Back from a few days in sunny Cornwall. Shopping is a rare and wonderful thing and since the demise of shows I'm buying very little. There are consumables to consider and I was down to my last three bottles of solvent and fifty one toilet rolls so something needed to be done. Under the cover of darkness and disguised as a sheep farmer I slipped over the border to Devon and Anything Narrow Gauge in Holsworthy. This is a misleading title as although there is a largish back-room operation of garden type steam, most of the shop is filled with 4mm stuff. The beauty was the old-world feel of it with rows of second hand boxes marked Airfix and Mainline etc. Try getting that in your mail order shops.
The principal purchase of solvent was made along with a pack of couplings - because I'll always need them - then the Hornby Sentinels were pointed out. The price given matched what I had in my head that Hattons were giving so it seemed rude not to, and of course I could even run it up and down on some filthy track to test its roadworthyness. It's screaming for a new identity, some nameplates and detailing.
I love test running a model in a model shop before buying. It's so much more fun than getting it in the post and whining on the web that it doesn't work. I've even had 3 out of their boxes and picked the best one. Try that online!
ReplyDeleteThe RT models side plates are worth considering too for the Sentinel, and the Extreme Etchings Laserglaze is neat and cheap.
ReplyDeleteBut did you see any attractive sheep...?
ReplyDeleteonce run in they seem to be very good runners. All I need is a layout to put mine on. They look out of place alongside the Norfolk Broads!
ReplyDeleteAndrew Knights
Cantley sugar factory?
DeleteAndrew, did you mean sheep or Sentinels?
ReplyDeleteHi Les. No shortage of Norfolk Sheep!
ReplyDeleteAndrew K