Monday, February 27, 2012

One year on

                             Hi all
                               I would like to take the opportunity to say thank you
                             to the followers of this blog and the people who have left
                             comments and the people that have just come and had
                             a look. With 15,882views (at the time of writing) in just
                             12 months  I'm just blown away. I hope the mix of both
                             HO scale models and full scale photos
                             is as interesting to you as it is to me.
                             and just few of my favorite pics that haven't been
                             posted  before
                             Mathew Hughes

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Sunday, February 19, 2012

PHTH coal hopper

                         PHTH 00402J and PHTH 00401A twin pack showing
                         the unusually long draw bar on these wagons
                         PHTH 00361S
                         PHTH 00662C
                          an above view of a PHTH

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

WOAX

Hi all
Almost finished a IDR WOAX  there was not
much to build being a one piece body apart from the underfloor and 
some brass wire on the body sides. After looking at alot 
of photos i decided to give a very weathered look just have 
to put the brake wheel on and touch up the weathering a little

Friday, February 10, 2012

NHWH coal hopper

                                          NHWH 91304J

                                         NHWH 91221Y

                                          NHWH A-END detail

                                          NHWH B-END detail

                                                   NHWH overhead shot

Monday, February 6, 2012

VTGX Liquefied gas tanker

                                              VTGX 007M
                                              VTGX 009

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Private owner coal hopper

                                     Hi all
                                         These photos were taken at Minmi public school