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askham @askham.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A fugly little model I've done Little 0-4-0st No.1563: The Hodbarrow Avonside. This is built from a Oakhill Works SS with some modifications to the base to make it larger. I've spent a while bashing it, and it still needs some work, but I'm happy with it for the time

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The KING of Ladysmith Almost completed my model of Barclay 1448 "King" in its 1972-76 Ladysmith Washery condition. Built from a Hattons/Accurascale 'Carbon', with new buffers, an RT models giesl, W4 peckett cab sides and new buffer discs

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

"This is the day! This is the day! This is the day!" My #JustLikeAwdry diorama for this year, based on DLE/41, showing Duke, Stuart and Falcon at Marthwaite

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The fix is saying that he learned the word the other day and is like a child who has to repeat every word he learns

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I take the photo as usual, then stick some filters on it to make them look older. Then I edit the photo onto a blank page, waffle some text next to it in the style of a book. Finally I rotate the photo horizontally and vertically to make it look like it's a photo of a book page taken at an angle

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Hunslet 3595 "Silverband" got an outing today as part of Threlkeld Quarry Railway's 15 year celebration It's my first time seeing it running, and it's absolutely amazing

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Some of my favourite excerpts from my favourite book on the MSR I haven't cropped the scans fully so you can read the attached texts #RWS80th

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

From my experience, greasing fishplates. With a team, it's not so bad, but on your own or only 2-3 people it can get a bit tedious Worse when it's hot and you've got hundreds of midges buzzing around you Plus, black jack grease is a sticky, dirty and annoying

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is just the halfway point of my modelling of 1448 King I'm probably just gonna leave her like this until I get all the parts to finish King

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Alternate universe where Carbon was sent up to Ladysmith instead of King (This is to show off that I have the superior model of Carbon)

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A SPARE ANDREW BARCLAY BODY If you've got a spare Andrew Barclay body and are willing to part from it, I want to buy it from you I'm in need of 2, of which can be any of the 3 shown, the condition of which may not matter DM me and we can work out specifics

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It's you causing the interesting stuff during your sleepwalking

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Auld Lang Syne will? More like Auld Lang Syne William Whitelaw 60004, allocated to Haymarket in 1962 I am currently gunning for auld lang points

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Could work in similar fashion to the Whitehaven Harbour cranes

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Well, actually, if I can find where Goliath is being stored, then it's 3/5

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

That's 3/4 seen of DRS' surviving 57s All I've got to see now is Pride of Cheshire Photos: DRS 57s 57307 "Lady Penelope", 57308 "Jamie Ferguson" and 57309 "Pride of Crewe"

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GN6 @greatnorthern6.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Some tramway things! Just need to decide on a loco livery...

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Every part of this is awesome

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The yellow one was cheaper cus it had a dummy chassis That's since been taken out and been replaced by a heavily modified Kato chassis Also, here's the rest of my haul:

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

They're scheming about shit 2 of my model show pickups from today. The yellow one was £10 whilst the blue was £20. Both now run super smoothly

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

47832 was also there on I believe pathfinding(?) duty for Storm Eowyn

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Rivaling Respite, Repulse and Penny the Pendilino for best name for an engine 37884 "Cepheus" tows 769431 up north to Bonnyton Depot, Kilmarnock for a bodywork exam Apparently it started its journey around 12 days ago, but failed at Carnforth

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The second is based on this crossing at Whitehaven Harbour It's designed to fit an 0-4-0 and a single wagon The crossing signs were printed out and mounted onto card

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The first is based upon the yard throat of Ladysmith This one's designed specifically to be able to fit an austerity (You can see in the 2nd photo I haven't finished up cleaning the rear yet)

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Last year, I built this little display pad for Askham Hall Recently I found it again so I've decided to make a few more The 2 new display pads are the Ladysmith Washery throat and a Whitehaven Harbour crossing

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The relief he must've felt knowing they'd renamed it back from St Pancras

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Lorewise, I explain his design as an Andrew Barclay 0-6-0t rebuilt by Bagnall into a saddletank, explaining why it looks like a mix between a Barclay and a Bagnall I'm sure it's not a proper explanation, but it's the best I could come up with, other than it being a preservation newbuild.

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The machinations of experimenting on my amalgamation have come to fruition I call him Jimmy! Cause he's a baby PECO James kit Cut down from a PECO James kit and using parts from a GEM Vari, a Hornby W4 and using other scratchbuilt parts

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

smh did you even watch the cleveland show

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

They might be scratchbuilt so they could be one of a kind

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

nah cus they have pissing wars over territory, which damages the territory so exactly like humans

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Rapido Trains UK @rapidotrains.co.uk · 13/12/2024

Ah, Ha, Ha, Ha, Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive! That’s right folks, several of our upcoming loco projects will be fitted with a stay-alive capacitor (such as the SECR O1 and Stirling Single). We have even managed to squeeze one into our upcoming AB Fireless.

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Lady Penelope got to see her.. brother in law? Former sibling? The Flying Banana was also there Class 43 43257 (+43277 "Safety Task Force") Class 57 57307 "Lady Penelope" Class 47 47826

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Posting videos on this site sucks and it's probably my biggest turn off from fully moving here

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

There is not a single better feeling in the world than stumbling upon a steam engine by complete chance Black 5 45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier" Class 47 47802

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Slightly miffed by the major inaccuracy They only flipped Haymarket upsidedown in the 70s, far too late for the series

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

He'd probably provoke another incident whilst cleaning up

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Aye but Rusty arrived in '57 and- Oh.. he didn't make things any better, did he

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Probably won't update this again until this guys done, but I've just made his running board a tad less wide I much prefer this look. He feels more aesthetically Drewry now Contemplating giving him letter or numbering of some kind just to make him stand out more

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

No clue actually It was just in a tray of odd bits at a model train show, and it doesn't have any branding on it It's certainly kit built, though

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

All I've got left to do is to clean up the paint a bit, give it link couplings, add an exhaust(?) and either fill in the holes on the side of the bonnet or give it handrails Might give it a few accessories like a crew or some running board items

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I was going to keep it orange, but the orange was the actual colour of the plastic and it was a bit scuffed in areas, so it needed a full repaint. Green was the next best colour

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Picturing this guy as a privately owned harbour shunter or something I don't plan on giving it a name, instead just keeping it a generic industrial

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askham @askham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Fuming that I didn't do a before picture, cause the glowup here is insane Guy came with a bright orange body, grey everywhere else and no chassis He's not quite done, but I'm rather happy with the result so far

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