I enjoy the arrival of the 009 Journal through the letterbox each month. It is always a good read. This month featured an article on Craig Castle , built in P D Hancock’s wonderful imagirailway set in Craigshire , east of Edinburgh on the coast.
I came up with the Craigshire Rifles, a famous Scottish Volunteer regiment which defended Scotland against invasion from her foes since Napoleonic times. So off to the work in progress figures and cobbled these together-
A motley crew yet full of potential once the R.S.M gets hold of them and they are uniformed, sorry painted. One recruit has broken his leg already, in other words l dropped him. Hope to sort him out in the coming days…
As I recall Hancock used the Airfix Guards infantry and Guards band sets (my set of the former served in many a battle as elite infantry back in the day). Craigshire was a wonderful imagin-ations setting, a common thread to both railway modelling and wargaming.
ReplyDeleteI must look out for pictures with the Airfix Guards in them.
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ReplyDelete009 society? Are you also into 009 in addisjon to garden railways?
ReplyDeleteI'm also found of narrow gauge modelling and are into smaller scale in addition to the garden railway. I don't have a 009 layout, but I'm currently working on a H0e layout, which is basically the same thing.
Roger, l have been interested in model railways for years. I joined the 009 society about seven or so years ago. I have lots of ideas but have never built a layout- yet! There is a wee space that l am wondering about doing something with…
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