Edwardian Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 I do like the station building.; not GWR by the look of it and I am not sure I have seen it before. Builder Plus. It has a distinctly Midland look to me. I wish I still had it! Compound, I thought beer was what your railway was all about! Mullie - big fan of Builder Plus, which used the sort great photo-realistic textures that we now have with downloadable ranges. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2016 Station building is Haworth, MR, keighley & worth valley, of course you knew that! Wish I'd started with a layout like that.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 I do like the photos of your first layout and obvious enthusiasm. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2016 I do like the station building.; not GWR by the look of it and I am not sure I have seen it before. The high class station building seems to be a model of Haworth on the K&WVR - with this early Midland influence, I do wonder how Edwardian got distracted onto 1935 GWR alongside his pre-group interests! I see that (following mullie's hint) this was a Builder Plus kit of the mid-to-late 70s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2016 The high class station building seems to be a model of Haworth on the K&WVR - with this early Midland influence, I do wonder how Edwardian got distracted onto 1935 GWR alongside his pre-group interests! I see that (following mullie's hint) this was a Builder Plus kit of the mid-to-late 70s. Edwardian has previously declared an interest in the GWR Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Edwardian has previously declared an interest in the GWR Guilty as charged I do wonder how Edwardian got distracted onto 1935 GWR Wonder no longer! A well-spent childhood ... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2016 Is that you firing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) Guilty as charged Wonder no longer! A well-spent childhood ... Ah yes, Bridgnorth - when I was little we lived first in Shrewsbury and then Birmingham, so the SVR was our nearest steam railway; the next nearest (or so it seemed) bring the Talyllyn and Vale of Rheidol - the latter being a 'proper' railway with engines and carriages in BR blue. While on the theme of blue remembered hills... Compound, I thought beer was what your railway was all about! Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? ... but no, the Midland was a coal railway. Any other traffic was incidental. Edited November 25, 2016 by Compound2632 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2016 Wouldn't the W&L be nearer than the Vale of Rheidol? A group of us started a Model Railway Club in Bridgnorth but decided that was too formal and just used to meet in the bar at Bridgnorth Station for a natter and a jar or two. You could also buy a ticket at Shrewsbury Station for Shrewsbury Station travelling via Chester, Llandudno Jcn, Blaenau, Porthmaddog and Machynlleth ( you could go the other way round instead). Don 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted November 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) There's a copy in my book.... "Private Owner Wagons of Somerset" Lightmoor Press :-) Christmas has come early - I now today have said book. As a former inhabitant of the Somerset Coalfield*, it is a fascinating read and a mine (sorry that really was unintentional) of useful data and photos. What led me there was your description of the Fuller's CCT. I have used the drawing of a Midland 25ft CCT, from which the S&DJR/Fuller's CCT was clearly derived and produced a mock-up. When I shall get round to doing a proper job with wheels and buffers and all that sort of thing I don't know. Many thanks for the inspiration - a lot of hard work on your part. I hope the attached doesn't mean someone else doesn't need to buy your book! * My Scottish geography teacher, at my school in Kent, refused to believe that there was a Somerset Coalfield. I ended up writing to the NCB and getting a leaflet on it, to prove I was right. Best wishes - Phil P.S. as I looked at the uploaded photo - I wondered/panicked that I had omitted a full-stop after the S in S&A. FULLER - but it was their painter not me that left it out! I have noticed that BATH should be a bit further right and (ONLY ADDRESS) should consequently be smaller. Edited November 26, 2016 by phil_sutters 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2016 Wouldn't the W&L be nearer than the Vale of Rheidol? Yes, but not also at the sea-side - the beach at Borth being the other big draw. So somehow we never did the W&L. