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  1. The Blyth and Tyne again today bwteen Winning and North Blyth over about 24 years. Winning 56127 coal to Blyth Power station Sept 87 J9298.jpg Winning 56120 up empties 21st August 89 C13717.jpg Winning 37410 down empties with brake van 26th Oct 92 C18079.jpg Blyth West staithes being demolished 4th Sept 95 C20511.jpg They were cut down to a few feet above the level of high tide. Alcan North Blyth 55022 Royal Scots Grey propelling wagons to be loaded 11th Apr 2011.jpg David
    29 points
  2. No coal or crew as yet , especially noticeable with that Churchward cab but I thought you might like to see some mogul action and here she is on a down stopping train. It really is a photogenic model and I'm very pleased with it. All credit is due to Dapol. More anon.
    27 points
  3. The K1 got its portrait took. I'd have got a clip round the ear if I'd said that at home when I was a kid. Anyway, it did. Handsome engine, and the GN heritage shines through. And while it rests, one of its ancestors runs through with a Boston to East Class F, minerals marshalled at the front for a change.
    26 points
  4. OK, before we get too serious, here we have...just a plonk at twilight. Not an area with great architectural merit, but you see the layout warts and all. Sorry about the detritus. I like that word.
    22 points
  5. In the case of the LNER: Turnunder:
    22 points
  6. While waiting for my Dapol mogul I've been revisiting my recent E95 brake compo. build. I was a bit dissatisfied with one or two aspects, especially the roof/sides join. I'd tried to disguise this with a false cantrail from microstrip but it came out rather less than straight! I decided it needed something more rigid so ordered some 1mm square brass strip from Eileen's. (Would have used nickel silver but n/s was o/s.) This has done the trick. I also found out that my plastikard representation of the roof board brackets had been fouling the cantrail, so I remove them and added new ones afterwards. Also took the opportunity of fettling new roof boards using thinner plastikard to match my other stock. I'm much happier with this coach now and glad I made the effort. Meanwhile a pair of Slater's toplight thirds are under construction - a first attempt at batch building. But of course I'm now tempted to start messing with the mogul! John C.
    19 points
  7. I’m inclined to agree! But I think they make a terrific base for modifying though. I have done heaps – the most I have forked out for a second hand one on ebay is about 5GBP, I’m not too fussed how damaged they are or what bits are missing – as long as the roofs are in a reasonable condition. I did buy some new ones at the Bristol show in about 2001 for 7GBP each. Very little survives from the original. I do reuse the ends but detail them substantially. Pretty much everything else is replaced. All the sides I've used are from Comet/Wizard. I bought myself an airbrush a few years back to assist in painting them. Despite having a good selection of quality bow / lining pens I still use HMRS transfers. I have had a dabble (and watched the videos on here by the likes on Mike Trice) but there’s still something I can’t seem to get right. The plan, over Christmas, is to dedicate a day or two to having another go. Anyway here’s a few of my modified ones - don't worry about the sticky up corridor connectors / gangways - they flatten when formed in the rake! Stanier D2119 TK: Stanier D2161 BSK: Stanier D2170 TK: Stanier D1915 TO: Don’t mention the roof ribs….. Kind regards and good night, Iain
    19 points
  8. More on the transfers, those on the wagons are part way through the weathering process and it'll be several days before they're finished. However I can show you those which I designed to re-brand the ice cream van. Please bear in mind you'll be seeing them about four times larger than they really are.
    19 points
  9. Excuse me can I moor here please.... I say, can I moor by the steps? Pardon? Sure but I don't have time for one of your yarns first!!!!! Can I tie up here please? You know what, I give up. Sorry to bother you but I shall try somewhere else.......
    19 points
  10. Ahoy there...... Ahoy? Anybody on deck, can I come alongside? Can you take my line......! Ahoy??? Anyone.....
    19 points
  11. I must confess to have been surprised by this diagram in that it would seem that, to scale the tu(mblehome)urnunder is only 1mm. I attach below a (rough) experimental picture i have taken this morning of a Hornby (left) and a Kirk Gresley coach with a straight edge placed between them. Interestingly the gap at the bottom of the Hornby coach looks closer to 1mm than the Kirk which most seems to agree has the better "look" (Sorry, I have nothing better to gauge these by). I have to agree, though, that the Hornby coach side looks flat. Interesting?
