J72 Class Locomotive - 69023

leedeetee

I have been wanting to give myself a bit of a fun project to do for a little while now. I'm a new dad so don't get much 'me time', but when I do get a bit of time, I love to spend it modelling.

I've decided to model a train, which is a bit odd as I'm not really a train enthusiast, but I do like them and CAN'T WAIT to build a train set for ~~myself~~ my son when he's a bit older.

Alsom the village I live in used to have two railway stations that were on a branch line known rather poetically as the 'Blackberry Line' as it used to transport blackberries to markets in Yorkshire and further afield. More details at the Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Valley_Light_Railway. Since I moved here I'd known there was a railway as various parts of it are now cycle paths, but it was only when the following poster/information board appeared that I got the inspiration to model the locomotive shown.

I figure I can produce some nice renders showing what the village would look like if the line still existed. I've found some information online about it and plan to do a bit of reading around the subject, so I guess the phrase is 'watch this space', although not too reguarly, as it may take a while!

leedeetee

Not hand chance to do much today, but I've got the elevation scaled and set up in the file, and also learnt something new, that the standard gauge for this model, and 60% of the world's train networks are 1435 from the inside of the rails. In the absence of any front elevations, this is very useful as with photos and the now the gauge size, I should be able to piece together the rest of it.

alexandre sk

beautiful engine. almost a toy. have fun

Krisidious

Look forward to seeing more...

okomta

come on man,, use your force,,,:D