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I'm looking for advice or hints as to how I could go about building an MOK kit which I've had for over a decade on my shelves. As an aside, this seems to be a common situation amongst railway modellers: we see a kit we'd really like to build, buy it, but then don't have time to make it for...

Moving on from introducing myself on the new members page, I have come to Area 51 to start things off. Should I ever be asked to go Great Western again, then I'll take the trouble to post there. The first item here is 4mm scale and an ex-LNER B2. I'll record progress as I go and post it here...

Chaps, about time that I started my own thread showing what I am working on. So here goes: This is a David Andrews 52XX kit that I got in NS before that option went away (can't stand brass!). It will be finished with finescale frame spacing, S7 wheels and axles with shim washers to...

A week off of work, but the rest of the household are still hard at it, so I'm able to spend the next few days "playing trains" with no distractions. The question is: what to do? Well, it's always got to be the last thing that I purchased, all the shelf queens can stay on the shelf! At the S7...

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...