Rationalize and improve

So, let's go through all the stock I've collected.

There's a fair bit of damaged and badly repainted items - These I'll keep to hone my modelling skills on.

They have low resale value so I'll practice on them until they are beyond recovery.

I've got Hornby Dublo (why?) Lima and some other HO - sell!

I've got some wagons and coaches that look terribly cheap and nasty - these I'll try to sell otherwise they

will be added to the damaged items above to play with.

I have a brand new Hornby GWR set I bought for the elink DCC that came with it and a Flying Scotsman set I bought as a starter.

Loco, coaches, wagons and track if possible - Sell!

Lots of other out of place locos, I'll grade these and the good stuff sold as is, those that need work will go through the workshop first.

I might not make them better but at least I'll learn from trying to fix them up.

Better coaches and wagons, these I'll take longer over.

Anything way out of time/place will go, but others like Mk1 coaches in blue can maybe be reworked.

The few suburbans I will do more research on before I decide.

Wagons never seen in my area/time will go to auction, the rest I'll hold on to and see for now..

Wagon kits - Oh yes I bought some Dapol, Cambrian. Parkside Dundas and Cooper Craft kits.

These will be built up to again help modelling skills.

If any look ok when done and are wrong for my use - auction off.

I also managed to collect quite a lot of almost OO cars to add to the layout - sell in batches - keep the odd one I really like.

(After measuring them I realized they were all way offscale, some up and some down)

So to summarize - keep the cheap junk to play with, anything out of place sell to buy new stuff, kits build up and keep or sell depending.

Hopefully doing this I'll get a few quid in the account so I can buy better and more appropriate gear.

Now how about a layout?

Stay tuned...