    18 points
  12. Sad news today that Roy Link has passed away. A quiet but very influential modeller, illustrator and writer for the narrow gauge and industrial genres, he’ll be missed, but not forgotton. https://m.facebook.com/narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk/
    17 points
  13. I’m not a prolific poster on RMWeb nor am I ever likely to be. I’m reasonably displaced from the subject railway that interests me and I use this forum to keep the fire alive. I like to make models of trains as a release from work where I continually interact with dogmatic people with heavily entrenched views, therefore, online, I don’t get involved in disagreements. I have read the previous two pages with such disappointment and it makes me wonder why I should continue to come here. And for those that think this type of debate is healthy and constructive criticism? Its not. Thank you to Phil Brighton, a few posts above, for showing us his work and trying to remind us of what we are really here for. Kind regards, Iain
    17 points
  14. Aside from wagon projects, the lockdown has given some extra time to tackle other long-outstanding projects, including these two Duffs! 47712 and 47785 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Long-term readers may remember these, they aren't new-to-fleet, I repainted both of these back in 2013 from the Bachmann model, and they've been working away earning their keep on Worthing MRC's Loftus Road for the past seven years. However, I've been meaning to put in better coupling hoops for some time and had been putting off for so long, so lockdown proved the ideal time to just get on with it! 47712 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr In line with all my locos, I put in wire hoops from 0.6mm wire, but the trouble with the original hoops is that they were a bit too narrow so caused challenges derailing longer wagons and coaches navigating the curves in the Loftus Road fiddle yard. So, out with the old and in with the new! 47712 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Nowadays I have found a hoop that is as wide as the buffers, is ideal for the curves and stock, so this will now run happily ever after..! I also took the opportunity to strip down the loco, give it a good clean and reassemble. 47712 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Although only a quick maintenance job, I thought I'd give the locos a 'modern' photoshoot, my old pics back in 2013 had terrible backgrounds and had also been deleted by Flickr over the years as they imposed the 1,000 pic hosting limit to force you to upgrade (or be a cheapskate and do like what I have done and create multiple accounts..!) - any excuse to feature a splash of glorious Fragonset black again too! 47785 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47785 Fiona Castle was the second of the locos given a quick spruce up, again just a new coupling hoop and strip down & clean to remove 7 years of exhibition grime. 47785 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The EWS livery does sit very well on a '47'! I would like to do more - either a repaint like this one or some customisation of the more recent Bachmann Collectors Club version, though it's not as cheap as this bargain - it must've cost me all of about £60 second-hand back in the good days! 47785 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I always liked 47785 as I'd had the original Lima release of the late '90s and wanted a modern version, plus the combination of full bufferbeam cowling was unusual on a 47/7, so it's a nice contrast to the other former Res fleet members. 47712 and 47785 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's been a nice quick fun project to get these going again and they'll be back out on Loftus Road as soon as the shows pick up, hopefully next year, but who knows! Cheers, James
    17 points
  15. The D38 glass well wagon has given me a challenge but I’m reasonably happy with the overall result. The support frame has a slight lean, but it is only really noticeable in closeup and square on photos. As specials I think the wagon would be in good condition for the Edwardian era, it is in its first decade in service. I therefore just gave it some very light weathering. If someone has any transfers a scale 1” high that say “OIL” then I’ll buy some. those 3 dots above the axleboxes will have to do for now. I don’t usually go in for helicopter shots, but this shows the interior detail and the size of the well in context. The screw jacks holding the crate are peco trackpins, which I have found over the years to be very useful for everything apart from pinning track down. I have improvised the tie down rings, I assume something like that was fitted. Those interested in Caley wagons will note the mysterious mark on the rh end of the solebar. Clearly seen on the original so I aded one. We might find out what it means one day.
    15 points
  16. Morning. Jack Dibnah no longer lives on the IoM, although his younger brother Roger still does I think - I don't know him. Jack lives in the Lake District, just down the road from the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, he does a lot of work for them. He recently bought a standard gauge industrial saddletank loco. His business is very busy! The line to the GGR loco chimneys is an air line, used with a J tube to create draught for lighting up. These locos have 'marine' fireboxes and as such don't have much natural draught when cold. Steam raising takes about 3 hours or a touch more, it would take all day without it! Once they reach about 30 lbs the locos own blower can take over. Lighting up in the winter for the Santa trains is a dark, cold, wet experience usually! I used to be there about 0630hrs, to give time to shunt the loco out of the shed using the battery electric, top up the boiler if needed, and check/change firebars etc before so much as throwing a match in, for an 11am first train.
