Siimo
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Hi all.
I rediscovered model-making using paper/card during the pandemic, and from building pre-designed kits made the jump into designing my own on finding that UK trains were virtually non-existent in the medium. My first effort was an SWT Class 158, which was successful enough to adapt the basic design process for other classes. Currently, I'm working through the Mk.1 and Mk.3 multiple units, plus London Underground types, as these are quite kind shapes to translate into paper. Off the top of my head, so far I have designed and built:
-SWT 158 (plus a test build by a friend)
-NSE 159 (still needs wheelsets)
-Southern 4CIG
-BR Southern 4CIG DT
-BR blue-grey 2HAP
-GX GLV
-Arlington Fleet Services GLV
-SWT 3CEP Lymington Lucy
-Class 150/2 Sprinter blue, plus test builds of 150/1 Provincial and Silverlink
-D Stock unrefurbished and refurbished
-Class 230 LNWR (plus SWR Class 484 by a friend)
-C Stock unrefurbished and refurbished
-A stock unrefurbished
-1996 stock in LT corporate, plus promotional livery for 7-car trains
- GOtransit Bombardier bilevel cars
I use Inkscape for all of these. Currently being built are GWR 150/0 and SPT orange Class 318 (which are very similar). All pictures taken by me apart from the 158.
I rediscovered model-making using paper/card during the pandemic, and from building pre-designed kits made the jump into designing my own on finding that UK trains were virtually non-existent in the medium. My first effort was an SWT Class 158, which was successful enough to adapt the basic design process for other classes. Currently, I'm working through the Mk.1 and Mk.3 multiple units, plus London Underground types, as these are quite kind shapes to translate into paper. Off the top of my head, so far I have designed and built:
-SWT 158 (plus a test build by a friend)
-NSE 159 (still needs wheelsets)
-Southern 4CIG
-BR Southern 4CIG DT
-BR blue-grey 2HAP
-GX GLV
-Arlington Fleet Services GLV
-SWT 3CEP Lymington Lucy
-Class 150/2 Sprinter blue, plus test builds of 150/1 Provincial and Silverlink
-D Stock unrefurbished and refurbished
-Class 230 LNWR (plus SWR Class 484 by a friend)
-C Stock unrefurbished and refurbished
-A stock unrefurbished
-1996 stock in LT corporate, plus promotional livery for 7-car trains
- GOtransit Bombardier bilevel cars
I use Inkscape for all of these. Currently being built are GWR 150/0 and SPT orange Class 318 (which are very similar). All pictures taken by me apart from the 158.
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