As Seen In.... Garden Rail

Some of you may remember that back in February 2021 I finished building a 16mm Simplex loco that I painted orange. At the time I didn't give a particularly detailed description of the build. That all changed with the publication of June's issue of Garden Rail (it's actually been avilable since the 10th of May I believe) as that contains four pages of my waffle describing the build process, focusing on all the extra details I designed and added to the basic kit.

By The Devil, It's Big!

If you remember back a few months the initial motivation behind the 16mm scale Hudson Hunslet model came from a request to simply "scale up" the 4mm scale version I'd previously built. Well now I've finished it we can have a look at the two models side by side...

As you can see the 16mm scale version is an absolute monster in comparison! Either that or the 4mm version really is ridiculsouly small. To be fair I think both things are actually true.

If you've not been following along over on YouTube then there is a 25 part playlist documenting the iterative process to go from the 4mm version to the 16mm one which you might find interesting if you want all the gory details. If you just want the highlights then enjoy...

And if you want to build your own 16mm scale model then I'm making the 3D printed parts and the metal cowl available as a scratch aid kit. Full details are in the video and there is a link to a contact form in the video description where you can register your interest in one.