John Tomlinson Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said: Gresley Jn hasn’t seen much use recently as I’ve been concentrating on my garden O gauge during the warmer months. However, last week the postman brought a nice package in the shape of an Accurascale Deltic ordered over three years ago (at Ally Pally pre Covid). First impressions were very good. The packaging is impressive, if bulky, and the detail on the loco is a cut above other RTR versions. I had one bogie chain loose which had to be glued back but otherwise it was in immaculate condition. Having run it in on the rolling road, I gave it a run on the up Tees Tyne Pullman this morning. They have captured the Deltic drone well and I think it sounds magnificent under power. There does seem to be a bit of a rattle as it slows down (evident on the video) which I think may be the speaker cone rattling against something. I will have to investigate. He is the video so you can appreciate the sound. I will now add all the extra detail, investigate the speaker and need to decide which train to allocate it to permanently as it’s prodigious pulling power seems wasted on an 8 coach Pullman! More photos in due course. Andy Well that cheered up my Monday morning!! Staying as "Pinza"? John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted June 27, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2022 57 minutes ago, John Tomlinson said: Well that cheered up my Monday morning!! Staying as "Pinza"? John. Yes, I like the racehorses and they were the only ones named from new (I think?). I always think a Deltic looks strange without a name, so that’s a good reason to keep her as Pinza. Plus Accurascale provide nice etched nameplates to fit and it would be a shame to waste them. Andy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted June 29, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2022 Thanks for posting this Andy. Still waiting for mine to arrive at Wakefield West, even if it is beyond my timeframe. Looks and sounds lovely, it does seem to be an absolutely superb model. Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted December 12, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2023 I’m shocked that it’s over a year since I posted on here! Both Jonathan Weallans at Warley and Gilbert Barnett when I visited him and Peterborough North asked what had happened to Gresley Jn. The truth is that I’ve been concentrating on O gauge projects recently and haven’t really used Gresley Jn for some time and It had become a bit of a dumping ground for stock which I’d taken down to the club. Anyway, last week I tidied it up and ran some trains. And this week I finished my D.227 Gresley SLF which I write up on Coulsdon Works. This called for running the Night Scotsman which is now nearly complete. Here she is. The new SLF is just behind the blood and custard SLSTP. Here’s a better view. The formation as of winter 1958/9 was: BG; 3x Thompson SLSTP/ SLSP; SLF, 2xTwin SLF, 2xSLF, BG. All the SLFs were longer ones with 10 Berths but I don’t know whether they were Gresley or Thompson versions. Anyway, I’ve assumed that they were Gresleys and I now have all the coaches required apart from one twin SLF. They’re all kit built apart from the BGs. Here is another view of the whole train. Andy 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 G'Day Folks I've missed it to, glad it's back. manna 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted December 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 Good to see Gresley Junction running again! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted December 31, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2023 A new purchase gave me another excuse to run something on Gresley Jn. This time it’s a Bachmann V2. Not very exciting but a lovely model. I’ve fitted sound and weathered it as described on Coulsdon Works here. And here she is running on the down Aberdeen fish empties approaching Gresley Jn station. I’ve also done a video which hopefully shows off the sound install to good effect. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted January 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1 Looks and sounds good Andy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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