David Bigcheeseplant
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I wondered if I converted an image to black and white I could get that period feel. The white diamonds on the bufferbeam are thought to add visibility to approching trains a bit like wasp stripes on a 08, I think that they do stand out.
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Many thanks for all the info, I probably need to get to the National Archives I was the a long time ago when it was called the Public Record Office. I remember last time I had to be focused and not get dragged down some other rabbit hole that looked interesting.
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3 hours ago, Rivercider said:
I am a member of Findmypast, and did some research on my family history, though I have never really got to grips with the search functions.
I have had a quick go at searching the 1861 census using various relevant search terms, no obvious High Wycombe station master has shown up. I have found 33 year old William Harrock living as a boarder in Railway Place Wycombe, his job was railway porter, and he was born in 1833 in Wiltshire,
Also in Railway Place was 31 year old Frederick E Godwin, his occupation GWR Porter.
In fact there are a lot of railway employees in Railway Place as you may expect, but I find it clunky finding my way about.
cheers
That's really useful, Railway Terrace directly by the old station has not one person listed which is railway employee, so Railway Place seems the area maybe some of the employees lived. Could you look who is listed at the Railway Tavern and the Prince of Wales pub.
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How do I go about looking for details on the 1861 census, I would like to find out who was the station master and other railway workers at High Wycombe in 1861 and where they lived. When I put it into Google is send me to various commercial web sites like ancestry, as I don't know names yet I want to search on addresses can this be done?
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A view of the old station as it looked a few weeks ago and a similar angle of my render how it looked in the 1850s The last view is of the other end with a bogie class HOMER waiting to depart on a train and Sun class LANCE sitting on the engine shed road.
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Looking at the underframe I don't see how the brakes will work with this linkage rod, I am sure its not there on the prototype, as each vacuum cylinder and lever only works on one bogie linking them with this rod would cause one lot of brakes to go on and the other end to come off.
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As others have pointed out the smokebox door looks too thick, also some parts look too chunky like the thickness of the cab sides and boiler bands.
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I decided to pop the design in to the 3D printer and this what came out plus a coat of red primer.
I will design a simple brass fold up chassis plus bits to add on for the polished brass bits.
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I found an old issue of Great Western Way with the lettering, So took a photo imported it to Fusion where I drew each letter I needed before putting them on the loco.
I have noticed on some of the Fire fly class when they altered the spring hangers they drilled straight through the letters to fit it!
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A bit more work on the model it has now a name LANCE which was at Wycombe in July 1862
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I have the latest edition and it was not in there, I am sure I have an earlier edition somewhere, just a case of finding it now.
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I am looking for the font for GWR locomotive lettering, I am sure I have seen it in a book but cant find it which one. Can someone point me in the right direction or post an image.
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Have worked up the bogie class, I have moved on to the Sun class as converted to a saddle tank. Info on these is scare and so are photos so I have created the model using the known dimensions. I still need to add more details whistles and more cab detail.
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I don't I would imagine there would be some kind of class shown on the doors, maybe company insignia, nothing seems too obvious on the photos I have seen.
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A bit more work adding in the signals, point levers and cattle dock.
I can change the disc and crossbar signal which revolves on a vertical bar.
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including a virtual model - a first for MRJ?
I have done a bit more work on the model since I submitted to MRJ such as adding loco, coaches and signals. I can export any part of what you see in the image and either 3D print or laser cut.
When I spoke to Paul Karau he did say that the layout can be seen in its finished state before I have constructed it.
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I quite like this image, The coaches of the period were interesting as the bodies were constructed from wood and paper Mache.
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I have now added the train in to the image it has the correct 1850s coaches
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Having drawn up my Gooch 4-4-0 bogie class I thought I would draw up the coaches to go with it, I know Mike Oxon has been doing similar things. I drew up the first coach using parametric dimensions so my just clicking and changing the info in a table I could adjust the length height wheelbase and compartments, rather than redrawing each coach from scratch. The coaches are a 1851 standard composite at 26 foot length, a first, second and third from revised standard design 1854. The second and third have a length of 27'9" while the first has a length of 24'5" I would be interested if I have missed anything.
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I have adjusted the angle to match more Sean painting, also polished up the smokebox door.
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Hi Gerry
I love Sean Bolan's paintings and used them as a guide for my model, Here is the loco in my model of Wycombe, Hesiod was also allocated to Wycombe in July 1859. Differences I have done over Sean's engine is that he has painted toolbox and sandbox in brown while I have gone for green, although I can simply change it, what do you think is correct?
David
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A bit more work on the renders, I have started to add pipework etc, there seems to be an injector on the left hand side of the firebox but not the right but there is a feed on both sides at the front of the saddle tank.
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I need to print finer to get rid if the layers as well as thicken up some parts which are still stupid thin.
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Unusual locos on the GW&GC through High Wycombe in the period 1958-62
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