There will always be an England…. (Somewhere in the stash)
Whilst the primer and top coat on the Corris team car and van is drying and hardening, I’ve taken the current active nature of my modelling mojo to work on another project. With the intention of painting them all together on a clean work desk. There are two part built kit locos in my stash that are suitable for Wheal Ponder and ones which I’d rather like to see finished. Now seems as good a time as any to finish them off so they can run on the layout and before I get distracted on another layout project. Naturally, I chose the simpler one to finish first! This being a Port Wynnstay Ffestiniog Railway England loco. The England locos are similarly sized to the Fletcher Jennings locos I already have so will fit in nicely. They’re a popular choice amongst modellers, but hopefully mine will look a bit different to most. One advantage of getting the loco when Phil was still living in Derby is that I have a pick and mix kit of the original side tank loco, with a smoke box and cab from th
