Hi All.

Been a little quiet of late. (Building a number of locos for a friend of mine).

Here is a shot of my Dean Goods taking a run on the layout. This a Javelin kit.



Also visited my friends large loft layout this week, this is one I built & painted for him about 8 years ago. We gave it a good run and I am pleased to report she is running very well with a lot of miles under her belt.



Likewise this 2-6-4T I built & painted the same year for him. Also still running very well.

Those are gorgeuos! Crimson Lake is a stupendous colur for a start off, but coupled with your modelling skills, my breath is taken away! I want one!

Thanks for the compliment. I have to agree, Crimson Lake has presence.

Great work Jazz, as usual.

I built two LMS 'Jubilees' in Gauge 1, one was painted in crimson lake and the other in BR green (customer's preferences). I have to admit that the crimson lake one looked superior.

Beautiful. I would have loved to see her the 'flesh'.

Another for my Pen-Y-cwm layout. This is the MMP kit. I have used the Slater's wheelset and Slater's 7L001 Spur gearbox/motor unit. Running on a compensated chassis she perform extremly well.

Very nice indeed.

I rather like 08's.

I had no idea there were so many kits available in O these days.

The Dean goods looks good in monochrome. The 08 cab is spot on too

I like the cab detail in the gronk. Superb.

The class 08 now with Dinghams fitted and doing the first turn of duty on Pen-Y-Cwm with returning trip working out of Shrewsbury.



This photo is caught earlier in the day whist the sun was up on the outward journey.

Thanks Alan
Yes there is a vast range of 7mm loco kits available today. Gladiator has over 50 kits and growing and there are many other manufacturers with long lists available True a handfull are repeated by different manufacturers.

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Then go to Technical tag and click traders websites. And these are just the ones on the web!!

There is also an increasing number of ready to run models in O gauge now.

d6841 wrote:

There is also an increasing number of ready to run models in O gauge now.

Agreed, and some are very nice too. Unfortunately, unless you can build kits or scratchbuild, 0 is a bit expensive. As I've said elsewhere, personally, given the choice of a large 4mm layout or a modest 0, give me 0 everytime. The cost if you are able to build your own kits is not that different.

jazz wrote:

d6841 wrote: There is also an increasing number of ready to run models in O gauge now. Agreed, and some are very nice too. Unfortunately, unless you can build kits or scratchbuild, 0 is a bit expensive. As I've said elsewhere, personally, given the choice of a large 4mm layout or a modest 0, give me 0 everytime. The cost if you are able to build your own kits is not that different.

I dont agree with you about that. for instance a djh class 37 kit is over 400 quid but a heljan rtr is to be about the same, for oo you are talking 60ish quid a loco there is no comparison. I would prefer to model only O gauge but 1 I dont have the room and 2 I cannot afford it.

When I modelled O gauge, I scratchbuilt everything, buying only motor and gears, and maybe sprung buffers if the correct ones were available. So the cost was very low for me.