    15 points
  17. THIS is more like it !!! - You can just slightly see the tumblehome, don't know if the beading etc is correct. Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar suckin' Sickly sausage rolls Slippin' down slowly Slippin' down sideways Think I'll sign off the dole, 'Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine The fog on the Tyne is all mine The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine The fog on the Tyne is all mine Atmosphere folks - that's what it's all about. Brit15
    15 points
  18. Ran some trains today to try and iron out unscheduled stops and took some photos.
    14 points
  19. Over the last few days whilst resting, I have put together a compilation Video SPECIAL. It is basically a compilation of Photos and Videos of some of my favourite Layouts from N, OO and O Gauge from over the last 15 years or so. I hope it also shows the fun I've had building and running them over that time. So, if you have 45 minutes to spare, sit down with your favourite drink and a piece of cake, and I hope you enjoy a look back over the years, and enjoy seeing the Layouts as much as I have in building them.
    14 points
  20. Back to trains, and another angle on the K2 as it approaches the bridge.
    13 points
  21. My notes have this mogul as Exeter based and seen in the South Hams in BR days. I don't know or can discern the number unfortunately. Lovely all the same, for all kind of reasons.
    13 points
  22. Nowt wrong with Hornby A4's other than when extreme pulling ability, is needed. Pre war Valve gear hardly visible as are the dreaded Bogie wheels !! Some of my Hornby A4 conversions most were were secondhand wrecks sourced via ebay. Most are based on the R2339 Mallard, including Merlin on which I removed the valances, much easier than repainting a BR version. Hornby have never made a current detail model of a post war Garter Blue A4.
    13 points
  23. Ground level is how we usually see railways in real life and is my favourite way of photographing my models. It helps that I use 3-link couplings and have to design the layout so that I can get in with the pole. The area where I sometimes rest my hand when coupling also gives me somewhere to place the camera. I need to put a telephone pole in the gap where the backscene sheets don't meet up!
    13 points
  24. Progress on the latest SEF A4................. Accepting the limitations of my building skills, there are several elements in this model which are (and will be) 'incorrect' and compromised. They're either through indolence, ignorance, resources (or lack of them) or pragmatism. I'd expect nothing else than these being commented on...................
    13 points
  25. Photo by Bryan Trent : Crewe on 25th August 1972....
    13 points
  26. 25282 by Redhill Bull, on Flickr Hereford 85021 by Redhill Bull, on Flickr Crewe Parcels... by Alan Padley, on Flickr Clay Cross 25313 1 310785 by Steven Clements, on Flickr Shrewsbury
    13 points
  27. In the various Twitter feeds there are, besides the virulent posts, some really genuinely funny ones -
    13 points
  28. Bump. But good news All that's left I'd imagine is a few more electrical tests, and then (shudders dreadfully) fitting of OTMR and GSM-R, and re-instatement of TPWS.
    13 points
  29. I was grabbing images while the light held yesterday, and so didn't take up a lot of time marshalling trains. That meant Hermit got lots of attention. Here are the other two I took.
