Peterborough North

[great northern]

Maybe it is a good job I have so many images in store, as Paint.Net has now crashed. These things always happen over holiday periods, don't they?

 

Other minor irritations today include drilling out some of Dave Franks' lovely loco lamps, and then finding they are so small that they won't seat fully onto the buffer beam. Dave does say that they aren't designed to go on lamp irons, but instead to sit in front, or where they should be, and if I'd given it any proper thought before starting I would have realised why. Never mind, there will be a way round it. The trouble is they fall off so easily when secured with black tak or tacky wax, and then are very hard to find.

 

Mid afternoon picture now, which is the 04/8 getting very close to getting out of the way and on to the goods line.

 

 

 

Incidentally I have found a picture of a 9F on the Down slow near Crescent box, and it has a brake van next to the tender. I don't  know of another service that requires two vans, so if this is the Little Barford empties, and the sun is in the right place for that to be correct, either the loco has run as far as St Neots tender first, or has gone somewhere light engine to turn when it arrived there. That would have to be Hitchin, I think.

[jazzer]

8 hours ago, great northern said:

For our eleven o'clock cuppa today, we will visit the Great Northern hotel.

Not a very impressive front entrance though, and you'd think the door might be open at this time of day.

 

I admire your search for realism. The white stuff on the gentleman’s hat realistically suggests he has been divebombed by the local pidgins on the hotel roof.And the poor chap seems to have a large tear down the left  leg of his trousers. He looks look another trainspotter down on his luck to me. No wonder the Hotel shut the door when they saw him coming !

Edited April 10, 2020 by jazzer

[great northern]

2 minutes ago, jazzer said:

 

I admire your search for realism. The white stuff on the gentleman’s hat realistically suggests he has been divebombed by the local pidgins on the hotel roof.And the poor chap seems to have a large tear down the left  leg of his trousers. He looks look another trainspotter down on his luck to me. No wonder the Hotel shut the door when they saw him coming !

He used to live at Tetleys Mills, but he's come down in the world since then.

[great northern]

Still all the action on the Up. This time it is a Cranens unit arriving from Louth. The driver claims he tried to do the destination thingy, but the widget came off in his hand.

 

 

 

A B17 has slipped into number 1 bay. It will be waiting to take over the Birmingham- Ely.

 

 

[Bogie]

On 10/04/2020 at 05:44, great northern said:

Somehow I now have in excess of 70 images in store, so here is another, featuring the lovely buildings on Platform 6, but without a train to hide the detail.

 

 

or any people.  Was there a pandemic at the time?

[Oldddudders]

4 hours ago, Bogie said:

 

or any people.  Was there a pandemic at the time?

You do have a point. PN is splendidly populated on the platforms, so a few folk waiting for lifts/taxis/friends or just loitering with intent might add a little life to the forecourt.

[great northern]

6 hours ago, Bogie said:

 

or any people.  Was there a pandemic at the time?

 

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

You do have a point. PN is splendidly populated on the platforms, so a few folk waiting for lifts/taxis/friends or just loitering with intent might add a little life to the forecourt.

There are a few people about, but I have them where they aren't that obvious, because I'm yet to find any model people that look convincing. I get away with it under the roof, because they just can't be seen clearly, but some of them outside make me shudder, frankly. I would like there to be more, but only if the standard is significantly better.

[great northern]

A very distinctive chime whistle can be heard on the breeze, and the time is 10.45am, so some observers will know the identity of both locomotive and train before it even comes into view.

 

 

and indeed it is Dominion of New Zealand with the Elizabethan.

 

 

[CUTLER2579]

13 hours ago, jazzer said:

 

I admire your search for realism. The white stuff on the gentleman’s hat realistically suggests he has been divebombed by the local pidgins on the hotel roof.And the poor chap seems to have a large tear down the left  leg of his trousers. He looks look another trainspotter down on his luck to me. No wonder the Hotel shut the door when they saw him coming !

 

Well after a quick look I assumed it was Local police Inspector, but on reflection it could be a local Solicitor who was mainly employed on conveyancing work for a local estate agent who ran a small chain of Estate Agencies in the Peterborough area in the late 50's Ican Floggit & Brothers.

Coat,Hat,goodbye and Take care.

[trw1089]

Just spent a very enjoyable couple of hours catching up on all the happenings at PN.  Hope you are keeping well Gilbert and thanks for continuing to post such inspiring images.

