Got my Class 08 pulling a P-Way train (the yellow coach is a track cleaner!) #ModelRailway
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You can actually rearrange the lamps to change the headcode on these and part of me would love to but I’ve heard nightmare stories of it not being very easy. In fact, Hornby’s own documentation even says it needs some “advanced modelling skills” #ModelRailway
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It’s kinda not the same now, just having a piece of track on my desk without scenery. #ModelRailway
Not actually done this properly in a bit, run a train! #ModelRailway
In a series I like to call “that engine is way too big” #ModelRailway
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Now I need to improve my masking technique 
to @snaptophobic levels of awesome.
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Huh.
It _is_ a decent match to (someone else's idea of) Rail Blue after all. And the Rail Grey is a good match too, which I thought was way too yellow, like the grey in the Jaffa Cake livery.
For the benefit of anyone still not using a colour-calibrated display, the coach in the middle is COTS and the other two are Jon-painted with acrylics from Railmatch.
And 
the nearest coach is in shadow. The price of camera-phone close-ups.
Looking at this photo again this morning, I'm now thinking “oh yeah, Code 100 rails *are* way too tall and unrealistic!”
I never thought I'd be that person but it seems that I am. I think it's just that they are more noticeable when you've got correctly scaled scenery around it. #ModelRailway
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It is a little bit emotional seeing the thing I pictured in my head many months ago suddenly a very much real thing. #ModelRailway
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My much missed collie, Jess, is stood waiting for me to arrive. #ModelRailway
Fundamentally, the box file railway is done. All I’m now doing is adding little details which I think will evolve over time anyway. #ModelRailway
Have I mentioned how much of a bastard these fences are? #ModelRailway
Delighted that the COTS couplings and the little posts that allow them to rotate all work. We have working couplings that go around corners without derailing!
Ordered a 0.2mm nozzle to print the final model more finely and maybe bring out some more detail.
It's starting to feel like the final stretch of a long trek!
Having stuck in the first backscene image last night, I can now get shots like this #ModelRailway
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Now having a "you call *that* Rail Blue???" moment. It'll be, um, interesting, to see what colour that dries.
No photos, because you are not using a colour calibrated screen.
Masking behaviour? Tick.
I am re-energised after FINALLY finding my coach numbers book, so I can pick some accurate numbers for these two.