    13 points
  30. We have very sad news: https://narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk/blogs/news/roy-c-link-sad-news John
    12 points
  31. Good afternoon Richard, How honest should I be? Let's start with the positives, if I may? The etched chassis is superb, and the motion (though time-consuming to erect - more so than, say, Comet's) is really beefy, capturing the 'mass of the real thing. The etched tender chassis is also excellent. The great inherent weight of the whitemetal castings (in both loco and tender) make for superb haulage abilities and excellent road-holding. With reference to the loco body, I think it does 'capture' the bulbous (yet elegant) lines of the prototype. Like all whitemetal castings, a fair bit of cleaning up is necessary to ensure snug fits for soldering (how anyone might glue a South Eastern Finecast A4 together, I have no idea). In fact, I'd say it's one of the more-difficult SEF kits to put together. Now the cons (or more of them). Let's start with the tender. As supplied, it's rather poor. It's designed (originally) from the Roche drawing of donkeys' years ago and replicates all the errors. The tank is not quite deep enough and, despite its purporting to be a corridor tender, there's a flange along the base of the soleplate - something only found on the (narrower) non-corridor tenders. This has to be removed with a Stanley knife and various files (hoping not to bleed too much!). It's representative of the 1928 corridor type (ex-A1/A3), with beading and flat back. To model the 1935 corridor type (as I'm trying to do), the beading must be removed and the turn-in at the front of the tanks reduced. The rear should also be radiused to match the streamlined stock, which is very difficult to do. In the case of 60013's 1935 corrdor tender, an extra strip will need fixing to the base of the soleplate, which used to carry the stainless steel adornment pre-War. Because of the position of the triangular supports, this will be all but impossible to achieve. That's before I mention that this tender should have roller bearings! The front cover on the tender is only correct for the A4s as built, and needs reducing in size for later LNER/BR days. Now to the loco. The cabsides are too thick, but can be reduced by putting a chamfer on the rear edges. The same is true for the cab roof. The nature of the casting surface results in some porosity and pitting, which will require filling before painting (as with the tender). There is no provision for a front numberplate support in BR days. There is also no representation of the lubricator drive, the ash-pan lever nor the footplate supports adjacent to the firebox. The hinged bottom section of the cod's mouth is represented too low. As for the 'toy-time' representation of the Cartazzie truck frames, the less said the better. The whole thing is designed to pivot, just like early Hornby's A4s did. I modify it as a matter of course. Any real 'positives'? May I let the following pictures answer that question, please? When my SEF A4s have guested on friends' layouts, the ability to haul heavy trains at high speed has been paramount. Here, MILES BEEVOR takes the Down 'West Riding' (14 cars) through Biggleswade. This loco tows a Crownline streamlined non-corridor type (the SEF one doesn't cater for this sort). Showing the A4s' versatility, he she is on an express goods on Little Bytham. Ian Rathbone painted this one. 60026 now passes 60014. Ian Rathbone also painted SILVER LINK. Here, 'I'm' taking a picture of the doyen of the class. SEF A4s certainly did yeoman service on Stoke Summit; in this case 60030. And GOLDEN FLEECE continues to perform on Little Bytham. Again, Ian Rathbone painted this one. And one of my more-recent SEF A4 builds in the form of SILVER FOX. This one tows a scratch-built 1935-style streamlined corridor tender, and Geoff Haynes painted her. What more might one say? The Hornby body is certainly crisper and more accurate, but don't expect it to pull anything like the weight of trains capable of being hauled by the models shown above. If you want an an A4 with model performance to match its prototype, then the SEF A4 is the way to go. AS I hope the pictures show, they're quite adequate 'layout locos'. The Pro-Scale A4 kit is rather tricky to make, and the tender is just as fudged. The Finney kit is no doubt the best, but I struggle to solder resin! It also only comes with a 1928 corridor tender as well (as far as I know). Finally, apart from 60017, all the A4s illustrated above have (incorrect) 22-spoked drivers - older Romfords - including my latest one. Regards, Tony.
    12 points
  32. An unidentified 43xx 2-6-0 Mogul heads west on a stopping train.
    12 points
  33. I’ll be off to get some timber soon but in the meantime.... Notched out the road So the bridge sits back so the walling is flush with the inside It’s not finished yet Bertie
    12 points
  34. Just sitting on my stool at my bench this morning so decided to do some steps for the Porta Cabin, I filled the holes but only roughly as can be see in the cruel close ups, then a mix of dirty Acrylic Paint and Carrs Soot powders for a weathered effect.
    12 points
  35. As you can see the walls are up at last. Now I'm working around the joints with Green Putty and fixing the roof rafters in.
    12 points
  36. With in excess of 2,000 pages now, Wright Writes is bound to change over time. Some will consider it for the worst; others for the better. It is a matter of opinion. I encourage robust debate (as long as it's not personally 'abusive'), and I think Wright Writes (and other threads) allow this. As has been said already, we all have levels of 'tolerance' towards what we'll accept in a model and what we won't. If we go along the path of greater 'accuracy' in our model-making, it doesn't make us dogmatic. More discerning, perhaps? That said, nobody has the right to dictate to others what they 'must' or 'must not' do in their modelling, though constructive criticism is often helpful. Regards to all correspondents. Tony.
