RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2017 quality work as always Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) If anyone is ever in Henley. I the River and Rowing museum there is a Toad Hall exhibition which takes you through the story. The models are of the larger sizes but fascinating to see how it was done. It came from a film or TV set. We have often taken the grandchildren there, and may well be there next Friday. There is even a steam loco in one diorama - as Toad tries to elude the police dressed in women's clothes. Edited January 1, 2017 by phil_sutters 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 Castle Aching looks all the better for some populace. You only need a few to set the place off nicely. I would expect to see a few labouring class ones about the town but not perhaps at the station. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 With the varnish dry, I thought I'd let the Wee Folk move in. I must say that, after a year of empty streets, it is cheering to see the beginnings of a modest population out and about. Glad I paused to turn out these people. Of course, with Chris N's inspirational example, I can do no less than seek to discover the names and particulars of the members of Castle Aching's fledgling populace. Good place to start :- http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/historic-names/ I like Primus, maybe his surname was Stowve? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 The state of play - the road menders have begun work on filling the vast sink hole in Bailey Street - they just need to work out were they left their cobbles - and the shop/cottage group down has its full plot marked out. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Some history, I'm afraid. Visitors to Castle Aching will surely have taken the opportunity to wet their whistles at the renowned old Inn The Dodo, so named in honour of the Erstwhile family of nearby Aching Hall, whose symbol the extinct bird is. The present Lord Erstwhile has also carried on the tradition, or possibly obsession, of his forebears of adorning Aching Park with various pyramids, but that's another story ... (and Kevin's fault, entirely) Lord Erstwhile is also an early Railway Enthusiast, and is keen to build a short estate railway to link the Hall with the West Norfolk line at Castle Aching. To this end, long suffering Lady Erstwhile indulged him with a belated Christmas present in the form of a Peckett locomotive, which, inevitably, is also named for the Erstwhile's heraldic beast, the Dodo. Eventually, I find, everything does make sense. I am impressed by the weight of this diminutive locomotive, which is pictured with one of Mr Turner's wagons, which now looks rather large, despite being a rather small pre-Great War mineral type. Edited January 3, 2017 by Edwardian 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted January 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2017 What a lovely loco, Lord Erstwhile is a lucky man. I can only get my misses to buy me locos by doing it myself and giving them to her! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lady Erstwhile must indeed be very gracious. Are we permitted to learn more about the private tramway? Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lady Erstwhile must indeed be very gracious. Are we permitted to learn more about the private tramway? Kevin She would be, if she knew anything about it. Inspired by Lord Willoughby's Edenham Railway, I thought that a short private standard gauge branch, not a tramway, to convey estate produce, timber, and incoming coal and, of course, pyramids, might be in order. I believe you have already designed the station ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) I do like that Dodo. I think I might have to go on an expedition in search of one before they become extinct. However, should the lady of the property assertain my intentions, I think it will be me in the doodoo just before I become as extinct as the preverbial myself. Regards (soon to be no more) Dave Edited January 3, 2017 by Shadow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted January 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2017 Is this a first a train @ Castle Aching ? Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Those Pecketts are the sort of thing that might tempt a man to change scales. A few years ago I got a fantastic bargain, by bidding on a huge and varied job lot, and secured a brace of modern Bassett Lowke 0 scale ones (as below), one green, one red. They were seriously nice, but I didn't really have a purpose for them, and swapped the pair for one larger tender loco ......... then regretted my decision almost straight away! If I had a grain of sense, I would have invented a private railway for them. Kevin Edited January 3, 2017 by Nearholmer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2017 There is a solution for the 0 gauger https://www.minervamodelrailways.co.uk/product/sample-product-1/ seriously tempting. It reminds me rather of Sir Williams garden railway when I described it as such someone thought I was unaware of its size but Sir William got the joke. