Tony Wright Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, zr2498 said: Hi Jon The Westinghouse pump looks well made. Could you advise the supplier? Dave Good evening Dave, Markits does a range of beautiful, turned-brass Westinghouse pumps. Regards, Tony. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon4470 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, zr2498 said: Hi Jon The Westinghouse pump looks well made. Could you advise the supplier? Dave Hello Dave It is from Markits. As Tony has just posted these are lovely turned brass items. Unfortunately I didn’t make a note of the part number - but I think it is the one that is available on the Wizard web site Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Tony Wright said: It probably is, Jesse, But, no, it'll be CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL, not the one with the Gresley boiler and cab. Regards, Tony. Has to be the one. It’ll look the ducks guts when it’s finished. How’s that D2! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: Has to be the one. It’ll look the ducks guts when it’s finished. How’s that D2! I've looked at it; again............ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 20 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: I've looked at it; again............ And you wonder why so many unbuilt kits end up on the market. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy Hayter said: And you wonder why so many unbuilt kits end up on the market. It was actually built - with superglue. Then, I believe, posted out to Australia to become a kit again! Regards, Tony. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Some interesting books again this month................ This is (at least) the third book on Leader by the same author. I've actually assisted (in a small way) with this one. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Progress on the DJH Raven A2.............. With an eight-wheeled tender, was this as long as a Princess Royal? 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy Hayter said: And you wonder why so many unbuilt kits end up on the market. And I wonder how many times a unbuilt kit ends up on the market.....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: Some interesting books again this month................ This is (at least) the third book on Leader by the same author. I've actually assisted (in a small way) with this one. Tony, I saw a advert in a magazine with respect to an album of V2 photo's - are you aware of any? I ask because I can't find the magazine advert and google searches have yielded nothing. Thanks Edited December 1, 2021 by davidw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Tony Wright said: It was actually built - with superglue. Then, I believe, posted out to Australia to become a kit again! Regards, Tony. Yeah I sent it to you to be rebuilt, it needed a scratchbuilt chassis. Which I admit is beyond me at this point in time… one day. So I sent it over and it returned here completely destroyed. It looked like customs had opened it and did the dodgy. Then we came to an agreement of swapping a v2 I had here for a rebuild of the D2. Nice bit of bartering. Tony will do a much better job of it then I could, as I said, at the moment. With the Bachman V2 on the horizon, I intend to kitbuikt whats not on the RTR market. Which I think is sensible. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, davidw said: Tony, I saw a advert in a magazine with respect to an album of V2 photo's - are you aware of any? I ask because I can't find the magazine advert and google searches have yielded nothing. Thanks https://www.gnbooks.co.uk/product/gresleys-v2s/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Tony Wright said: Progress on the DJH Raven A2.............. Anxious to keep things as neat as possible after painting wheels green off my latest loco, it eventually occurred to me to also paint the wheel nuts black before re-fitting. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 44 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said: https://www.gnbooks.co.uk/product/gresleys-v2s/ Thanks Mike - I've got that one I don't think it was one I saw advertised. For me as much as layouts, exhibitions had such an array of Booksellers and publishers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, davidw said: Thanks Mike - I've got that one I don't think it was one I saw advertised. For me as much as layouts, exhibitions had such an array of Booksellers and publishers I know what you mean - booksellers at the exhibitions are such a happy hunting ground. Is the GN V2 book any good - I've got the A3 and A1 books, not bad but I find the photo reproduction isnt brilliant and colours a little over 'restored' . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 This? https://www.booklaw.co.uk/pre-order-an-illustrated-appreciation-2-gresley-v2-s.html Also a deal on the five in the series. Although LNER people might not want a book on proper locos.... https://www.booklaw.co.uk/booklaw-publications/an-illustrated-appreciation-series/set-of-5-illustrated-appreciation-books-saving-37.95.