A Hornby Skaledale Headstock midway through a bit of detailing up to make the structure look a little more lifelike. You'll be able to follow this project in greater detail in a forthcoming Hornby Magazine.

A Hornby Skaledale Headstock midway through a bit of detailing up to make the structure look a little more lifelike. You'll be able to follow this project in greater detail in a forthcoming Hornby Magazine.

Cheap coloured pencils were used to add variety and relief to what what previously a drab all over 'brick colour' with this Artitec resin kit. No need to be too accurate colouring each brick individually, that would look too contrived and cartoony. This project which is part of my Somerset Coal field inspired micro will feature in greater detail later this year in Hornby Magazine.

Messing about with some stuctures and ideas for my Radstock Coal & Steam project. This project will feature in greater detail later this year in Hornby Magazine.

The scene: Back in 1985, this was the scene as the wind whistled through the recently stripped down head gear as 'chopper' 20119 trundled past with a few empty open 16 tonners. These wagons would soon go the same way as the mining industry as imported coal loaded into high capacity wagons would change the look of the British coal train forever. The model: 20119 is a renumbered, painted and weathered Bachmann Class 20 using dry brush techniques, glass fibre brush and washes. The wagons are much the same also from Bachmann. The headstock is a Hornby Skaledale one, a gift in exchange for some scenic work on another layout. This structure is likely to be modified and incorporated into a stone structure with will form part of a North Somerset Coal mining themed layout which is currently at the planning stage.

Radstock's 'Bagnall' (this is what the S&D crews called Jintys!) No. 47276 (renumbered and weathered Bachmann) is captured here pottering about with some steel coal wagons in front of a Hornby Skaledale 'Mining Headstock 2' and 'Mine Shaft Building' on my little stock photo diorama.