Pennine MC
Western Thunderer
After a period in which various circumstances dictated I didnt get too much useful modelling done, a wee project I set myself a year or so back was to start to build up a reasonable number of 16T minerals that could eventually be run as a rake. The thing of course with the pocket money prices of models in these smaller scales is that it's easy to end up with more than you planned...
This is about half of the contents of the visible box; there are more boxes... most are Bachmann but a few kitbuilds are also involved, principally to produce the sort of variations that RTR doesnt cater for. And very few of them are actually finished : - working on these is something I dip into as and when.
Another recent project, again largely motivated by changing circumstances, was to set up some sort of Internet home for not just the assorted and transient ramblings that are the norm for such things, but something that could act as a convenient and accessible repository for certain reference material I've generated and that's been proven to have some sort of lasting relevance.
Having been impressed with the look of the Wordpress blogs used by PMP of the parish in connection with his own projects, with his encouragement I gave the software a go and have been quietly impressed with its usability. Windcutter was actually started back in May but I deliberately kept it low key with just a few 'controlled leaks' until I'd built up a fair amount of reading. Links in forum signatures (as below) and on friends' blogs went live a month or so ago, but it's probably time I brought it to more prominence if only to at least give some impression of making a useful contribution here...
The name is also thanks to Paul, I'd been floating assorted semi-serious suggestions past him but when I gave him a selection including Windcutter, it became obvious to both of us that that was the one to use. I shouldnt really be perpetuating the myth that the real life Annesley - Woodford 'runners' were all about coal, but as the name has been given so much currency by the Great Central mob ... well, worse things have been done in the name of art
The main angle on 16 tonners on the blog is demystifying the basic strands of the build variations but here, I'll show a small selection of the contents of those boxes.
One of the things that draws me into buying the Bachy wagons is the standard of lettering, which I often preserve or add to with transfers. I usually overpaint the factory grey though; it's not actually 'wrong' but I feel it's a tad dark for most 1960s wagons:
The next wagon is completely relettered in the post-'64 style. Typical of the way I work, the chassis hasnt been touched yet - if I'm feeling all artistic and creative, I like to crack on with the more interesting bits:
This is about half of the contents of the visible box; there are more boxes... most are Bachmann but a few kitbuilds are also involved, principally to produce the sort of variations that RTR doesnt cater for. And very few of them are actually finished : - working on these is something I dip into as and when.
Another recent project, again largely motivated by changing circumstances, was to set up some sort of Internet home for not just the assorted and transient ramblings that are the norm for such things, but something that could act as a convenient and accessible repository for certain reference material I've generated and that's been proven to have some sort of lasting relevance.
Having been impressed with the look of the Wordpress blogs used by PMP of the parish in connection with his own projects, with his encouragement I gave the software a go and have been quietly impressed with its usability. Windcutter was actually started back in May but I deliberately kept it low key with just a few 'controlled leaks' until I'd built up a fair amount of reading. Links in forum signatures (as below) and on friends' blogs went live a month or so ago, but it's probably time I brought it to more prominence if only to at least give some impression of making a useful contribution here...
The name is also thanks to Paul, I'd been floating assorted semi-serious suggestions past him but when I gave him a selection including Windcutter, it became obvious to both of us that that was the one to use. I shouldnt really be perpetuating the myth that the real life Annesley - Woodford 'runners' were all about coal, but as the name has been given so much currency by the Great Central mob ... well, worse things have been done in the name of art
The main angle on 16 tonners on the blog is demystifying the basic strands of the build variations but here, I'll show a small selection of the contents of those boxes.
One of the things that draws me into buying the Bachy wagons is the standard of lettering, which I often preserve or add to with transfers. I usually overpaint the factory grey though; it's not actually 'wrong' but I feel it's a tad dark for most 1960s wagons:
The next wagon is completely relettered in the post-'64 style. Typical of the way I work, the chassis hasnt been touched yet - if I'm feeling all artistic and creative, I like to crack on with the more interesting bits: