leopardml2341 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Looks like Bachmann roof profile hasn't been corrected? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said: Looks like Bachmann roof profile hasn't been corrected? An interesting comment. Presumably you mean that on the Bachmann one the outer windows on the cab front are too flat, which can just be discerned in this side by side shot? Whilst I'm sure you're correct, it would be quite difficult to spot the difference with the loco in action on the layout. John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyboy Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 16/07/2010 at 21:16, robertcwp said: Where have all the trains gone? P105029as by Robert Carroll, on Flickr P1050300as by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Time to change back to steam and early diesel era. All the track needs a clean first though. Only around 175 yards of it. Is it Christmas Day at your station with no trains running? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, John Tomlinson said: An interesting comment. Presumably you mean that on the Bachmann one the outer windows on the cab front are too flat, which can just be discerned in this side by side shot? Whilst I'm sure you're correct, it would be quite difficult to spot the difference with the loco in action on the layout. John. I have not done a comparison shot between old and new Bachmann but overall the new Bachmann 24 is in a different league to the old one. I think SLW still has the edge but theirs is over £40 more than the discounted price for a Bachmann one. Both the new ones run very well by the way. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Here is a pair of SLW 24s double-heading some rather old (and not scale) iron ore hoppers: https://youtu.be/tMfAhXNL_lU 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robertcwp Posted June 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2020 SLW have now done D5021 in blue with small yellow panels. I dirtied mine up a bit. Here it is making its debut: P1080742am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr P1080743am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr P1080744am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr And a video clip. A couple of other photos from today: A renumbered and renamed Bachmann Class 45, which has become D60 Lytham St Annes. P1080746am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A view of the station: P1080745am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robertcwp Posted August 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2021 A few photos from yesterday, with the layout in circa 1970-71 mode: NBL Class 43 Warship - formation is a Paddington-Hereford/Worcester set. In 1971, some ex-ER Metro-Cammell Pullman kitchen seconds ran in these trains in place of regular buffet cars: P1080834m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Mixed liveries in the station: P1080832m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Motive power depot: P1080833m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Blenk Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Great models and also great photographic lighting IB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Ian Blenk said: Great models and also great photographic lighting IB Thanks. Lighting is just the regular LED strip lights in the railway room. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 The layout is currently in its TOPS phase c1980. Here are a few images from today. Trains await departure - the Bachmann 25 will be due for the chop when more of the better models appear: P1080843m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr HST, now with TGS, which were being inserted into the sets in 1980, new Bachmann 117 and Heljan 25: P1080842m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A pair of the new Bachmann 117s: P1080847m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Bachmann 45 modified to represent an ETH fitted one, with Bachmann Mark 2f stock: P1080845m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 And a couple of YouTube videos: Class 50 on Mark 2a/b/c stock. The stock in this train is largely the work of Brian Kirby: https://youtu.be/wNibEvOg1Q8 A pair of Bachmann Class 117s: https://youtu.be/PlEwRSORFgk 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2022 49 minutes ago, robertcwp said: And a couple of YouTube videos: Class 50 on Mark 2a/b/c stock. The stock in this train is largely the work of Brian Kirby: https://youtu.be/wNibEvOg1Q8 A pair of Bachmann Class 117s: https://youtu.be/PlEwRSORFgk The only thing about your videos is they are too short ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Legend said: The only thing about your videos is they are too short ! I don't have a proper camera or editing software so they are just recorded on my phone and posted as they are. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robertcwp Posted January 2, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2022 Some more images, taken today. Single units: P1080866m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A Class 46 awaits departure: P1080864m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Carriage sidings with diesel depot in the distance; P1080863m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A grubby Class 45 - the set is in the formation of a Nottingham-Glasgow service c1980: P1080862m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Class 33/1: P1080861m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Cross-country unit: P1080860m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Looking from the MPD towards the station: P1080859m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A Class 25 (Heljan) takes the empty stock of a sleeper into the carriage sidings: P1080857m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Class 50 on a TPO: P1080856m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr More Class 33s: P1080855m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Class 40: P1080854m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A view of the station: P1080853m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Cravens DMUs: