Gopher Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Back to railways. Dewchurch loco yard mess room. The camera never lies and of course shows up any errors. The Harburn Hobbies building has a gap under it, (now filled with vegetation). Makes a change from the spider's web which normally drapes over signals etc. (Still have not found that damn spider) 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 End of the headshunt at Dewchurch 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Gopher said: End of the headshunt at Dewchurch Looks like a good clump of brambles back there! Roja Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, 37Oban said: Looks like a good clump of brambles back there! Roja Yes indeed - my golden rule is if you see a gap stick in some brambles 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Gopher said: Yes indeed - my golden rule is if you see a gap stick in some brambles A man after my own heart! Roja 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Lineside view of first wagon in a goods train stuck at signals at Harewood Halt - (pulled by Robinson 04) 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 02/04/2021 at 17:38, Gopher said: Dewchurch may soon get dismantled. On 02/04/2021 at 17:38, Gopher said: I may still chicken out (I've been resisting taking this step for at least two years Sad to read about that in early April. Are you still resisting? But noted a lot of the subsequent photos are entitled "from the archive". So does that mean work on the room has started and a new Dewchurch will rise? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Fishplate said: Sad to read about that in early April. Are you still resisting? But noted a lot of the subsequent photos are entitled "from the archive". So does that mean work on the room has started and a new Dewchurch will rise? Thanks- I am still resisting at the moment. the layout is still complete. Although my wife is increasingly asking when I might start taking the layout apart. She fully appreciates the emotional pain this will cause me, but the room does need some TLC. I think I might make it a "next year" task. I will find it very hard to start dismantling it. I just keep thinking of the hours of work I have invested in it - plus I like it. I am actually running out of photos to post - so I started posting some "from the archive" photos, and some which are not brilliant. Thanks for asking. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 The siding behind the shed at Dewchurch MPD. This is not fully visible from the normal viewing angle, but managed to get a shot with the camera. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Close up of the farm cottage - close to Harewood Halt 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Nature starts to reclaim the disused goods platform and lock up at Harewood Halt 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Class 31 on an inter regional express heads towards Dewchurch. This model suffered badly from Mazak rot. Hornby replaced the chassis a few years ago. All good now 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nevermakeit Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Gopher said: Class 31 on an inter regional express heads towards Dewchurch. This model suffered badly from Mazak rot. Hornby replaced the chassis a few years ago. All good now What is mazak rot, please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Nevermakeit said: What is mazak rot, please? Quoted from a post on the Hornby website: “The technical term is Inter Crystaline Corrosion. It is caused by lead contamination in the zinc alloy that is Mazak. IF the contamination is present one or several things can happen; the casting swells up, cracks can form or it can turn to dust.” It’s usually the swelling that makes it apparent. Paul. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Prewar Dinky toys often suffer from it and can end up with the structural integrity of dried mud. Dinky managed to sort their quality control post WW2 and I have never seen a supposedly cheaply made toy car from the fifties or sixties that was affected. It all goes to #### around the early eighties when Mainline et al started getting their products made in the far east in order (allegedly) to improve the level of detail at a price that was affordable. Of course, when you outsource to the lowest bidder, corners get cut! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Intercrystalline corrosion is enhanced corrosion affecting the grain boundaries of a polycrystalline metal, the other technical term is FUBAR but it's not a good idea to ask what that is HND materials technology and engineering BSc bronze swimming certificate Edited June 25, 2021 by chuffinghell 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) The following statement will make me as welcome as a f@rt in a spacesuit but I do think diesels look much better in the early green livery Edited June 25, 2021 by chuffinghell 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I have to agree with you there. I can't remember them in use, but I do recall the blue with full yellow ends and the urge to get a rattle can of white paint and write the word SPAM down the sides. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, chuffinghell said: The following statement will make me as welcome as a f@rt in a spacesuit but I do think diesels look much better in the early green livery Totally agree Chris. My early memories are of green diesels, but also loved the maroon on class 52 Westerns. Having said that most of my train journeys in my yoof were behind BR blue diesels. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Nevermakeit said: What is mazak rot, please? In the case of my class 31 the chassis floor underneath the cabs at each end, sagged then broke off. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nevermakeit Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Gopher said: In the case of my class 31 the chassis floor underneath the cabs at each end, sagged then broke off. How old was it at the time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Nevermakeit said: How old was it at the time? I think about 10 years. It was one of the very early production runs bought in 2005/06 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 One of the water tanks at Dewchurch MPD. In this case a Townstreet model 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Mogul shunting horse boxes at Dewchurch Edited June 27, 2021 by Gopher 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 The other water tank at Dewchurch 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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