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  1. great central
    Hi Dave, not having done any rivet work before tackling a brass and resin class 76 in O gauge, I wss a bit unsure of how it would go. Only a couple of weeks before we started on them, one of our members bought a G W tool (I think) from someone on RMweb. I found it incredibly easy to use, there are, if I recall correctly, anvils for 2, 4 and 7mm. Once you have set it up the stops ensure that all the 'rivets' come out the same. The results can be seen on my 'occasional' workshop thread here; http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/21861-o-gauge-class-76/page__p__216140__fromsearch__1#entry216140 All of the rivets were done in one session of a couple of hours. Just been looking through that thread, it's been nearly two months since I've had time to do anything on it, Nottingham show come and gone then Trainwest, needed me to sort out my OO stock, including 15 class 76s.
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    Not my layout or picture, but it does look superb and I think it deserves a slot here. Both the layout owner and photographer are club members: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/gallery/image/26939-netherwood-2/
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    Best get to bed now, 04.30 start in the morning

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    Managed to find time to do a bit more at the O gauge 76, then dropped a lamp iron. despite going round with my nose to the carpet can I find it!!!

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    According to Yeadon 67717 had it's first general repair completed in August 1950, when the boiler was renumbered. It had had two non-clssified and a light casual before that, which probably wouldn't have involved repainting. It's next general repair was completed in march 1952, when it received the boiler formerly on 67749 which was delivered in black, so March '52 would be the latest repainting date.
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    Morning Don, Doubt there'll be many about this morning, it's still bank holiday. I'm only here 'cos I'm at work, somebodies got to keep the trains running, doubt I'll be very busy though. Out of Worksop at 05.50 most people will be clinging to the holiday until tomorrow when the sh1t really hits the fan with ticket price rises, although generally not that bad in my area.
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    I seem to remember reading somewhere and by observation that 37429 never had ploughs fitted, watch somebody come up with a photo now Spent a good many miles behind 37429 on the North Wales coast in that last summer, as well as the last day, both official and actual
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    redgate, just reminde me about rules when I'm on a weeks leave, got my two year exam in 3 weeks!

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      errm, is that Handbook 6?

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    Any of the Colwick ones could turn up on the GC as Colwick was still responsible for many of the passenger locos. A quick scan of Yeadon comes up with no less than 40 of them allocated to Colwick at some time in BR days, I may have missed one ot two though.
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    Is struggling for patience at the moment, going to bed now, up at 04.00, work really does get in the way

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    Colwick received 67727 from 21/2/60, so that gives me an full-framer, all looking close enough!! Colwick also had 67710 for a while, the subject of my ABS kit on page 3 of the thread
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    Not Grantham I'm afraid, GE & M&GN both south of there, only place that comes to my mind is Spalding where all three could be seen, don't think the GE actually got there either except as a joint line partner, although I have seen photos of GE freight locos working through there, maybe from Whitemoor yard. Incidentally that line is still known as 'the joint' There were definitely lots of them to be seen at Grantham though, some were shedded there and Colwick at one time or another had, I think, about 30% of the class total, mostly the contractor built ones with the split frames
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    Just got to Sly & the family stone, 'wanna take you higher' Fizz, bang, puff of smoke, telly's dead!

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    I've just put Woodstock on, music's great but the tape (VHS) is showing it's age, methinks I'll have to see about a DVD!

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    Why is it that the amount of tiles never equates to a tub of ahdesive, had to buy another tub for one tile,now going to get some more tiles to use the adhesive up!

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      you can use it to put the tiles on my kitchen walls if you like :lol:

    2. DonB

      DonB

      It's OK for making mountains on the layout too!

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    off to bed now, cat woke me at half 6 this morning when i didn't get to betd till about 2 anyway

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    in addition to building up stock for three different club layouts, I'm now getting bitten by O gauge bugs!

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    This one mucky enough? An ABS kit I built about 15 years ago, and fully lined, just about finished my third one, ah well, looks like a fourth one beckons. Not the best picture, sorry.
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    Had Mike Wild from Hornby mag taking some pictures today for a future article, took a few myself as well. I rather like this one in particular, unedited, I did think about cropping the road way a bit but then decided to leave it to give a better impression of depth.
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    Gordon H on here has built cross-arms in the past, he may be your best bet.
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    has got a job nobody else wanted today, still it's a days paid leave tomorrow instead of 04.30 standby!

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    Not a joke as such but I found this very funny (to me anyway) way of describing 'the modern DMU experience' From the WNXX forum: davidinyork wrote: , ........................but that shouldn't present a problem as long as the bogie isn't powered by a 750hp diesel engine with all the refinement of a colonic irrigation performed by the local fire brigade. ..............
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    Early Sunday morning at Deepcar, loco parked up with pans down, due to a possesion?
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    It shot through Loughborough behind TWO 37s about 11.45 today!
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    If it's the one regularly attached to 37423 it was in Grantham last week, set off just after we rolled in
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