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Contrast - is it infectious?

Chrislock

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Greetings,

 

Two very different offerings tonight.

 

Firstly, the completed chassis for my Johnson 0-4-4T kit, kindly built for me by Damien at 2mm Locomotives. I will attempt to blacken this by brush, as I don't intend taking anything apart as its all working well enough. Now I have no excuse for not soldering the rest of the locomotive together..

 

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Secondly, dearie dearie me. The arrival of a couple of GF blue and greys to keep my class 25 company... well it doesn't look right running round the Kato test track pulling maroon coaches.

There is also a class 24 on its way I... :O

 

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First proper shunting has taken place on Glenfield, though I don't how to load a video clip onto RMWeb - it tells me I am not allowed to.

 

How will I reconcile these two wildly contrasting interests? :scratchhead: Should I be allowing myself this blue diesel distraction?

 

Worried of Bedford.

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Donw
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Providing there is no problem with the loading gauges you could convert the GF stuff to run through Glenfield. It might shock the plastic passengers or cause raised eyebrows at exhibitions but in the privacy of your own home such deviant practices are up to you!

Have fun

Don

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Likey Likey Chris.

 

Don't worry....the phase will soon pass and the kettles will be forgotten...and BR Blue will rule :P

 

As Don says, its your layout so do as you feel comfortable with...I for one am loving it ;)

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I thought it might appeal to you Pete!!

(You are partly to blame with those lovely shots of your viaduct!!)

 

The blue stuff does look good though, I have always liked it since I used to ride them in the seventies and eighties. And they run so much more smoothly than the steamers.

 

I am also impressed with the close coupling of the Farish coaches. I was intending to swap the couplings, but now I'm not so sure. Nor does it look particularly out of place on the diesel. I wonder if these new Dapol auto couplings fit the coupling boxes on these models?

 

Don - the 25 has already been running on Glenfield - first thing I did after dropping in the wheels! No problem with loading gauges as the tunnel mouth had to be constructed slightly bigger to accomodate the Union Mills tenders; and the platform a tad further back from the rail to accomodate the outside motion of the 700 class!

 

There were upraised eyebrows from the cab driver at the level crossing

though, when it went past...and Lady Muxloe appeared a little startled..

 

Chris

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