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richard i

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  1. Definately looking forward to fury breaking cover. Richard
  2. You obviously buy better shaving brushes than me, as mine fall apart after only 10 years of useful service
  3. It is definitely creepy unless your back story is very convincing.
  4. I have found a solution to replicating straw as packing for wagon loads. My old shaving brush. No longer will I need to ask blonde maidens for a lock of their hair. The results will be seen as a load in the 2 plank wagon which is still in the system. Richard
  5. Like an elephant I won't forget and you will have my humble apologies when it does. I only forget things like my wife's birthday and my children in supermarkets. If it does bow I could put a strengthener in disguised as a man holding the sides apart.
  6. I had thought about loading it up, but I have more loaded coals than unloaded. The other issue which would sway it towards being loaded is that I have not modeled the insides of the doors so it would be that which would push me towards loading it up.By the way, You cheeky beggar, The sides are not bowed, that is the camera doing a fish bowl on the wagon. And we'll you would know this to be the case. Richard
  7. Advice, for the metal sided 30ton coal wagon, internally did it have a wooden floor or all metal construction? It looks very grey at the moment it feels it needs colour, if it is all metal then some judicious weathering may be needed. Ideas? Richard
  8. Try building a gunpowder van, certainly the GCR one makes a standard 5 plank wagon look like a bohemeth. Richard
  9. E mail sent, we await a reply to see if that avenue can take us any further in the debate.Richard
  10. Does this get us any further on the secr road vans in GCR service? Very kindly had a reply Strangely had to do it as a photo as rmweb would not let me paste in from an email. Does anyone have the book, can we go anywhere from here? Richard
  11. More progress on the free style lettering. The letters have been cleaned up, the pencil marks rubbed out and a little embellishment to the three feathers in the middle. Not sure how much the would have got in real life but I can not find a photo of a Cambrian wagon in Cambrian livery on the net which is not a model. I don't think I will give up the day job just yet but it has certainly given me food for thought on how to get the one off companies' liveries in my collection . Richard
  12. Had a go at at hand painting the lettering on the Cambrian wagon. Tried to use a bowpen for the first time. First side Then second side I think it improved, but clearly a lot more practice is needed to make a really presentable job, I most likely will cover most of this with a tarpaulin to hide the worst of these sins. Advice on improved ways of doing this? Richard
  13. The wagon progress is slow. Up to transfers, one lomac in GCR ex LDEC stock as they were close enough for the 3foot rule the other will be in GER lettering. The Cambrian wagon needs lettering and covering in a tarp. Hand painting has been suggested as is it worth getting transfers for one wagon? The road van, might just stay in WD livery to avoid offending the purists. But that will wait until I have those transfers from wd models. Richard
  14. In the tatlow book, but it is so dirty you can barely make out the company insignia. Richard
  15. And that's where you tell us it is way off in every dimension.
  16. Well not after a glass or two of wine anyway. Richard
  17. You could finish the run from the station building to the end of the layout with a fence.
  18. The old Hornby one is very close to the GCR ones so i have one to have a go at to back date it. Progress of course posted on here. Richard edited for awful spelling, it is not even late over here.
  19. It might have to go into a barn on the next board which has yet to be built.
  20. Lowmac is from Dapol it is the simple plastic kit just with new wheels.
  21. Thankfully have several agricultural loads that need moving too, so I can change the load.
  22. Farm wagon weathered and placed in the field. Yet to be glued down as always wait to see if it is the best place for it. It is empty, can't decide what it would have left in it whilst it sat in a field. 1900 farming not a strong point of mine. Who would guess I wrote my dissertation on farming in Essex in 1805, but then I never had to set foot on a farm to write that. Academics versus practical and all that. Any ideas appreciated. Richard
  23. I think it was a bit of both, some where I recall that they were too high? For the filling points but it does seem strange having just built immingham docks to then build something that could not use it. Whilst I wait for the paint to dry. A little wagon for a corner of the layout. Trying out wood building. Just going to give it some washes to dirty it up. Richard
  24. Something similar here, it all boiled down to most collieries not wanting to convert their loading areas to accept the new wagons.....from what I understand.
  25. Complete, almost.... It is just resting on the bogies . It is not perfect, but for just a side conversion it came together reasonably quickly. There is something to be said for that when I need 100 plus wagons and 30plus coaches and all need building by me. Richard
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