Shifting Sands - Colin Peake's O9 Railway Modelling
2009
 
The completed, loaded coach ready to operate on Shifting Sands.
Sun 1st Nov 2009
Coachbuilding III - Avalon Line Kits 		A busy scene with Pandora, Thunderbolt and Jay.
Sun 1st Nov 2009
Shifting Sands - Home and Away in 2009 		12 seat version compared to the 4 wheel, 8 seat coach.
Mon 5th Jan 2009
Coachbuilding II - Opens for Everyone
 
Before paiting the headlights were repositioned ahead of the bonnet rather than either side.
Mon 5th Jan 2009
Knightwing Kitbashing in O9
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2008
 
The whistle had come from 'Pandora', the railway's 2-6-2 tank loco...
Sun 18th May 2008
A Day Trip to Somerthorpe 		This was the first pair of carraige sides and ends to be completed, all from plastic section and sheet.
Sun 13th Jan 2008
Coachbuilding I - Semi-enclosed Stock 		My original loco gains a new underframe, seen here at an early stage.
Fri 11th Jan 2008
A Tale of two Locos
 
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2007
 
With a little adjustment and a leading truck it becomes an O9 loco
Sun 29th Apr 2007
'Pandora' - 15" Narrow Gauge Outline Steam
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2006
 
A view of the Ice Cream Parlour, with benches and parasols in place.
Sat 28th Oct 2006
Construction Scrapbook - Part 4 		The dunes before the grass was added, very fine sand was held in place with both PVA and Matt Medium.
Fri 27th Oct 2006
Construction Scrapbook - Part 3 		Added 14/05/06 - The completed loco seen in primer.
Sat 9th Sep 2006
'Jay' - the Kirklees Light Railway Diesel
 
The workshop building shows signs of rebuilding, inside there will be an abandoned second track.
Fri 25th Aug 2006
Construction Scrapbook - Part 2 		An overall view of how the layout looked at the beginning of June, with buildings in place to get an idea of how it looked.
Sun 2nd Jul 2006
Construction Scrapbook - Part 1 		Added 14/05/06 - The completed building seen painted, detailed and weathered.
Sun 14th May 2006
Not the Novelty Rock Emporium...
 
With paintwork completed and detail parts added the loco poses for the camera.
Sat 21st Jan 2006
Rolling Stock for Shifting Sands
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2005
 
This is the trackplan of project 'Shifting Sands'. To get this far involved several changes and it could still change during construction...
Mon 19th Dec 2005
Baseboards and Track 		The ticket hut for the layout. This is a Highland Castings kit modified to include a sales counter, which will feature a window with semi-circular cut out.
Mon 19th Dec 2005
Structures & Vehicles 		A second diesel (or is it petrol?) loco under contruction, seen here prior to painting.
Fri 14th Oct 2005
Diesel Workshop
 
21/02/05 - From this viewpoint some of the interior detail can be seen, mostly fashioned from brass rod, split pins and plastic tubing!
Wed 12th Oct 2005
Cumbria - 'Flower of the Forest' in 7mm Scale 		Andrew's still to be finished Pacific on Shifting Sands.
Sat 1st Jan 2005
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