Who am I?
Hello there! My name is James, and as you can most likely guess, I'm from the town of Gosport on the south coast of the UK (right next door to Portsmouth for those wondering!), and as you can also guess, I'm into trains and also modelling! (also some other bits, but we won't get into that here)
I've been into trains since Thomas use to be voiced by Ringo Starr, and when growing up I lived beside what was the Fareham-Gosport Branch line!
Modelling Backgound?
For modelling, we'll I've always been into modelling of all kinds, from making plasticine models, to Warhammer 40K and all sorts, but there has always been a place in my heart for model Trains!
And so to help encourage me to finally finish off a layout instead of getting side tracked (no pun intended), I began my Youtube channel back in 2019, slowly learning as one does all the things people before have done, and hoping I've figured out some new things on the way!
I chose N Gauge since I'm use to not having much space for myself, having had to share a room with both my brothers, getting the most out of the available space in my room is always a must.
Originally began just modelling anything I fancied at first, with no real draw to any prototype or region, that was till I came across the Farish SECR N Class, a marvellous runner, then learnt they use to run round Gosport, I became much more interested in my local area's railways!
However, the range of Southern items in N Gauge was a little lacking (and still somewhat is), after buying them all I wanted more, so I began getting into kit building, which became a theme for what to also do on my channel, I tried brass, white metal, resin moulds and also 3d printed items.
3D Printing?
After some time, I finally got round to making my own prints after getting my own printer, at first just a PLA printer which was only good for basic prototypes, now with a resin printer I can now produce my own quality models for both myself and anyone else interested in them!
All my prints are designed to fit around Ready to Run chassis, or require very little else to get them running to make them as easy to get fitted for the end user.
The bodies may need some filling to help get them fitted snuggly (due to some minor variances between prints), but the main work will mostly be on the chassis themselves.
These can range from some simple filling or removing some plastic parts, to removing large sections of the metal chassis body or splitting the chassis in two then putting back together again for a different length.