Hilton and Mears: The Beating Heart...

Over the past few months Chris and I have often discussed how cool it would be to move beyond photographs and words and try a more multimedia collaboration...

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"From the creators of the 3 to 7 podcast, another instalment of classic Hilton and Mears, introducing 'The Beating Heart'..."

The boundary between railfan and railway modeller is blurred and here we explore what fuels our creativity through the eyes of some old prints and memories of chasing the real 8704. Whilst the narration and editing is by Chris, the modelling and photography is all mine. Together we've created something more...

For the sake of our story we changed the attribution on the prototype photo - you can see the original here https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?media/canac-8704-mlw-s-13u.35726/full

This is the first 'multimedia' edition of Hilton and Mears and is an experiment we've both been keen to try for sometime. Do let us know if we're on the right track, we know it's not polished but it's from the heart. Until next time, more soon...

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