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Here's an interesting job, makes a change from scratch building:rolleyes:. A F/S Ixion Manning Wardle 0-4-0st to be converted to S7 and then painted black and weathered heavily:D. I'll post the process of conversion, including wheel turning etc and what ever else needs attention in due...

D'you know what, after all this time on here I've not started a workbench thread. So here we go. I've always got more than one job on the go at any time; work tends to grind to a halt when I realise various bits in a kit are completely useless, and sometimes, like at present, parts I sent for...

Hi Guys, Update - All my rolling stock is either S7 or in the progress of being modified. I got myself a GJH 7mm Polybulker kit at Telford last weekend. Have had a look and can't find anyone having already posted articles on building this kit so while I'm not any authority on building...

A new Scale7 layout being built by the SE Area group... I haven't seen it myself yet, but it's looking fantastic in the pictures..!!  :thumbs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaptophobic/ JB.

I'll get the caveat in before anyone delves too deeply into this thread - if you've come here for any nuggets of Scale7 modelling you may be disappointed. Yes I'll try to cover the modelling that I do but as per the title it's very sporadic. I thought I'd try a slightly different tac with this...

4th July 2010 Right then, who remembers this?.... I started this ages ago (in my pre-S7 days), but was having a few problems with the rather large amount of lead I'd put inside! When it was built in O/F with no suspension and clunky flanges, track holding probably wasn't an issue. With the...

Monday 8th February 2010 Hi chaps Well, who remembers this thread from another forum then? Built from a JLTRT/Mitchell kit, it originally started life as an OF model, but a few months ago (unhappy with the appearance of the very visible Western wheels), I took the plunge and decided to go...