Boxing Day Steam Up

As hoped, got in a steam up yesterday; cold but sunny, so good plumes of steam! Ran Mortimer, now officially 'Ella' having acquired some name plates from Formil at Exeter. These are blu-tac'd in place at the moment, but will be glued in shortly.
Here's a picture of yours truly lighting-up, and one below of Ella with her nameplates...

Got some good railway-related presents today, some black etch primer & crimson lake enamel, and a temperature controlled 50 watt iron for kit construction :-)
Here's a (short) video of the steam-up...

Merry Christmas

Not much activity on the blog in the last month (or on the railway for that matter), what with the run up to Christmas with little 'uns, & all manner of coughs & sneezes doing the rounds. Anyway, some nice pressies yesterday, some of the family clubbed together to get me a 'footplate experience day' on the Moors Valley Railway for next year (which I'm looking forward to!). Also some Milliput in my stocking; I can finish off the station halt kit now...
Looking like a nice clear day out there this morning, so who knows; maybe time for a steam up...