jwealleans Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I suspect the same laws of contrariness which decree that a kit built loco always runs better backwards are involved. Thanks to everyone who came to see us at St. Neots at the weekend and were kind enough to make favourable comment. It was encouraging to see a healthy crowd across the layout all weekend. Thanks also to Tom who gave up his holiday to come and visit and then help with the packing and loading. Any photos would be welcome - I didn't have time to take any at all at the weekend. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) Thanks to everyone who came to see us at St. Neots at the weekend and were kind enough to make favourable comment. It was encouraging to see a healthy crowd across the layout all weekend. Thanks also to Tom who gave up his holiday to come and visit and then help with the packing and loading. Any photos would be welcome - I didn't have time to take any at all at the weekend. Yes, my slightly belated thanks for interest shown and favourable comments made. Jackie Younger reports that it was the highest attendance yet for the show (just shy of 3,000 through the door) so if we contributed that in some way then that is most gratifying. Alas no photos but 'Sir' did take a few which he has posted on Wright Writes, if you haven't already been over there. There is also at least one piece of video on YouTube that has been posted. Edited March 14, 2017 by LNER4479 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2017 Do you fit the flanged wheelset under the cab. If so then that could explain why. I did that in the LNER loco classes you mentioned and I found that the flanged wheelset under the cab actually lifted the middle and rear driving wheels up just enough to prevent the locos from getting full traction. The solution I used was to remove the chassis, unscrew and remove the rear catazzi moulding aswell as the wheelset under the cab then file the slot to make it deeper. Test the depth as you go and keep doing that until all 6 driving wheels are in full contact with the rails when the flanged under cab wheels are in place. I did that with my locos and it had a marked improvement on the haulage ability of the locos. Lead will certainly help them too but beware, adding too much will knock them out of balance so you may have to fit some in the cabs too. That's an interesting 'trick'. Just for info (as if you didn't know, all of you), Roy Jackson's Pacifics often do not have the trailing, under cab wheelset. Unless you peer very closely it is hard to tell they are not there. Anyone tried not having a set on a Hornby/Bachman item? Philth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Meanwhile, the layout doesn't look quite so impressive in semi stripped down state... Still looks awesome though! Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gr.king Posted March 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2017 If there are no other photos then we'll have to tolerate these. They're not much, but the best I could do in the limited time when I wasn't arriving after everybody else, slacking, drinking tea, distracting other operators, talking to the public instead of attending to operating, failing to get trains ready with locos attached, enjoying the excellent food on offer at Wood Green in the long lunch breaks or sneakily playing stock back into the boxes ahead of closing time on the Sunday... This layout exhibiting lark is hard work, as you can tell from my account, yet some paying visitors have the cheek to complain that we're not running trains often enough. Those long periods of apparent total inactivity on the layout don't create themselves you know! Titus Aduxas. (Also known to colleagues, in moments of stress, as Arthur Facsake) 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Well done, that man! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2017 A conundrum... why do Hornby A4s and A3s/A1s have differing haulage capability? While the models look the same the haulage capacity between two A1s is quite marked? Fortunately, having added some lead to my "new" (secondhand) A4 Silver Link it was capable of pulling the streamliner set on Grantham with ease. (despite some of the floor vagaries at last weekends' show. Any ideas as some of the operators are interested in why. Baz We found with mine that it was all down to the tender pick ups. Some were very sticky indeed, but when we adjusted them the haulage capacity of all A4s and A3s became at least 11 coaches, even on the fairly sharp curves at either end of PN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Those long periods of apparent total inactivity on the layout.. I notice you seem to have found me sitting and/or chatting at every appearance as well. Can we hire some sort of animatronic to create at least an illusion of activity round the back? If we put a green T-shirt on it, no-one will be able to tell whether it's you or me? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grob1234 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I suspect the same laws of contrariness which decree that a kit built loco always runs better backwards are involved.Thanks to everyone who came to see us at St. Neots at the weekend and were kind enough to make favourable comment. It was encouraging to see a healthy crowd across the layout all weekend. Thanks also to Tom who gave up his holiday to come and visit and then help with the packing and loading.Any photos would be welcome - I didn't have time to take any at all at the weekend. My absolute pleasure to be of some (extremely limited) assistance, and also a huge thank you for allowing me to run a few of my partially completed locos on the layout. I was relieved they went round without falling off, and seeing them go round Grantham has given me the confidence that they do work on a real layout, and not just round a tiny test track in my flat! Very good to see all the team as well as the layout. Looking forward to my next visit to see this superb layout. