Archive for the ‘Pen y Fan Quarry Railway’ Category
New (to me) 7/8″ Scale Engine
I was fortunate this weekend to surf over to the SE Lounge website and caught sight of a “for sale” announcement for a 7/8″ scale live steam locomotive and some rolling stock. The seller was Canadian and so I made contact and made arrangements to purchase it all. The photo above shows the engine, a 7/8″ scale kit on a Accucraft Eldrig chassis.
I also got three slate wagons as part of the deal:
So, the Pen y Fan Quarry Railway is now officially begun!
Written by Barry Cott
August 9th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
New Engine, New Scale
So I didn’t jump on buying the Roundhouse Katie back a year ago. Rather today I made a purchase of the 7/8″ scale Davenport made by Back to Bay 6 in the UK. I follow the SE Lounge Forum rather religiously and have always been impressed by the size and quality of the 7/8″ scale model presented there. I don’t have too much invested in 1:20.3 rolling stock at the moment and several people have kitbashed Regner Konrads into 7/8″ scale. Here’s one example done by Rob Bennett:
Written by Barry Cott
November 13th, 2010 at 6:48 pm