CKPR Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Update - I'm moving house and so not much railway modelling (or pre-war AFVs or 1950s jet prototypes or even 1930s French bombers) for me for a while we get our new house purchased. In the meantime, I'll probably potter about with my various US 'craftsman' kits whilst I'm down in Cardiff - I reckon that the 'Aurora & Pacific RR' shortline and it's associated logging line will be take precedence over the Bolton Loop for a few months until we're ensconsed in Shropshire or Powys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolton Loop 66 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Hello Dougal, Dapol are making 100 replica Thomas Blacklock Mealsgate coal wagons & will first be displayed at Workington show on 19 & 20th November 2016, then sold from C&M models in Carlisle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Just to update the post above. The Thomas Blacklock 5-Plank open wagons are a C&M Models commission model, so will only be available through C&M - we usually do one Cumbrian wagon per year. They are due for release at the beginning of November, which dovetails in with the Workington show on November 19th/20th. Price is not yet finalised. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolton Loop 66 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Just to update the post above. The Thomas Blacklock 5-Plank open wagons are a C&M Models commission model, so will only be available through C&M - we usually do one Cumbrian wagon per year. They are due for release at the beginning of November, which dovetails in with the Workington show on November 19th/20th. Price is not yet finalised. Great, can't wait to see them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Lieutenant Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Update - I'm moving house and so not much railway modelling (or pre-war AFVs or 1950s jet prototypes or even 1930s French bombers) for me for a while we get our new house purchased. In the meantime, I'll probably potter about with my various US 'craftsman' kits whilst I'm down in Cardiff - I reckon that the 'Aurora & Pacific RR' shortline and it's associated logging line will be take precedence over the Bolton Loop for a few months until we're ensconsed in Shropshire or Powys. Really enjoyed seeing your work on Mealsgate, and I hope you return to it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Update - I'm moving house and so not much railway modelling (or pre-war AFVs or 1950s jet prototypes or even 1930s French bombers) for me for a while we get our new house purchased. In the meantime, I'll probably potter about with my various US 'craftsman' kits whilst I'm down in Cardiff - I reckon that the 'Aurora & Pacific RR' shortline and it's associated logging line will be take precedence over the Bolton Loop for a few months until we're ensconsed in Shropshire or Powys. Hope however it is going, it's going well! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Hope however it is going, it's going well! Thanks - We're very close to moving to just outside Ludlow into a house with a very large shed / very small barn that is already earmarked for my workshop and the layouts (Mealsgate, High Blaithwaite and hopefully Linefoot Junction and the Aurora & Pacific Logging and Traction co.). As predicted, I've been working on my stack of American craftsman kits whilst down in Cardiff and have just completed the JV Models Boyd logging camp - these plank by plank kits have opened my eyes to building exactly as per the prototype ! Edited October 1, 2016 by CKPR 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Just to update the post above. The Thomas Blacklock 5-Plank open wagons are a C&M Models commission model, so will only be available through C&M - we usually do one Cumbrian wagon per year. They are due for release at the beginning of November, which dovetails in with the Workington show on November 19th/20th. Price is not yet finalised. Just bought one today at the Workington show. Now, as all of my existing PO wagons are only lettered on one side only, I'll have to get another matching but unpainted Dapol wagon and somehow cut them in half lengthways to make two wagons out of it.... ermm, mebbe not ! Edited November 21, 2016 by CKPR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Still no new modelling to report but I've been to my 'new' local model railway show at Ludlow where there was nowt of a pre-grouping nature to report, unless you count the excellent 'Up the line', a well modelled and very atmospheric WW1 7mm narrow gauge model. However, I did exchange £25 for this beauty to add to my collection of Codar control equipment and which will no doubt be used on 'Mealsgate' at some point. Edited March 11, 2017 by CKPR 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Welcome to Ludlow CKPR, there are a few RMWebbers dotted around the town. Nearest decent model shop is Hereford which is easy to reach by train. Your models look fantastic, it would be great to see them at the local show one day. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Welcome to Ludlow CKPR, there are a few RMWebbers dotted around the town. Nearest decent model shop is Hereford which is easy to reach by train. Your models look fantastic, it would be great to see them at the local show one day. Thank you - everything is up in Cumbria at the moment but I'm hoping to bring 'Mealsgate' down soon (I'm working on the soon-to-be Mrs CKPR...) and to get working on the scenery and proper buildings for Mealsgate. I'd love to bring it along to the local show and Ludlow racecourse is much nearer than it's debut outing in Workington (still on the LNWR though !). