The Peco book has been on the list for a while. I'm always interested in the wider aspects of parts of the hobby, and Peco do a good job with this sort of thing. For three quid, how can I go wrong?
Fair Price is a brand I've looked at on eBay many times, and trying one of thier kits would make sense to me, possibly as a magazine project.
Finally, a plastic kit wagon. I know I've got loads in my stash, but I thought I could perhaps just stick this one together as a blog piece. A bit of fun, with no great purpose in mind.
Oh, and a Hornby Railroad Class 121 DMU. I've a soft spot for single-car units, and despite being in the cheaper range, this one looks pretty good to me. Some dangly bits on the buffer beam wouldn't go amiss, and dirt on the chassis and around the exhaust pipes.
I think it might be fitted with a Ringfield motor too. If so, there is a remotoring kit looking for a suitable test piece in my magazine pile.
Best of all, I can see me finding a use for this. A short halt-based layout perhaps.
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I love club second hand/bring and buy stalls; you never know what delights you'll find.
While I was vaguely aware of the Railroad 121, I hadn't realised that it's flush glazed. A reasonably priced, widely available model, with scope for adding detail...what's not to like?
I think the quality of the model will, onmce weathered and breathed on, sit well with a quality of layouts I build. Maybe it's not the most hi-fi thing on the market, but neither am I!
I get that...it's pretty much the same philosophy I use, and to be honest, I often find an older model, particularly if it's had some clag and a few details added, more convincing than many of the newer offerings as well as being more "personal".
Have you got the earlier Peci book on NG modelling?
I agree with you and Simon about the 121. I think many of us are happier to do things to these cheaper SH models than to a new one with finer detail to begin with.
Says man wondering how to add brakegear to a SH Grafar Pannier...
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