Guest Max Stafford Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 More players joining the cast, again for the '56 scenario. Firstly, for freight services, we have the star of that photo; No 61937 of Carlisle Canal. 61931 is also nearing completion, but not yet photo ready. For the Class 1 end of the operations, Haymarket's 60161 North British is also now ready. To be honest 61937 still looks a little two dimensional and needs a little more work to the finish. Dave. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfisher24 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 60519 Honeyway was also a regular on the route in the mid 50's 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 That looks very naughty, Kingfisher. I feel the need for some Thompsons! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfisher24 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 V2 No 60816 also appears a few times, at Newcastleton. as do a certain reliable class of loco! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Max stafford, the finsh on your North british looks spot on, has it been polished, t-cut? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Yep Mike. Johnsons Kleer, a light brushing of grime, immediately removed by buds etc then a quick treatment of T-cut to simulate the Haymarket cleaners' 'mickey' impregnated cloth...! Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 looks really nice, ive done some coaches with t-cut, really gives that metalic finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Following on from the A1 are two A3s for 'Period 2' - both strongly associated with the route. First is Haymarket's 60043 'Brown Jack' in post-1958 condition but before the late '61 addition of 'Witte' deflectors and demonstrating the extremely high standards of turnout associated with 64B's top link machinery almost to the end. Carlisle Canal was, until closure in June '63, responsible for power at the southern end of the route and while not as fastidious as Haymarket could still turn out a tidy loco when the occasion demanded. Canal's contribution is commemorated here by 60095 Flamingo. This loco had a number of distinctions such as being equipped with a streamlined non-corridor tender, normally confined to A4s. More than this though, 60095 was a Carlisle machine all her life, resulting in her having the lowest recorded mileage of the class, reportedly just over 1.5M according to WS Sellar. Our last loco tonight is Tweedmouth's 46479 in her 1962 condition. It's quite possible that this loco reached St Boswells on occasion but she also serves as a place-holder until the Bachmann 78XXX arrives in the not too distant future... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durranhill Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Excellent work as always Dave , I'll be doing a version of Flamingo myself using Windsor Lad as the donar together with an early crest non-corr tender from A4 Guillimot which will be on it's way down from Aberfoyle shortly . Was the 2MT shopped at St Rollox by any chance as it has large numbers . Stewart . P.S you have a pm . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 superb! I love the polished underside but sooty top of the boilers! and whats this about a Bachmann standard 2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Mike. It's been on the radar for a long time, but I'm assured that they fully intend to produce the little standard soon. Stuart, 46479 was Darlington built and I think she was overhauled there too. If not, it was most likely Cowlairs or Inverurie. Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted July 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2011 Lovely work as usual, Dave. I especially like the metallic sheen on the boiler barrels and firebox sides - as Mike says, you've captured the "neatly turned out workhorse" effect to a t-cut. So convincing that they look like metal rather than plastic.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Thanks John. It's taken a long time to develop the effect of the 'clean' loco, but I think I've more or less got it cracked now. It's a lot trickier than doing a dirty one! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Secondly and inspired by this photograph for some reason D5066 in action I present the N gauge equivalent. Not as you might expect the new Graham Farish class 24 but this is a brass kit running on a farish chassis. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Given that my layout is set just south of Edinburgh I've allowed myself one of these, not strictly correct for deepest darkest borders railways but she's strayed in. However with the imminent arrival in N gauge of dapols class 26 then that will solve that particular problem. So let me see, that's new 47 and a Dapol 26 needed. Ouch, where's that pennies jar. PS please don't ask what 1B29 is, its clearly wrong and needs sorting. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Another old Farish model that really didn't have much going for it in its normal guise but I hope I've made her a bit more interesting if nothing less. She's meant to be an Eastfield straggler thats ended up east, I wanted a loco with a tablet catcher recess although I don't know if that loco specifically had one, I know other ED class 25s did so that's good enough for me. Ploughs again I'm not sure about but I figured she might have ...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 It's become clear to me since I started to research the 'players' on Ruberslaw that 'Period 2' is a more complicated matter than first envisaged and although based on spring, 1961 actual spans in practical terms the years 1959-62. However, here are two new players which graced the Waverley through the course of the focal year; Firstly 60159 Bonnie Dundee, one of Haymarket's allocation of A1s which took an increasing share of the class 1 and 2 passenger work as Canal's A3s gradually dropped by the wayside. Along with 60159 and her sisters, the interregnum between the A3s and Holbeck 45s was filled by a pair of Britannias banished from the Western Region by an influx of big Maybach-engined type 5s. I have previously modelled the first of the pair 70016 Ariel in the guise she wore in a later, more permanent presence at Carlisle, but here we have 70018 Flying Dutchman in the guise she wore during her Canal deployment in '61-2. Note she is carrying a class 2 lamp code. Within a year she will be passing the 2S/2M52 baton to D5300 and her sisters... Dave. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 love your weathering style, just looks right, hows the blue 37 coming on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 hows the blue 37 coming on? Do you mean the model of this beast? Never before seen photo alert! http://www.flickr.com/photos/24041160@N02/3575790776/in/set-72157622602429982/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Loving 60159 Dave......that Ex Works look is stunning......you would think you had repainted her......the colour is so rich! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Thanks for the compliment re 60159, Tom. I'm very pleased with the effect now. After a quiet period necessitated by extreme work conditions, I can finally bring two new creations to the party. First up is a cornerstone of the Waverley's class 2 passenger operations in the final years of the route; the original Pilot batch BRCW Type 2 in the form of Haymarket's D5301, shown here in 1963-66 condition. The base model was the Heljan Class 26/0 and some relatively easy hacking was undertaken to return the loco to its as-built configuration. Full details of the conversion will go up on the blog shortly. As I may have commented elsewhere, the only thing missing from that 26 scene now is an old Land Rover and Flash the Sheepdog now! At the opposite end of the scale of Waverley Route ubiquity is the unashamedly niche Y1/2 68138, adapted from the new Model Rail / Dapol model. I removed the cabside grilles to recreate the Y1/2 as operated around Kelso. Picture 2 is a crude attempt to portray the loco's staple work! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Lovely class 26 there Dave, just spot on. Nicely timed pictures to whet the appetite for us N gaugers with the imminent release of Dapols 2mm version. I've already paid my deposit for one. Farish's A1 also due, as is there new 101 DMU.....where's that savings tin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 A few anomolies on 26001 (D5301) including the lamp irons, see for what I mean ... not sure what years these were in use. D5300 & 5302 have these as well. Also, I know that D5300 had different typeface numbers in a higher position (lower edge of numbers was in line with lower edge of white stripe) but not sure if 5301 had similar treatment, see for D5300. It's a few years ago since I restored D5310, but these were a few of the things I picked up on about the first few of the pilot batch during the research. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Strangely enough, I worked from the photo on P46 of 'Last Years...' which purports to show D5301 circa 1965. A misidentification perhaps in which case a re-number beckons... dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Hmmmm, been looking into this a wee bit. I think the only one with its numbers justified against the bottom of the stripe may have been D5300. On Railscot there's footage of 5300 and 5306 with lamp irons in the standard place both in green, but 5302 at Gala in '66 with irons in the inset higher position. Glasgow obviously had a play with the locos' facial furniture during Works visits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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