Calling All Feroequineologists,

Here are two of my Kitmasters, Schools-Class "Harrow", and the Switzerland's "Giant Crocodile" electric.

Harrow I am building as England's Southern Railroad before the railroads were nationalized. I painted it U.S.'s Southern Railway "Sylvan Green". There is debate as to whether the US Southern's president copied the livery from England, or visa-versa. I am convinced England's engines were so painted first.

The Croc is in the livery of my own freelance Jackson Purchase and Texas. I will be adding brake shoes and American couplers and airbrake apparatus.

hi fred! i was replying to this thread after reading your pm yesterday when we had a power cut, i'm planning another trip to my lhs that stock the dapol boxings of these kits to see what they've got in stock. i certainly like the look of that harrow, so i'll keep an eye out for one of those. incidently i've visited a site that also stocks dapol railway kits, i'll post up the link, but i can't remember if they ship world wide

Feroequineologists. does that mean model rail fans?

found it! check this out http://www.modelsforsale.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=10_10999949

Welcome to Dapol

nice one dave! i can see me picking up quite a bit of that stuff, especially the signal box and telegraph poles and that evening star kit looks a cracker

Looking good there ...

reminds me to dig up my airfix harrow soon.

Unfortunately the moulds have suffered over the years (as you'd expect!) and there's usually a lot of flash on the Dapol versions.
I'm a real steam lover rather than a model railway enthusiast, and have had most of these built up and lined out with aftermarket decals and handpainted trim. Until the kidsdiscovered Thomas that is - they didn't last long after that. Can be made to look good though.

i know what you mean about flash! i have a dapol prairie tank kit that will need quite a bit of cleaning up
incidently, do any of you guys know if you can get plastic coach kits? the only ones i've seen are in brass and VERY expensive!

Kitmaster made some BR Mk1 coaches, but these are rarer than rocking horse poo and very expensive. Some of the model railroad companies make (or made) some plastic coaches - Ratio is a company that springs to mind.
Try here:

http://www.gaugemaster.co.uk/prod.asp?sid=92&cid=168&mid=559&CurrentPage=6&OB=&style=

dapol has thier own web -site, you can buy direct from them.

plenty of kitmaster coaches on evil-bay.

cheers for that info guys, ratio do make a set of coaches that fit into the timescale of what i'm building ( a GWR turn of the century country station dio) this however will be a long term project, because what i wanted to do was just an engine on some track, which turned into two engines then a platform, then a level crossing..........
and i'm still not finished with what i want to eventually do with this!

Hi Al,

Yes, studiers of the Iron Horse