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We bit more progress to report on my Dad's loco.

Now in paint;







If you were at the exhibition in Pollokshaws burgh hall a few weeks ago you might have seen it running.

Dave.

The middle image isn't loading, but even so - it's lovely. I'd love to see it at a show.

Whilst rootling around in the photie drawer, I came across a few pics of this church, which I built for the Glasgow & West of Scotland MRC in 1980, for their layout 'Kirknewton'. It's totally scratchbuilt apart from the stone-effect plastikard wall cladding - even down to the individual slates on the roof - and was very loosely modelled on Brechin Cathedral. It won the Clydeside Cup at Model Rail '80. The club still has a picture of this on their website header, I notice.


Side view


Water-damaged front view showing funeral party (well, everyone else seemed to be doing weddings!)


View from across the tracks, showing the 'ley alignment' through the stone circle and church tower....


... and the stone circle, complete with dowser at work!

I have no idea what happened to that layout or if the model is still in existence somewhere; if anyone knows of a colour picture of it I'd love to have a copy.

Grahame

Buchanan Street Signalbox resurrected....









Think I have captured the character of the original.

Bloody hell mate, your attention to detail is phenomenal.

The props holding up the tenements are a bit out of proportion.

Its been over a year since I first posted pictures of this as a work in progress but today my Dad declared it finished.









Think he plans to run it this Saturday at Pollokshaws burgh hall along with some coatched he built for a friend.

Dave.

P.S. the next one is in the planning stages.

Superb, Dave.

Very, very impressed.

Dave that is quite simply FANTASIC attention to detail superb,more power to your elbow

Thanks guys but all I can take credit for is the photograph.

BTJustice wrote:

Think he plans to run it this Saturday at Pollokshaws burgh hall...

What's the gig? Can we come and pay homage?

Absolutely superb

I concur. That locomotive is a work of quite extraordinary skill, patience and vision.

HelenD wrote:What's the gig? Can we come and pay homage?

I think its an 0-guage guild exhibition so its open to the public. I dont have any more details Im afraid, he was telling me but as he is my Dad its my job not to listen.