos include the infamous #BritishRail #APT-P which honestly is my favourite british train by design and I'm delighted I was able to visit the real one in Crewe last summer! The model is from Hornby back when the original still ran and it features functional tilting.

    #Modellbahn #modeltrains #modelrail #OOGauge #Bahnbubble