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I have found it - thanks to the SMT index on thev 16mm Association web site!

Colin wrote "Lord Baggins Railway Convenience - The Moria Railway Company" in SMT issue 115, page 13. The article is a veritable feast for the eyes taking no less than 6 pages.

Wonderful information, many thanks for that. I am a member of the 16mm Association, does that mean I can download this article or is it available another way?

I have decided my Rail Taxi will be Claret in colour, sadly not in flavour!
I have sprayed the whole model concentrating on the main sheetwork. The rear hood is hand painted in satin black and the smoke box and firebox picked out separately. More detailing to follow will include some rusting and weathering around the rivets etc. showing some neglect to maintenance of the locomotive. However, the passenger compartment will be immaculate...

Backnumbers of SMT are available to order. See:-


http://www.16mm.org.uk/newsite/publicat ... mbers.html

Dave

Beautiful, wonderful and bizarre at the same time.

I love the Emmett cartoons and this is just wonderful.

Dave, I now have the article published in SMT and having read the piece by Colin Binnie about his Rail Taxi I can see even he had exactly the same reservations about its construction as I had....Quote ...... 'The prototype was chosen as an exercise in techniques that were new to me and which I had always wanted to attempt'
I see he was also successful in winning the Andrew Neale Trophy in the 2004 MOTY competition. Anyone here thinks history repeats itself???
Still more to come before it's finished, so thanks for all of the positive comments from you all so far.
Peter.

Well, this is it... the final chapter. I have finished my greatest challenge to date! The Rail Taxi, as designed by Rowland Emett, has been the one model I have waited years to attempt and now I feel justified in its construction.
The last few details, such as the general rusting and neglect of the 'working' part of the vehicle, particularly around the boiler and footplate have been achieved with colour glazes. The passenger compartment is clean and tidy, complete with interior carpeting.
Suitcases on the roof belong to a 'man of the world' who has seen many of the wonders, especially Carmarthen!!!
I hope you have not become bored with my offerings to this forum. I have a passion for all things Emett and feel proud of this model as an achievement in creating something in 3D from his original cartoon.
The following photographs show the completion of the model.

Anyone who is bored by Emmett's locos (or models of) is bored of life.
Magnificent piece of work!

A lovely model you can be justifiably proud of. Not an easy design to reproduce either. Lots of awkward shapes. Well done.

Nice rust traces on the smokebox

Fantastic work -and loco I just wonder.. Is it too much to ask for a short You tube film of the loco driving on tracks?

I don't have a railway myself but will soon be visiting a friend's garden railway and will see what I can do.... Of course the weather might play a part in this plan as Wales, and particularly the part I happen to live in, has suffered with some of the worst heavy rain for many years and I doubt you would want me to stand out in it........or perhaps you would???
I'll let you know the outcome.
Peter.

What an absolutely exquisite model; you've captured it in both the detail, and possibly even more important, the mood. Bravo!

The final proof that my Rail Taxi actually runs.
I must say I am very satisfied with the result but I am easily pleased!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPZ7SD977k

Now..... for my next trick.....

He he, you just could not make that model up

Peter Butler:77228 wrote:The final proof that my Rail Taxi actually runs.  
I must say I am very satisfied with the result but I am easily pleased!

Lovely - really like the way the rods are going round like the clappers, yet with such slow and stately progress.

Excellent

Just brilliant; all the way from conception through execution to realisation. Love it!

Thank you all for your messages of support and approval.

I really do appreciate all of the generous comments and remarks.

It's always nice to be accepted amongst like minded modelmakers. Whether prototypical or not, the same amount of effort goes into producing a model to an acceptable standard and only those who do it themselves recognise it in others.

I am sincerely grateful to you all.

Peter.