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Just realised that it's three years since I last posted anything about 'Mealsgate' and to be honest, there's been next to no progress what with our house move and all the redecoration / renovation this entailed. However, I've got two scratch-built M&C engines on the bench and I'm about to start hacking up a Geo. Norton LYR 'ironclad' into one of the M&C's Beyer-Peacock 0-6-0s - anyone who thinks this is a mortal sin can stop me putting my soul in grave danger by the simple act of scratch-building me one in EM! Edited February 24, 2019 by CKPR 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SteamAle Posted February 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2019 Well, not before time! Thought you had abandoned us. Andrew and I were just commenting on the fact that you seemed to have gone into hibrnation. I've been working on an O gauge M&C Chauldron wagon. Master by Mike F. Body cast in resin. Chassis in Whitemetal by Paul B. Lost wax brass break gear by Sanspareil. Etch drawings by Mike P. Assembly and mistakes all my own work! Will be on sale at Preston MRE 2&3 March 2019. £45 each with a discount for CRA members. 18 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2019 Finally had a chance to read through this properly - it really is a very nice layout. Shall look forward to seeing more progress on ‘Mealsgate’. @SteamAle the M&C Chauldron waggons look superb - will they be available from the CRA? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) That's a lovely M&C mineral train, Phil and I'm not in the slightest bit (Mid Quaker) green with envy... Edited February 25, 2019 by CKPR 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAle Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Neil. Yes. They will be advertised in CRA Lakes Express. I hope to sort things out, whenever I can find the time. These have taken SIX years to come to fruition. I can do direct sales if you want. philip@steamale.co.uk 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, SteamAle said: Neil. Yes. They will be advertised in CRA Lakes Express. I hope to sort things out, whenever I can find the time. These have taken SIX years to come to fruition. I can do direct sales if you want. philip@steamale.co.uk Thanks Philip. Definitely need to get on and join the CRA then! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2019 On 20/02/2019 at 13:26, SteamAle said: Well, not before time! Thought you had abandoned us. Andrew and I were just commenting on the fact that you seemed to have gone into hibrnation. I've been working on an O gauge M&C Chauldron wagon. Master by Mike F. Body cast in resin. Chassis in Whitemetal by Paul B. Lost wax brass break gear by Sanspareil. Etch drawings by Mike P. Assembly and mistakes all my own work! Will be on sale at Preston MRE 2&3 March 2019. £45 each with a discount for CRA members. That really is not the sort of mineral train one sees every day on here - superb! 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) You mention that you have sneaked parts into expo EM North a couple of times? Any more info available (trackplan etc),with view to a possible future EM North invite? Edited March 7, 2019 by MartinWales 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) At long last, there has been some progress on 'Mealsgate' ! Well, on the locomotives that will run on 'Mealsgate' at any rate as I've re-started work on M&CR No.7, an 0-6-0 built by the M&CR at their Maryport works in 1890. I hinted that there would be little in the way of 21st century technology in the building of 'Mealsgate' and so No.7 is being slowly sawn, filed and soldered from nickel silver and brass together with some judicious finds in the stores. Following the 'no styrene' rule I apply to my engines, the next step after tidying up the soldering of the splashers will be the fabrication of the distinctive double buffer beams from nickel silver and bass wood scraps from one of my US 'craftsman' kits - I'm quite looking forward to this after the battle with the splashers, which is always my least favourite part of scratch-building locomotives. The mechanical spec is EM, beam compensation on both the engine and tender with Markits wheels, a Mashima 1220 motor and a Branchlines 80:1 gearbox. Edited January 16, 2020 by CKPR 11 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2020 Looks to me like someone's collared an NER 398 in Carlisle and measured it... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Worsdell forever said: Looks to me like someone's collared an NER 398 in Carlisle and measured it... This is the M&CR, remember, the master practitioners of the art of locomotive plagiarism ! Edited January 13, 2020 by CKPR 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 minute ago, CKPR said: This is the M&CR, remember, the master practitioners of the art of locomotive plagiarism... Yep. https://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/OtherRailways/DerwentLoco.jpg 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAle Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Great to see that you have managed to get round to M&C again. Articles in the CRA Journal have been good of late. Hopefully coaches may appear later in the year. If you need anything to add for this build let me know. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Yep. https://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/OtherRailways/DerwentLoco.jpg Looks familiar ! This is my third attempt at M&CR No 26 and it may have the odd part from the Nu-cast 'BTP' kit that formed the basis of the first two attempts that are best forgotten about. It has the same basic specification as No. 7, with a Mashima 1220 and flywheel hidden in the well tank and connected via a neoprene shaft to a ModelYard gearbox on the front driving axle. All the usual 0-4-4T fun and games applied and after several attempts to produce a fully compensated chassis, the rear driving wheels are compensated and the bogie is centre pivoted and sprung vertically and, less successfully, laterally. Aside from the chassis, the most awkward part of the whole build was actually sourcing the parts for the buffers and from memory, these are fabricated from at least two different makes. Surprisingly, it runs really well, albeit needing some careful adjustment now and again and I really must finish the lettering, install her crew and wire up the GOW bulb for the firebox glow effect ( I've got a thing about fully detailed cabs that probably dates back to my teenage apprenticeship in military modelling - anyone else remember Bandai's 1:48 scale AFV kits with full interior detail ?). Edited January 13, 2020 by CKPR 5 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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