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawed Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Apologies if this link is posted elsewhere, but I've just found this video of the St Neots show. (Starts at 6:11) Eddie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2017 I bought a Hornby A4 "Silver Link" before St Neots and it seemed to run OK. BUT it was far too clean...so.. stage 1 weathering done today with more to come... Baz 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I bought a Hornby A4 "Silver Link" before St Neots and it seemed to run OK. BUT it was far too clean...so.. stage 1 weathering done today with more to come... silver link 3 quarters (1280x425).jpg Baz Have you a photo of her in such a state ? From memory they were kept immaculate ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) I believe Barry has used the 'famous' 1938 (or was it 1937?) colour picture of her at Grantham on the Flying Scotsman. She does look a bit grubby in that photo. Edited March 29, 2017 by LNER4479 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I believe Barry has used the 'famous' 1938 (or was it 1937?) colour picture of her at Grantham on the Flying Scotsman. She does look a bit grubby in that photo. This one ? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_09_2012/post-16151-0-15675200-1346654513.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 That look good, Baz. Good job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 This one ? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_09_2012/post-16151-0-15675200-1346654513.jpg Aye - that be the one! I suspect she hadn't long to go before her repaint into blue at that point. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brighton_JunctionLNER Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 She looks rather clean in the photo, i think you might have put too much on barry?but its your model and you are free to do any kind of weathering you like!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grob1234 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Oooo that's dirty.... (Think Alan Partridge when you say that - internally of course). Ok that's my daily contribution... I'm off now!..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2017 While that colour photo is a starter for 10 I looked at a lot of black and white photos of "silver" streaks - before setting off with this one. It isn't finished yet but it will look work worn. It doesn't matter how clean a loco is when it sets off the fluids and hard dirt coming from the chimney tend to make the loco dirty. And A4s have specific places where they get dirty os wait till its finished...mind you its a good job this wasn't a gatesheed engine as they just never seemed to clean anything... What I would say is that the "silver" colour used by Hornby really grabs at the ink and powder. Note sure why but ...it just does... Baz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 For the afficionados, there are a couple more videos on YouTube. One is quite short, but this chap gave us almost 8 minutes. Enjoy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted May 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2017 Bit of radio silence of late ... but work ongoing nonetheless. Herewith a short sequence of pictures showing vehicle 2 of the Quint set coming into being: This is a Danny Pinnock D.156 6-wheel composite No compartment partitions in a D&S kit so I made some using one from the brake kits as a template Having got on well with the method of assembly of the first vehicle, I followed the same pattern again Et voila! Nice n square with little prospect of sides bowing in. Couldn't resist it. 2/5ths of a Quint set. In other news, signal parts purchased (at York show) for the remaining signals, at the south end. Probably a project for back end of the year. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2017 Bit of radio silence of late ... but work ongoing nonetheless. Herewith a short sequence of pictures showing vehicle 2 of the Quint set coming into being: IMG_9442.JPG This is a Danny Pinnock D.156 6-wheel composite IMG_9521.jpg No compartment partitions in a D&S kit so I made some using one from the brake kits as a template IMG_9541.JPG Having got on well with the method of assembly of the first vehicle, I followed the same pattern again IMG_9542.JPG IMG_9544.JPG Et voila! Nice n square with little prospect of sides bowing in. IMG_9545.JPG Couldn't resist it. 2/5ths of a Quint set. In other news, signal parts purchased (at York show) for the remaining signals, at the south end. Probably a project for back end of the year. I like the sheet protecting the desk. Takes me back to Haymarket days... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Have you a photo of her in such a state ? From memory they were kept immaculate ? A couple of months back, Steam Days did an article on the silver locos. Several pictures show them in this state. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I must be one of the few remaining RMW members to have seen one of the locos in silver livery when almost new. My dad took me to Copley Hill sheds (Leeds) when I was a very little lad --- was I ever?? ---- probably one Sunday morning before WW2 , perhaps 1938 . There was this big silver thing standing on the turn table. He read the name. --- Silver Link. Derek 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 "Grantham matters" still get a look-in at present then? Very good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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