New build

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Just starting out on this model, when completed it should be around 42' long

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Sorry 42"

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Track bed in progress, I have mounted the bed on a a slab of wood to form the base of a custom built display case. 112 sleepers painted now to install the track, paint that and weather. Then I can start on the train itself

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Trackbed finally finished, I have decided to weather the model as a whole when it is finished.

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Yes I know but "management" vetoed the cost!

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Some progress on the build, all 8 trucks completed, 4 bridges complete. Now just starting on the first gun support.

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More slow progress on the gun.

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A little more progress

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A little more progress, close to 400 hours in on this build. I have decided for scale to build two 1/72 German locomotives from the period. I reckon to be close to another 350 to finish then to construct a custom Perspex case.

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None left I'm afraid they were all destroyed during the war.
I have decided to give some scale to the model and have two German wartime trains in the same scale, one diesel and one steam

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More progress just railings to paint and a little weathering. Then two trains and Perspex display case to make and I will then have rest!

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Finished model, now residing on a shelf in my den. I am building two scale trains to give a size comparison. I am building a Perspex display cover for it all. The 50p piece in front give an idea of the size.

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Made my own acrylic display case, here it is fitted. Just starting on two trains to give it scale, a diesel shutter and a steam train, both German and period correct.

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