 

Cheers

Tony

[great northern]

6 minutes ago, trw1089 said:

Just spent a very enjoyable couple of hours catching up on all the happenings at PN.  Hope you are keeping well Gilbert and thanks for continuing to post such inspiring images.

 

Cheers

Tony

Good to hear from you Tony. All is well here, and I trust it is the same with you and yours? More time for modelling at the moment?

[A Murphy]

I love the O4/8 Gilbert. May I ask what is it's pedigree?

 

Best wishes,

 

Alastair M

[great northern]

7 minutes ago, A Murphy said:

I love the O4/8 Gilbert. May I ask what is it's pedigree?

 

Best wishes,

 

Alastair M

It is one of Tim's conversions Alastair. He did it from a Bachmann donor some time ago, and then asked to have it back, as he thought it was not up to his current standards. I got it back a while ago, and it really is excellent.

[A Murphy]

Lovely work. I am about to have a go at an O4/7 using the Bill Bedford loco body and I would certainly like an O4/8 as well. Thanks   and loving the increased coverage Gilbert, it's a real fillip in these somber times

 

Alastair

[great northern]

Another lovely day, so I'll be talking more photos soon, and Paint.Net is back up and running, so we can continue with the more frequent postings. This time it is the hotel again, but as seen having come around the corner from Station Approach.

 

 

You may notice that there is a rather dodgy looking character lurking in the corner by the railings, as many of my figures do. It looks as though someone has been throwing lumps of coal at him in an effort to move him on, but so far without success.

[Mallard60022]

18 minutes ago, great northern said:

Another lovely day, so I'll be talking more photos soon, and Paint.Net is back up and running, so we can continue with the more frequent postings. This time it is the hotel again, but as seen having come around the corner from Station Approach.

 

 

You may notice that there is a rather dodgy looking character lurking in the corner by the railings, as many of my figures do. It looks as though someone has been throwing lumps of coal at him in an effort to move him on, but so far without success.

Having listened to Part 2 of A Handful of Dust on R4Extra this morning from 3 until 4a.m. I am wondering how many 'interesting liaisons' occurred in said Hotel? The one on the Play was a failure and the whole story was quite weird in so many ways but with a clever ending.

Some wonderful pics Gilbert....thank you. I believe there are some new figures available, (ready painted?). Bit expensive compared to Airfix etc. but very good quality. I know the Modelu range is expanding too but they need painting; something to 'arrange between friends' in the future?

All the best matey and enjoy your mIndful walk today.

Philth

[great northern]

7 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

Having listened to Part 2 of A Handful of Dust on R4Extra this morning from 3 until 4a.m. I am wondering how many 'interesting liaisons' occurred in said Hotel? The one on the Play was a failure and the whole story was quite weird in so many ways but with a clever ending.

Some wonderful pics Gilbert....thank you. I believe there are some new figures available, (ready painted?). Bit expensive compared to Airfix etc. but very good quality. I know the Modelu range is expanding too but they need painting; something to 'arrange between friends' in the future?

All the best matey and enjoy your mIndful walk today.

Philth

Many thanks Phil. Any more details on these new figures? I don't mind paying more for quality. As to the Modelu range, as I find myself more willing to take my time over things, and thus achieve a better result, I might well have another go at some of those.

[trw1089]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

Good to hear from you Tony. All is well here, and I trust it is the same with you and yours? More time for modelling at the moment?

All going well, at least with the pandemic I’m not having to travel for work and Wakefield West is getting some attention.  

[great northern]

1 hour ago, trw1089 said:

All going well, at least with the pandemic I’m not having to travel for work and Wakefield West is getting some attention.  

There are some advantages, aren't there?

[great northern]

A small observation test for you. What's new in this picture?

 

 

 

[Anthony]

The platform lamps?

 

Just a quick 'thank you' again - I feel a thumbs up isn't really adequate to express the joy you give.

 

Anthony

[jwealleans]

Bloke in the leather jacket has been and bought a platform ticket.

[A Murphy]

Signage..... and the bloke in the leather jacket went and bought a platform ticket - 1d.

[great northern]

Which bloke in the leather jacket? I'm confused. it is the signs though. They are actually from the old layout, and so only have Peterborough, without the North. I found some the other day and wanted to see how they might look. Are they a bit large? If so, the new ones I've been meaning to do something about are too large as well. Andy Y was helping me to find a way to set up the correct ones, but we haven't worked it out yet. It's cutting round the b***** things which is the problem.

[great northern]

Cup of tea time, so also another still life shot.