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) I have lettered one side of the coal wagon. On reflection I wonder if I should have placed "No.2" "CASTLE ACHING" one plank lower and run the words "COAL MERCHANT" above. I am not sure if or how I could remove the transfers now. What do you reckon? Should I leave as is or re-letter? Better? I am happier with this arrangement. Just need to do the other side now! Edited November 27, 2016 by Edwardian 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well, while everyone else has been at Warley, I have finished lettering Castle Aching's first two private owners. Pictured are the brake side of Israel Turner's wagon and my Nearholmer tribute wagon! (I hope he doesn't mind) 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well, you could knock me down wiv a fevver! Brilliant. I'm quite amazed that you managed to find the livery details, because it is such a little-known concern. Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well, you could knock me down wiv a fevver! Brilliant. I'm quite amazed that you managed to find the livery details, because it is such a little-known concern. Kevin I had the benefit of expert assistance ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 But, until now, he had no idea himself! So astonished is he, that he has come downstairs from his room at the Shepherd's Port Grand Hotel, to the otherwise deserted lounge bar, in order to avail himself of a restorative brandy. In fact, since there are no other guests, a situation that has pertained for nearly a decade now, and the staff (Mr and Mrs Shingle) have retired to their quarters for the evening, he has availed himself of the entire bottle, which probably means that he will still be restorative tomorrow morning. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Presumably the wagon grows by 175% during it's return to Paltry Circus, then shrinks again on future visits to Castle Aching! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Mr O'Doolight may be in his cups, but he has formed a theory: that the names on the two PO wagons are, in point of fact, linked, and form a vital clue in the mysteries that he is consuming his retirement in attempting to unravel. He recommends that Edwardian should take a short day trip to Sharow, near Ripon, where he will find the tomb of the late Astronomer Royal of Scotland, Charles Piazzi Smyth, a Champion of the British Israelites. The form of the tomb can, no doubt, be guessed. Mr O'Doolight will now spend much of the night in obscure calculations, relating to the ratio 4/7, The Golden Mean, and the distance between Giza and the junction of Great Queen Street and Wild Street in London. Edited November 27, 2016 by Nearholmer 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Well, while everyone else has been at Warley, I have finished lettering Castle Aching's first two private owners. Pictured are the brake side of Israel Turner's wagon and my Nearholmer tribute wagon! (I hope he doesn't mind) Wagons look excellent. I wasn't at Warley either so that makes two of us. Edited November 27, 2016 by mullie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted November 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2016 Three. One I avoid (though i did have the misfortune to change trains at Birmingham NS last night. Next Saturday the Manchester show is a must, though. And Stafford in February is worth the trip. Jonathan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted November 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2016 When I lived in Essex, Warley was the local mental hospital so the name conjures up different things to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 When I lived in Essex, Warley was the local mental hospital so the name conjures up different things to me. What, large, grim, ugly, decaying brutalist concrete institutional architecture? Oh, no, sorry, that is Birmingham. Hat, coat .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Mr O'Doolight may be in his cups, but he has formed a theory: that the names on the two PO wagons are, in point of fact, linked, and form a vital clue in the mysteries that he is consuming his retirement in attempting to unravel. He recommends that Edwardian should take a short day trip to Sharow, near Ripon, where he will find the tomb of the late Astronomer Royal of Scotland, Charles Piazzi Smyth, a Champion of the British Israelites. The form of the tomb can, no doubt, be guessed. Mr O'Doolight will now spend much of the night in obscure calculations, relating to the ratio 4/7, The Golden Mean, and the distance between Giza and the junction of Great Queen Street and Wild Street in London. Methinks someone has been reading too much Dan Brown. Some say one page is too much... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) Dan Brown is a mere Jonny-come-lately ....... I haven't read his, but read Ashe, Baigent, and others, then Umberto Eco, who is reckoned far wittier than Brown, and has said very scathing things about him. Edited November 30, 2016 by Nearholmer 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 What, large, grim, ugly, decaying brutalist concrete institutional architecture? Oh, no, sorry, that is Birmingham. Hat, coat .... Boo hiss. Have you been to central Birmingham recently? Uncrecognisable from 30 years ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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