Charlie Strong Metals (and Watery Lane Sidings)

[Acklam]

Just worked my way through the whole thread, it’s a very entertaining read and the layout, and stock is simply stunning.

 

Love the chain wrapped around the front in the last picture.

[Ruston]

A busy scene from yesterday evening's playing with the trainset operating session.

Polly Gray has brought down 10 loaded wagons from the scrapyard and is propelling five into the loop. The BR 350 has drawn forward into the shed siding after leaving seven empties. The Barclay will draw the empties forward, allowing the BR loco to move off toward Watery Lane bridge, after which the empties will be propelled after it to leave the brake van in the loop.

The empties will be placed in the siding, in front of the Shocvans and the remaining empties moved to join the others. Once the scrapyard loco is clear, the 350 will propel the brake van to the rear of its train, run-round and propel the train onto the waiting brake van. When the BR shunter has coupled up and connected the pipes of any vac-fitted wagons, the train will be ready to leave.

Meanwhile, the scrapyard loco has pulled the empties out of the siding and will take them into the yard.

[Gibbo675]

14 minutes ago, Ruston said:

A busy scene from yesterday evening's playing with the trainset operating session.

Polly Gray has brought down 10 loaded wagons from the scrapyard and is propelling five into the loop. The BR 350 has drawn forward into the shed siding after leaving seven empties. The Barclay will draw the empties forward, allowing the BR loco to move off toward Watery Lane bridge, after which the empties will be propelled after it to leave the brake van in the loop.

The empties will be placed in the siding, in front of the Shocvans and the remaining empties moved to join the others. Once the scrapyard loco is clear, the 350 will propel the brake van to the rear of its train, run-round and propel the train onto the waiting brake van. When the BR shunter has coupled up and connected the pipes of any vac-fitted wagons, the train will be ready to leave.

Meanwhile, the scrapyard loco has pulled the empties out of the siding and will take them into the yard.

Hi Dave,

 

You got it right first time !

 

Gibbo.

[Multigauge]

Fantastic modelling that oozes atmosphere. 

[Ruston]

Danny Wizzbang's has a few customers, plus the fearsome Mrs. Wizzbang, in her ketchup and bacon fat-stained apron.

 

[Barry O]

does the sandwich roster include "Spam"?

Baz

[Ruston]

41 minutes ago, Barry O said:

does the sandwich roster include "Spam"?

Baz

I did print out a menu to go on the trailer but lost it. I'll have to make another.

 

 

[Sasquatch]

On 02/12/2020 at 11:27, Ruston said:

I don't usually post box-opening but I've got one of these. The box was opened (No, I didn't produce a tedious video!), the loco was run up and down on DC, and it was then pulled apart for a repaint.

 

 

Taking an expense dinky 4 wheeled item like that out of the box and pulling it apart forth with, deserves a round of applause in my book. At least it had one go on your train set layout!

[Ruston]

15 minutes ago, Sasquatch said:

Taking an expense dinky 4 wheeled item like that out of the box and pulling it apart forth with, deserves a round of applause in my book. At least it had one go on your train set layout!

It's had more than one go now. It became the CEGB loco and has also got sound fitted.

[Regularity]

48 minutes ago, Ruston said:

I did print out a menu to go on the trailer but lost it. I'll have to make another.

 

 

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Baked beans and spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

 

That’s all you need: copy, paste, and reduce to 4mm scale, surrounded by hairy Vikings.

[Gibbo675]

6 minutes ago, Regularity said:

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Baked beans and spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

Spam.

 

That’s all you need: copy, paste, and reduce to 4mm scale, surrounded by hairy Vikings.

I somehow doubt that this kind of carry on/out goes on even in the rougher areas of Brum.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54mm-Viking-with-prey-Professional-Painted-miniature-1-32-Scale/264773054530?hash=item3da5b43042:g:FjUAAOSwas9daS1g

 

Gibbo.

[Ruston]

Haven't you got anything without Spam in it?

[Barry O]

The hot food caravan outside the officebin leeds did a full mashings breakfast in a bun.. bacon, sausage, spam, egg, beans, skinless mice and mushrooms.. tasty but not good for the waist line..

 

Baz

[Sandhole]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

The hot food caravan outside the officebin leeds did a full mashings breakfast in a bun.. bacon, sausage, spam, egg, beans, skinless mice and mushrooms.. tasty but not good for the waist line..

 

Baz

I'm a poor Lanky bloke.
What's a skinless mouse Barry??

[Barry O]

Tinned tomato..

[simonmcp]

3 hours ago, Barry O said:

The hot food caravan outside the officebin leeds did a full mashings breakfast in a bun.. bacon, sausage, spam, egg, beans, skinless mice and mushrooms.. tasty but not good for the waist line..

 

Baz

How big was the bun?

[Barry O]

Big Leeds flatcake... think cart wheel sized!

 

If they didn't have that you would get two "cakes" of about 5" diameter

Baz

[Barclay]

Dick the Burger Man in Chelmsford did an "Animal Burger".

 

Burger, hot dog, bacon, egg, cheese, mushroom, pineapple, onions, maybe more, but I can't remember - it helped if you'd had a few beers first ! It must have pushed me over the edge - I've been vegetarian for the last 30 years..

[Nick C]

7 hours ago, Ruston said:

Haven't you got anything without Spam in it?

 

Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.

[Asterix2012]

One of the local bakers, Clark’s of Dundee does a helicopter which consists of burger, square sausage, bacon, fried egg and chips on a bun.

 

If this is not enough they do the Chinook which is basically two Helicopters in one bun.

[mike morley]

Is it your arteries I can hear hissing?

[Ruston]

Stop it! You're making me feel hungry!

 

And now for something completely different...

 

Two of the lorry mechanics have traded in their old bangers for two of Cowley's finest. That is, if you could call an Allegro fine.

[Gibbo675]

49 minutes ago, Ruston said:

Stop it! You're making me feel hungry!

 

And now for something completely different...

 

Two of the lorry mechanics have traded in their old bangers for two of Cowley's finest. That is, if you could call an Allegro fine.

Sorry Dave,

 

 

 

Gibbo.

[Northmoor]

I HAVE to get me a couple of those Maxis!  I was carried around in them for the first 15 years of my life; our third and last one was a V-reg in that blue colour.

[Ruston]

2 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

I HAVE to get me a couple of those Maxis!  I was carried around in them for the first 15 years of my life; our third and last one was a V-reg in that blue colour.

My dad had one, a W-reg 1750. I used to drive it whenever he wanted a lift anywhere and it could go like the clappers, with a 20-year old lunatic behind the wheel! I don't think he ever knew how much I thrashed it when on my own. I'm not sure he ever found out where 5th gear was.