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Railway Series, P4, SCC and Pre-Grouping blog. Basically whatever I'm modelling at the time.

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Moving to P4

Ok, it is official, I have gone raving mad and took the plung into the world of P4 (not so much S4) Starting with this post is some actual proof rather than speculation, I have made that all important start. Pictures show some tools, gauges and bits I have brought, also I have joined two wheels to an axle using that £20 back to back gauge from Exactoscale and Loctite 243 (Suitable? Didn't want to use 603 incase I needed to remove things). Black track in background is C&L Flexible track
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Construction Stages - NWR # 5 James

Like on my other blog entries the majority is just selected pastes from other forums so please forgive the second hand feel of it all.     Construction starts:   Gearbox & Motor. The chassis frame had the cut out on the left, my new hole is in the middle   Hole seen clearer here, also the running plate has its inside edges butchered. You will also notice the brake block brackets are away from the propper hole, they were there, but again cus wheels have had to move them.   Lo
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Completed - NWR # 5 James

More pastes! This is my first working brass model and a kit bash to boot. It does work but I have a new cahassis ready becasue I want to make it run better.   Tender doors? Not many pics with it on James, plus in real live they were not always on.   Paint messy in places, had a drama with it because it is a gloss, I hate gloss paint as a base, but it is good enough for me for now, maybie with varnidshes and washes I can fix it later. I haven't weathered James yet, brake dust and running
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Construction Stages - NWR #4 Gordon (MK 1 / A0)

Whilst Simon and Sean were doing there brilliant research found: http://www.pegnsean....-a0-Pacific.htm and: http://pegnsean.net/...no4-rebuild.htm   I have been revising my model of Gordon MK1 to fit. Truth be told Gordon MK 1 (A) was just a paint test for me to test my air brush and blue colours in preparation for Gordon MK II, it was simply a repainted Gresley A1, the 1st built called Great Northern.   I want to give a heartfull thankyou to Simon and Sean for putting up with my consta
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Completed - NWR # 4 Gordon (MK II / 1939 Crewe Rebuild)

Like the first A0 Gordon, this one is also my second version of Gordon MK II.   Pastes:   -   Gordon 1939 Crewe Rebuild - MK II   Based and modelled from Simon and Sean's research as close as I could. I just hope it doesn't disapoint after all this time, I have tried hard on it as I always do. I can never help but pick myself up though. :   From an older picture you may have seen I have revised those cylinder drain cocks as to my mind they were too high, so now they are squashed t
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Completed - NWR #4 Gordon (MK 1 / A0)

The below is again another paste from other forums, construction phase blog might be included sometime after like on Fury but unsure yet, anyway. This is my 2nd attempt at Gordons first version how he was likelt to be seen in 1923 upon arival to Sodor. I did a version before which was just a repainted Hornby Great Northern and nothing more but due to more information and more plausable research mainly conducted by S.A.C Martin and Sean O'Connor the version below is the result. The center of t
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Construction Stages - LMS 6399 FURY

Here is a massive paste of the construction for Fury. I'm still getting used to the layout of RMweb so forgive my shotgun method of posting if it's crap. Please forgive the 2nd nature of the below posts. It's all compiled from the other forums but now presented here for you.         I have started with Bachmann's parallel boiler Royal Scot model as a base. The model is nice enough but a little lacking in detail and proportion if you ask me, but never mind. I removed most of the detail
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Completed - LMS 6399 FURY

I have been bashing a model of LMS 6399 FURY from a Bachmann parallel Boiler Royal Scot for two reasons.   Reaosn 1) I have ALWAYS wanted a model of it! I have seen two models of Fury on Vectis online and that's it, literally. I think I have attained a standard better than the gray version but inferiour to the Crimson Lake version. Either way despite a few niggles that I'm kicking myself for, I'm happy with it.   Reason 2) Me, S.A.C Martin and Sean O'Connor and SiFox at the Permanent Wa
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My Entry / Introduction Page

Greetings to you all. My name is Gavin Rose, or on forums usually Knuckles or Sparkshot for various reasons.   I run a small railway modelling forum with S.A.C Martin and Sean O'connor called 'The Permanent Way', link: http://permanentway.proboards.com/ Please feel free to join.   I model primaraly Railway Series models with the intent of creating more true representations of what I believe the Reverend Wilbert Awdry originally wanted depicted in His books, and also how I believe He wou
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