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted January 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2017 Some history, I'm afraid. Visitors to Castle Aching will surely have taken the opportunity to wet their whistles at the renowned old Inn The Dodo, so named in honour of the Erstwhile family of nearby Aching Hall, whose symbol the extinct bird is. The present Lord Erstwhile has also carried on the tradition, or possibly obsession, of his forebears of adorning Aching Park with various pyramids, but that's another story ... (and Kevin's fault, entirely) Lord Erstwhile is also an early Railway Enthusiast, and is keen to build a short estate railway to link the Hall with the West Norfolk line at Castle Aching. To this end, long suffering Lady Erstwhile indulged him with a belated Christmas present in the form of a Peckett locomotive, which, inevitably, is also named for the Erstwhile's heraldic beast, the Dodo. Eventually, I find, everything does make sense. I am impressed by the weight of this diminutive locomotive, which is pictured with one of Mr Turner's wagons, which now looks rather large, despite being a rather small pre-Great War mineral type. Wonderful stuff Edwardian, I shall look forward to seeing more information on the estate railway! Dodo looks like a fine specimen, and eminently suited to an estate railway :-) Cheers, Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 4, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2017 Dodo and No. 11 were seen in the cabinet at Bodmin General shop on 1st Jan. Not sure if the shop is open now until half term... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Returning to RMweb after some months away, it was a pleasure to see the progress being made in populating Castle Aching - and a reference to detailing the groundscape in 2017. Lord Erstwhile looks to be thoroughly up-to-date in his thinking. Might I suggest that if he can't quite get to Bodmin General shop to fetch Dodo back to North(west) Norfolk, he should make known to the world the experiments carried out on his estate culminatin in the construction of the Patiala State Monorail in 1907. dh 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Is this a first a train @ Castle Aching ? Nick Nick, I looked in vain for a 'rueful' button to rate your post, but you're right, we might be getting dangerously close to a train over the next few weeks! Fingers crossed. Returning to RMweb after some months away, it was a pleasure to see the progress being made in populating Castle Aching - and a reference to detailing the groundscape in 2017. Lord Erstwhile looks to be thoroughly up-to-date in his thinking. Might I suggest that if he can't quite get to Bodmin General shop to fetch Dodo back to North(west) Norfolk, he should make known to the world the experiments carried out on his estate culminatin in the construction of the Patiala State Monorail in 1907. dh Welcome back, David! Indeed you have been sorely missed. You will see that, on the cardboard architecture front, it is your building that is up next! As for monorail experiments .... for these I will defer to a better man than I! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2017 As for monorail experiments .... for these I will defer to a better man than I! You could give it a try after you have had your bally bunions seen to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) This contains vast amounts of inspiration, if you prefer the ground-level, rather than Lartigue, system. A line of this kind was tried out on Canvey Island, so there is an English precedent. Edited January 5, 2017 by Nearholmer 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 This contains vast amounts of inspiration, if you prefer the ground-level, rather than Lartigue, system. The lower picture looks like a fun way to move coprolite from the mines to a transfer siding at Castle Aching. The upper picture is, presumably, of the Directors of the Castle Aching Coprolite Company's inspection saloon. Stop ... what am I saying?!? This way madness lies ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Something based on the lower picture might be a solution to the problem of moving horses, as the legs could be pretty much hidden. The body and head movements seem to be less difficult to reproduce. A side on the horse side of the passenger version would do the same thing. I musn't add anything else to my to-do list I musn't add anything else to my to-do list I musn't add anything else to m...... Oh hell, why not! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You chaps haven't seen what's inside the book; a cornucopia of curiosities, convenient for the conveyance of coprolites. Plans for a VB steam loco, for instance ...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You chaps haven't seen what's inside the book; a cornucopia of curiosities, convenient for the conveyance of coprolites. Plans for a VB steam loco, for instance ...... I don't think I want to see what's inside. Well I do actually, but think it would be very inadvisable . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2017 There are solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHe8wr5GGY and I have seen a five inch gauge one where the horse was the power uniti. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 There are solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHe8wr5GGY and I have seen a five inch gauge one where the horse was the power uniti. Don Already discussed that one somewhere else, which is what led me to finding out how horses really move. Apparently they don't have four feet off the ground all the time . And their backs and heads move too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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