Manning Modelu crew…
Alan and the team at Modelu were kind enough to send me a pre-production sample of the crews they have developed from CAD for the Rapido Manning Wardle and asked me to check them for fitment… I’ve known Alan for years and it was funny when we met to realise it was he who’d bought my Nu-cast 16xx Pannier I’d sold a few years before! He started Modelu in the same sort of period as I first got involved with Narrow Planet, now Light Railway Stores. A kind and gentle man, super enthusiastic about the hobby and especially what Modelu does - and I was proud to play a part in helping develop the North Americam figures a few years ago… so today, here we are again - and happy to do it. I was sent two crews, early and late periods at a guess, though without packaging at this stage. I checked how they fitted in the cab, send feedback and promised to paint them up… My usual approach, Games Workshop paints and washes as they dry quickly and let me move naturally through the process without needing ...
