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David32424

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    Photography, preserved steam railways, model railways and cricket

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  1. For those interested here's a link to my web gallery from the very last photo charter we had whilst the E4 was in BR lined black back on the 28/4/08. https://picasaweb.google.com/105454327852537837128/PhotoCharterWith3247328408 With regard to the C & H being repainted, there's many of us that would love to see both locos outshopped in BR livery but whether that actually happens is another matter I'm afraid. The C would have to have it's chimney cut down in half as these locos had much smaller "squat" versions during the SR and BR era. So I can't really see the owning group being willing to cast another chimney or putting a blow torch to the one it currently carries. The H class is perhaps the best chance of a repaint and there is a willing with a number of members to see it in another livery as during it's time at the Bluebell it's only ever carried lined SECR livery. I'm sure the Commercial Dept. are well aware that a lined black H class would be seriously popular within the photo charter community and would gain a great deal of publicity and income from the steaming fees just as the repaints of the E4, 32655 & 9017 did. Unfortunately there is still a great reluctance and stubboness from some of the more senior members of the Bluebell to have any of the more vintage locos painted in BR livery, yes it really was a massive job to pursuade these guys to put the E4 in BR livery, and so a repaint of the H may never happen. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
  2. Here is the link to my web gallery my from yesterday's photo charter with 45231along with some video sequences https://picasaweb.google.com/105454327852537837128/Black5No45231PhotoCharterBluebellRailwayFebruary262014?noredirect=1#
  3. Here's my belated and fairly basic review of 9017 I've just uploaded to Youtube.
  4. 9017 has run in preservation as Bachmann's version depicts when it visited the Llangollen Railway back in 2009. BR black livery with nameplates removed and safety valve bonnet also painted black only difference being the type of riveted tender. So to a certain extent Bachmann's version 9017 in a "as preserved" condition is accurate to the time it was at Llangollen rather then when based at Bluebell.
  5. Hi all For those interested I've just completed a web album of slide scans from the Bluebell's SECR Centenary gala on 7th August 1999. The link to my album is here - https://picasaweb.google.com/105454327852537837128/SECRCentenaryEventSaturday7thAugust1999# Cheers
  6. Yes bought some blood & custard Hornby Colletts and some Bachmann Maroon Hawksworth on Wednesday at my local model shop in Eastbourne to pair with 9017. Just need to get the loco now, the shop owner thought it was likely to be at the end of the month.
  7. When I got with my missus 12 yrs ago I was economical with the truth about my steam hobby. I first told her that I was just helping my Dad do his photography up at the Bluebell. Then over time I told her that actually I'm a steam enthusiast, not a train spotter mind you , and I did quite a lot of lineside photographic work with my Dad not just at the Bluebell but other railways to. To my surprise she was ok with it and even when I build my layout in the spare room of our flat she didn't complain too much. I think the right phrase would be "she tolerates it, just". Of course if I get a photo published in SR or HR magazine and get paid she makes sure she get's her cut out of it. I'll never forget a couple of year's ago I got 2 pics published in Steam Railway mag and got paid £40 which oddly enough when she found out was the exact amount she needed to get her hair done at the hairdressers, so the money soon got transferred from my account to her purse.
  8. 9017 looks superb and as a Bluebell Rly member I can't wait to get my hands on it. Any idea when we might see the model in the shops please? Great to see it hasn't been fitted with those post-preservation Earl Of Berkeley nameplates, although I will say their are some in the Bluebell management that aren't best pleased its hasn't got them on. I suspect Bachmann have done research on this matter and found out that, with the exception of a few, the nameplates aren't exactly popular with the enthusiasts when the loco is in it's BR black livery. Overall a great looking model that has been worth the rather long wait to finally see it completed.
  9. Superb effects, is there any chance please you can do a video to show how you apply the various stages of the powdering and techniques when you do your next loco?
  10. Here are two photos my Dad took of 9017 shortly after it arrived on the Bluebell the second photo shows the second tender, albeit on the far right of the photo, if this helps anyone. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EcQrEPXYxgZdjov_DESmCdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4qrn5tDeh4TqZsnaPXAXvtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
  11. Yes I tend to agree with what Richard has said. Maybe Bachmann were originally going to bring out 9017 with the plates but their Researchers, presumably Bachmann have them lol, looked through some internet enthusiasts forums such as National Preservation and discovered that when the Dukedog has been brought up in discussion the Earl Of Berkeley nameplates on the BR Black version are shall we say not exactly popular. For example I can remember reading on the forum that when 9017 visited the South Devon Railway for their Cambrian Gala they were inundated with message requests not to put the plates back on, they had been taken off before the gala weekend for a set of photo charters, so the loco would staying looking authentic. The SDR received that many requests that their members were wondering why the Bluebell kept putting the plates back on if they're that unpopular with the majority. So I guess Bachmann may have feared for a drop in sales figures if 9017 had come with plates attached and the majority of dedicated modelers/enthusiasts/purists not bought it as a result. Who knows maybe that's the case or maybe not? Personally I'm pretty happy there's no nameplates with 9017 but I do admit some surprise that it hasn't come with any seperately in the box.
  12. Blimey, the 45xx and wagons look superb with the weathering powders! I've only done a couple of wagons and a PMV with the Humbrol Powders so far, just not had the bottle do weather a loco for fear of screwing it up. When I do I may well weather-up my old Bachmann Std 4 tender loco first rather than do any of the more modern expensive Hornby/Bachmann models so I just to get the hang of it more and hopefully get the effects right.
  13. I think that's what has annoyed the Bluebell Management more than a little in that on the Bachmann website it states "preserved". So they were under the impression that the model would have nameplates on and a brass safety valve bonnet as in preserved condition on the Bluebell. Personally I'm very happy that it's been released looking historically correct with no nameplates and black safety valve bonnet but there's some not very happy bunnies within the hierarchy as the nameplates are quite an emotive subject to them.
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