New member in Newcastle

[black sheep]

Hi all,
Back to modelling after 45 years - thankyou Covid! Back in the day it was anything RAF - Spitfire, Mosquito, you name it I probably made it. Now I've switched to railways, so working through the Kitmaster range with a lot of kitbashing involved. Here's a few photos of the efforts so far. Still trying to master airbrushing.
Cheers,
Mike

[JohnRatzenberger]

Welcome Aboard!

We do have rail folks here. I have a number of Kitmaster locos and coaches - any explanation of your kitbashing of same would be most welcome.

[jssel]

Welcome aboard, Mike. Enjoy your stay

[Gregers]

Hi Mike and welcome to our little bit of cyberspace. Not a railway guy myself (though I do have the Deltic in the stash) but those look stunning.

All the best

Greg

[Stuart]

Wow! lovely builds.

Welcome to the forum!

[skypirate]

Wow! Love your locos, Mike!
Great to see these turned out so well!
Welcome!

David

[general rocket]

Sweet job on the locomotives

[JamesPerrin]

Welcome aboard choo-choo!

Lovely to see someone else building the Kitmaster kits. The Classic British Kits SIG that lives here on the forum did a special display for Scale Model World show a few years ago. Have a look here: https://uamf.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=294

[iggie]

Welcome to the forum!
Evening Star has always been a favourite of mine and there is a kit lurking in my stash somewhere to build one day! Looking forward to seeing more of your builds

[beany]

Welcome Mike. Beautiful job on those locos mate. I have several of them myself as I use them as "statics" on my loft layout. I like your handrails on the Mogul. I have brought the wire and the eyelets but haven't gotten around to using it yet - too many other aircraft kits to build first unfortunately! I also intend to build the 9F kit one day to practice my weathering techniques!
Cheers
Al (retired Signalling Engineer)

[David Silver]

Hi Mike and welcome, the trains look great. It seems that Covid brought quite a few of us old (young when we last made them) modellers out of the woodwork.

[black sheep]

Hi,
Thanks for all the welcomes - they're much appreciated. Been pre-occupied with snooker and one or two other bit's and bob's. There's now a Drewery shunter and a flush glazed railbus, but I guess this isn't the right place to put them really. Being a newb where's the best place for them? I'll put in some details on the kit bashing too.

[JamesPerrin]

Cars and trains modelling section https://uamf.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=24

[JohnRatzenberger]

Yes, please join in !

[Chuck E]

Hi Mike,

Nice work on those Kitmaster Locos. I have been making them since my early teens when I was on holiday in Devon. The PECO shop used to sell them. They filled out my train set a bit. I have started collecting them again and have quite a collection, now, including some very nice TT Kits. They were very good when moulded in hard plastic, so it's good to find some originals from Ebay and model shows.

Welcome to the forum,

Ian ( Chuck E )

Some Kitmaster photos here,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23594891@ ... 0131802884