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I hope Ruston won't mind me hijacking his thread to ask a question.

What is better than an Austerity?

Answer: Two Austerities......as seen in the photo below at Bickershaw Colliery - even into the 1980's (just). Thanks for a most interesting thread.

Cheers,

Ray.

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16 minutes ago, Marshall5 said:

I hope Ruston won't mind me hijacking his thread to ask a question.

What is better than an Austerity?

Answer: Two Austerities......as seen in the photo below at Bickershaw Colliery - even into the 1980's (just). Thanks for a most interesting thread.

Cheers,

Ray.

No8 & Respite  Bickershaw Coll.  4.77.jpg

Great photo. A good study of a fired muck stack. And better than two? Four of course! ( Not counting the 50550)

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Lovely bit of work, Dave and nicely weathered as well.

 

I was wondering if anyone had paired the RT Models chassis with a DJM body yet, please?

 

I have an OO Austerity already (former Dapol RTR body and Perseverance chassis), but I acquired an unpowered DJM one from Kernow Models a few years ago and am thinking of using the RT chassis and detailing bits to do one in P4.

 

Thanks.

 

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On 07/07/2020 at 10:14, Alister_G said:

Hi Dave,

 

I realised I have some photos of a Hunslett Austerity, taken at Peak Rail in 2013. This is of course as preserved, and may not be original, but I hope these are of some use to you?

 

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It was snowing at the time, so I apologise for the flakes getting in the way...

 

Al.

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It is almost a year since I managed a Friday night pint or three. The TV is appalling and I got to wondering how many of the individual austerities we have managed to model?

Which is the most popular?

Happy to start this as a new thread if there is any interest.

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On 08/01/2021 at 21:48, doilum said:

It is almost a year since I managed a Friday night pint or three. The TV is appalling and I got to wondering how many of the individual austerities we have managed to model?

Which is the most popular?

Happy to start this as a new thread if there is any interest.

 

Here is one to go on- a Hornby which I fitted with a Geisl quite a few years ago.  It was then DCC fitted by me and became the main colliery shunter for NO PLACE.  As the less than perfect track at the colliery exit causes a lot of locos to stall I decided to take the sound and stay-alive route with the colliery fleet of shunters.  The reverse curves are too sharp and close together for many locos not to take the wrong turn at the coarse-scale frog gaps, DJ and EFE WDs don't like the two points in the video clip.

 

Here is RESPITE just back from Digitrains with sound and a stay alive.  

 

 

Now to start saving the pennies to get another one done.  I may put a little insulation into the tank void- the tank weight has been removed completely.  On a 7 foot long layout it never gets to pull enough wagons to tax it.  I might have to adjust the chuff rate slightly, it seems to be a couple of degrees out of the 4 beats per revolution it should be, but I'll study it on the test track for a while before playing with it.

 

Les

 

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