After finishing blast furnace 5 it was time for something a bit different. As I already have more engines than I can use on the layout, well, why not make 3 more? So, here we go. Fauvet Girel Espérance-Longdoz had 4 locomotives made by the french company Fauvet-Girel, 72 ton diesel electric engines that lookContinue reading “New fleet additions”
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Blast furnace 5 part 2
So, here we are two and a half months later, with blast furnace 5 more or less finished, for now at least. Time to show the second half of the build and think about what project to attack next, go right ahead with blast furnace 7 or first some trains, or a smaller building? MaybeContinue reading “Blast furnace 5 part 2”
it’s all painted!
This time, a little milestone! But first things first: wrapping up work on the rolling stock workshop for now. Things were mostly there already, so sticking random decals on things, then add dirt of various kinds. After adding a light to the hydraulic press I decided the whole thing was officially good enough for nowContinue reading “it’s all painted!”
Junkerath ladle cars
As this week progress on the layout is pretty much non-existent but I had a bit of time to finally finish the ladle cars, time for a little special on those things. These cars were built in the 1950’s by Junkerath for Cockerill-Ougree as part of a big modernisation going on in that era. AtContinue reading “Junkerath ladle cars”
weekend update 1
Apart from longer posts concentrating on a single subject, I’ll also try to do frequent bits and pieces about recent progress on the layout, usually after a weekend successfully avoiding life so the weekend could be entirely squandered on modelling. This time, more work on the overhead cranes in the rolling stock workshop. They’re nowContinue reading “weekend update 1”
Le Bassin 