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 minute ago, MikeParkin65 said: I know what you mean - booksellers at the exhibitions are such a happy hunting ground. Is the GN V2 book any good - I've got the A3 and A1 books, not bad but I find the photo reproduction isnt brilliant and colours a little over 'restored' . I think that your comment about colours over restored sums up the V2 book as well. These and the black and white are a great modelling resource. Lots of photos I've not seen before. My wife got it for me just before a Holiday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: This? https://www.booklaw.co.uk/pre-order-an-illustrated-appreciation-2-gresley-v2-s.html Also a deal on the five in the series. Although LNER people might not want a book on proper locos.... https://www.booklaw.co.uk/booklaw-publications/an-illustrated-appreciation-series/set-of-5-illustrated-appreciation-books-saving-37.95.html Jason Thanks Jason - Yes that's the one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 hours ago, davidw said: Tony, I saw a advert in a magazine with respect to an album of V2 photo's - are you aware of any? I ask because I can't find the magazine advert and google searches have yielded nothing. Thanks Good afternoon David, This is the latest I've seen. Published by BookLaw about four months ago. Regards, Tony. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 More work done on the A2................. Wiper pick-ups installed (I abhor the 'American' system, though others use it with success, I'm sure). How the pony arrangement as supplied was supposed to negotiate layout curves, I've no idea. I just use a section of suitable small-bore brass tube, soldered to a piece of .40 nickel silver wire, which acts as both a spring and a pivot. Time for some thorough layout testing..................... 12 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sanderson Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Tony Wright said: Some interesting books again this month................ This is (at least) the third book on Leader by the same author. I've actually assisted (in a small way) with this one. What's that saying again... Bulleid made 240 odd locos and one mistake! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Tony Wright said: More work done on the A2................. Wiper pick-ups installed (I abhor the 'American' system, though others use it with success, I'm sure). How the pony arrangement as supplied was supposed to negotiate layout curves, I've no idea. I just use a section of suitable small-bore brass tube, soldered to a piece of .40 nickel silver wire, which acts as both a spring and a pivot. Time for some thorough layout testing..................... The two slots in the upright part of that rear frame spacer make me wonder whether the DJH proposal for the rear truck was the same one that I found unworkable when I built my large-boiler GN Atlantic: No radial action at all, just translation, guaranteed to make flanges claw their way up the inside face of the outer rail when attempting to run backwards around a curve, notwithstanding the specified very thick springing wires, which just took too much weight off the driving wheels. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 27 minutes ago, gr.king said: The two slots in the upright part of that rear frame spacer make me wonder whether the DJH proposal for the rear truck was the same one that I found unworkable when I built my large-boiler GN Atlantic: No radial action at all, just translation, guaranteed to make flanges claw their way up the inside face of the outer rail when attempting to run backwards around a curve, notwithstanding the specified very thick springing wires, which just took too much weight off the driving wheels. The radial truck used in several of London Road Models loco kits is available as a separate item. If the cutouts in the A2 frames are the standard 6mm wide hornblock cut out, it could be fitted. More expensive than Tony's solution though ,at £5 for the etch and 2mm bearings. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 9 hours ago, Tony Wright said: Will have to have a good look at the West Wales book, it is likely to be the only railway book ever published with Clarbeston Road on its cover! Many an hour of my youth was spent on that Up platform (I still remember some of the graffiti in the waiting shelter, none by me I hasten to add) and managed a couple of visits to the signal box over the years as well. Like everywhere else, the greenery has grown a lot in the last 30 years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, gr.king said: The two slots in the upright part of that rear frame spacer make me wonder whether the DJH proposal for the rear truck was the same one that I found unworkable when I built my large-boiler GN Atlantic: No radial action at all, just translation, guaranteed to make flanges claw their way up the inside face of the outer rail when attempting to run backwards around a curve, notwithstanding the specified very thick springing wires, which just took too much weight off the driving wheels. I think it is the same or very similar, Graeme, I've just tested the A2 chassis round Little Bytham, backwards and forwards, through pointwork and crossings; and? Perfect running! Regards, Tony. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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