Saturday 16 December 2023

"Hyena", "Ladon" and Coach No. 10

 

After seeing an advert in "Railway Modeller" for a collection of (mostly un-made, resin) O9 kits plus some scenic items, I bought them and made a trip "up North" to collect them. There were about 32 wagons, a couple of coach bodies and few loco's.  Two Avalon Line freelance diesel kits (ALD1-9 and ALD2-9) were part-made, so I set about repairing and restoring them.  These are no longer made, so I was pleased to have them.  Some of the parts were not fixed correctly, but it was quite tricky cutting some parts off them as they were old, and glued with super glue.  The locos became "Hyena" and "Ladon".  

"Ladon" (no nameplates yet) and "Hyena".

Also, above, coach No.10 has been built (seen finished in the first photo) it's a four-wheeler, using coach parts from the Minicraft 1872 Vulcan kit.

I had been looking for some lattice post signals suitable for O9 and found "noble_designs" on Ebay printing and selling some good 4mm examples.  So I asked if they could be printed approx. 36% larger to bring them up to 12ft high and I bought 8 of them.  Above is a photo of one plonked temporarily on Pye Rigg Works.





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