Progress on the Firsts
Chris makes progress with both the blind versions as well as contiuning with the windowed firsts
6/4/20231 min read
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Like husky rock legend Rod Stewart, I can’t go ‘on tour’ without taking some tools and etches with me to do a bit of railway modelling whilst the rest of the band indulge in the rock’n’roll lifestyle.
Ok, so there’s no band, just me, but a few days teaching at Dumfries House in deepest Ayrshire has given me a few evenings to solder up the sides for three London & Birmingham Railway Firsts (with quarter lights) and Blind Firsts (without).
These are from etches drawn up by fellow Brighton Circle member Mike Waldron. The sides are completed and I’ve made a start on the ends with their distinctive footboard end steps. The roofs are also underway but I still have the fiddly rooftop luggage rails to do. These will have to wait until next week. A couple of well earned bottles of excellent Scottish ale and I’m not sure I trust myself with a soldering iron any more.🤪
The second pic gives an idea of what I’m aiming for….eventually!