    12 points
  37. Good afternoon everyone. We've travelled back in time to 30th October 2008 now as I found some more groups of files. A trip to East Anglia was the agenda for the day. From memory we drove down the A1 to Stamford and caught a train there with some sort of Rover ticket. Here a Cross Country 170 heads north west whilst we wait for our train. That train took us to Cambridge where we changed for Stanstead Airport. Not many railway platforms with a view of an airport control tower. Then it was down to Broxbourne to catch a direct train back to Cambridge to ride all three sides of the triangle. Then a train to Hitchin where a Mk 4 91 set headed south past us. The last bit of new trackage was Cambridge to Kings Lynn on a 365. Another grand day out and two more pages crossed off in the atlas. It helps keep retirement happy. Jamie
    12 points
  38. All right, here we go.. A fellow is walking down the street when a down-and-out asks him for money. "Are you going to spend it on booze?" "No, I signed the pledge years ago." "Are you going to spend it on the horses then?" "No, I've never gambled since I lost the lot." "So are you going to spend it on something for your model railway?" "Of course not, are you mad?" "All right, I'll give you some money on condition that you come to my house to meet my wife. I want to show her what happens to a man who doesn't drink, doesn't gamble and doesn't play trains". I thank you.
    11 points
  39. I wonder what percentage of these is correct? Start at 0% and work down?
    11 points
  40. Try down at Porth Merry Kevin, there's a few people about there, and you get an Ice Cream as well.
    11 points
  41. These wagons are really very very good - absolutely look the part and ran perfectly. The close couplings between the inners work very nicely and without fault on my layout. I will be starting with the weathering and internal paint job tomorrow - hope I do them justice. I had to give the lower brass tab a slight bend upwards to make contact with the battery - just mentioning in case that catches anybody out. I will be looking forward to further batches in other livery variations such as earlier and later Yeoman and the procor ARC.
    10 points
  42. Success, first fire in 10 years. Douglas
    10 points
  43. Ah, I see the pristine Mogul. Very offensive. Anyway chaps, rumours of my demise are untrue, I have not been abducted, I am not working for MI6 and I am still a complete ar$£. May I, without having to pay anything, ask some advice about the gorgeous Mogul? I have the BR version 7310. I would prefer it to be a 63XX but 7310 has outside pipes and I see Rob's does not. I do not have the Book of the Filthy Moguls, as I am too short to reach the top shelf in the Newsagent's. Thus I do not have access to 'the detail differences'. I could keep the 73XX and renumber as there were a couple, shedded at Bristol and Exeter, and I could use that for WR diversions. However the actual loco's used on reports of real diverted trains early in the 60s, included 2 x 63XX. One, 6372, was on the Down Devonian! 6320 was on another down but I don't have the details to hand for that one. My question is, if I want 6372 can I do it with 7310 or does it need pipes removing or anything else details wise? Also, the chimney stack 'gap' is crap. How does one change that please? Apart from that I think it appears to be a beauty. I don't remember ordering it either! Hope you are all trundling along OK? Philth.
    10 points
  44. Photo by John Morris, 50 001 is the Saltley crew training loco at Earlswood Lakes on the North Warks line, July 1981....
    10 points
  45. When I started my ECML layout a few years back I made a decision to use Kirk kits for the Gresley coaches and add some more details and flush glaze them. Other options were Hornby RTR and brass kits. Kirks basically won on price (even just a couple of years back you could get them for around a tenner on ebay - not any more). Also the variety of diagrams available is far more than RTR and the shape, I think, is better than the Hornby ones. To be honest once I have added detailing parts and metal wheels the price difference, even picking up the kit cheap is not that great so looking back I am not sure I made the right choice. I am happy with them though and have enough in the to do pile to keep me going. If starting now I think I would put brass sides on secondhand Hornby coaches as the optimum way to get a variety of coaches that look good at a reasonable price. In terms of value I did make use of the old too short Hornby Gresleys that happen to be just the right length for GNR coaches and can be picked up for next to nothing. These have sides cut myself on a Silhouette machine. They don't stand up to super close inspection but it gives me something a little different.
    10 points
  46. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Polly Gray working wagons loaded with scrap from Charlie Strong's scrapyard to the BR exchange siding at Small Heath, Summer1975.
    10 points
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