P1080852m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A Class 45 departs with Mark 2f stock: P1080851m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr A Class 47 on Mark 2a/b/c stock: P1080850m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Locos await their next turns: P1080849m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Class 37 on HBAs: P1080848m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) And some videos: A pair of Class 37s on iron ore tipplers - the wagons were detailed and improved by Graham Broad back in the 1990s and later acquired from him. They are the old Lima models: https://youtu.be/1X3kZ1ufTJ0 A pair of 20s with Accurascale HUO hoppers - were brake tenders still in use in 1980, and similarly for the grey, unfitted brake van? https://youtu.be/FMNXLHzlUEU Class 47 on Mark 2a stock: https://youtu.be/ljcH65vMqOM And now for some fun - a very High Speed Train: https://youtu.be/U-XBxkWAqq8 Edited January 2, 2022 by robertcwp 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robertcwp Posted July 4, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 Layout is now back in the late 1950s. Here are some images from the weekend. DJH Standard 2MT - the first carriage is one of several Lawrence/Goddard carriages I acquired second hand recently: P1090004m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Ince Castle: P1090003m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Overview of station approach with a 43XX mogul on a freight: P1090002m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Earl Cairns - this is a recent second hand acquisition and had been messed around with by its previous owner. The tender had been electrically disconnnected and I restored the connection to provide 12-wheel pickup across engine and tender and it now runs very well: P1090016m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr WD: P1090014m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Resolven Grange on empty stock: P1090011m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Closer view of one of the recently acquired Lawrence/Goddard carriages - this is an LMS Period 1 corridor third: P1090010m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Two more Lawrence/Goddard carriages - a kitchen car and open first: P1090009m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Lawrence/Goddard LMS restaurant first: P1090008m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr DELTIC: P1090007m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 70015 Apollo: P1090005m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robertcwp Posted July 4, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 Another Lawrence/Goddard carriage - ex-LMS POS: P1090015m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Short new video of an Austerity on a coal train. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted October 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2022 Love the scale of this layout and the era changes you do. 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 First run of some Hornby coke hoppers I acquired second hand: Coke empties. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Some recent video clips: Another video of an Austerity on a coal train. Jubilee on a mid-1950s express. This one is a slightly shortened formation for 'The Midlander' which includes four Lawrence Scale Models carriages recently acquired second-hand via Tony Wright. A shortened representation of The Pines Express including several Lawrence Scale Models carriages. Hornby A3 on Bachmann Thompson stock with two MJT Gresley carriages in the middle. The Gresleys were built by Derek Shore and formerly ran on the Shipley MRS layout 'Leicester South GC. This formation is of a Manchester-Marylebone service from the early 1950s. Bachmann Patriot on a set of Lawrence Scale Models carriages forming an excursion working. Hornby Clan on an overnight service including three Lawrence Scale Models carriages. Kernow 10203. I moved the layout period forward to the early 1960s last week. Here is a Bachmann Warship on a parcels train. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 The stock on Marton becomes so much more interesting once you go steam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) I tested some EMUs for my planned new layout today. Firstly, a 4 Cig built by Colin Parks which I purchased second hand after Colin passed away. P1090137am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Colin converted it from Bachmann Mark 1s with new sides. It's powered by what appears to be a Hornby Class 73 motor. The standard of the modelling is very high. Secondly, a Bachmann 4 Bep. P1090135am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr P1090136am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr The green Bachmann 4 Bep is modelled in original condition whereas I am planning a mid to late 1960s layout (I know 4 Cig 7429 wasn't built until 1972). So, I forward-dated a Bachmann model by substituting end doors with yellow panels and adding first class and buffet stripes (and 1s on the appropriate CK doors, which Bachmann missed off). I also replaced the buffet car bogies with Commonwealth ones, as the buffets were rebogied during the 1960s. The only photo I can find of 7005 in green with yellow panels shows it still with a whistle, so this did not need to be changed. Edited June 4, 2023 by robertcwp 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 And a couple of short video clips. This one shows the 4 Cig and a 2 Hap also built by Colin Parks (from a DC Kits kit). The 4 Bep and a 4 Cep on test. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted June 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2023 I agree a fantastic looking 4-CIG. What surgery did you do to age the 4-BEP? Other than paint the yellow panel of course... The whistle is still there instead of replacing it with horns, but the headcode panel looks like it has the later smaller sized numbers. I decided not buy when Bachmann changed its mind and backdated it, but now I'm wondering how easy or difficult it would be to update it to the late 60s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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