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askham @askham.bsky.social · Oct 17

Figured I'd do a first post here

Here's my OO scale model of Askham Hall in its 1971 Whitehaven Harbour condition.

Built from a RailwayMania body kit on a Hornby W4 chassis.
Fitted with brass plates by Light Railway Stores

Inside my model of William Pit Loco Shed

Diesel to the right is my model of W/No.10097

Askham Hall at my model of the Whitehaven Harbour water tower

Another shot of Askham Hall inside my model of William Pit Loco Shed

Askham Hall stood outside my model of William Pit Loco Shed

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 7d

Comparisons

askham @askham.bsky.social · 7d

The KING of Ladysmith

Almost completed my model of Barclay 1448 "King" in its 1972-76 Ladysmith Washery condition.

Built from a Hattons/Accurascale 'Carbon', with new buffers, an RT models giesl, W4 peckett cab sides and new buffer discs

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Aug 28

askham @askham.bsky.social · Jun 30

"This is the day! This is the day! This is the day!"

My #JustLikeAwdry diorama for this year, based on DLE/41, showing Duke, Stuart and Falcon at Marthwaite

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Jun 2

The fix is saying that he learned the word the other day and is like a child who has to repeat every word he learns

askham @askham.bsky.social · Jun 2

I take the photo as usual, then stick some filters on it to make them look older.
Then I edit the photo onto a blank page, waffle some text next to it in the style of a book.
Finally I rotate the photo horizontally and vertically to make it look like it's a photo of a book page taken at an angle

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askham @askham.bsky.social · May 26

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askham @askham.bsky.social · May 26

Hunslet 3595 "Silverband" got an outing today as part of Threlkeld Quarry Railway's 15 year celebration

It's my first time seeing it running, and it's absolutely amazing

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askham @askham.bsky.social · May 14

Some of my favourite excerpts from my favourite book on the MSR

I haven't cropped the scans fully so you can read the attached texts

#RWS80th

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askham @askham.bsky.social · May 14

From my experience, greasing fishplates.
With a team, it's not so bad, but on your own or only 2-3 people it can get a bit tedious

Worse when it's hot and you've got hundreds of midges buzzing around you

Plus, black jack grease is a sticky, dirty and annoying

askham @askham.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is just the halfway point of my modelling of 1448 King

I'm probably just gonna leave her like this until I get all the parts to finish King

askham @askham.bsky.social · Apr 29

Alternate universe where Carbon was sent up to Ladysmith instead of King

(This is to show off that I have the superior model of Carbon)

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Apr 9

TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A SPARE ANDREW BARCLAY BODY

If you've got a spare Andrew Barclay body and are willing to part from it, I want to buy it from you

I'm in need of 2, of which can be any of the 3 shown, the condition of which may not matter

DM me and we can work out specifics

askham @askham.bsky.social · Apr 4

It's you causing the interesting stuff during your sleepwalking

askham @askham.bsky.social · Mar 29

Auld Lang Syne will? More like Auld Lang Syne William Whitelaw 60004, allocated to Haymarket in 1962

I am currently gunning for auld lang points

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Mar 29

Could work in similar fashion to the Whitehaven Harbour cranes

askham @askham.bsky.social · Mar 6

Well, actually, if I can find where Goliath is being stored, then it's 3/5

askham @askham.bsky.social · Mar 6

That's 3/4 seen of DRS' surviving 57s

All I've got to see now is Pride of Cheshire

Photos: DRS 57s 57307 "Lady Penelope", 57308 "Jamie Ferguson" and 57309 "Pride of Crewe"

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Mar 3

prety

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GN6 @greatnorthern6.bsky.social · Feb 14

Some tramway things!

Just need to decide on a loco livery...

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askham @askham.bsky.social · Feb 8

Every part of this is awesome

askham @askham.bsky.social · Feb 1

The yellow one was cheaper cus it had a dummy chassis

That's since been taken out and been replaced by a heavily modified Kato chassis

Also, here's the rest of my haul:

askham @askham.bsky.social · Feb 1

They're scheming about shit

2 of my model show pickups from today. The yellow one was £10 whilst the blue was £20.

Both now run super smoothly

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