A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[Nick Gough]

13 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

 

Parachutes where used a lot from Fairey Battles...

 

... if they were lucky

There is a short article on the 'aircraft' Castles in the new Great Western Echo:

 

It ponders the question of why some poor and outdated designs were so honoured, whilst more successful, concurrent types (e.g. Stirling & Halifax) were not.

[toboldlygo]

3 hours ago, Nick Gough said:

There is a short article on the 'aircraft' Castles in the new Great Western Echo:

 

It ponders the question of why some poor and outdated designs were so honoured, whilst more successful, concurrent types (e.g. Stirling & Halifax) were not.

 

They were all involved in the early days of the war, when they helped thwart the invasion of the British Isles (apart the Channel Islands of course) by the Hun.

 

Stirling's didn't enter front-line service till 41.

[Mulgabill]

And there was me thinking it may have reflected the GWR directors

various other shareholdings!

 

TONY

[Waraqah]

7 hours ago, Nick Gough said:

There is a short article on the 'aircraft' Castles in the new Great Western Echo:

 

It ponders the question of why some poor and outdated designs were so honoured, whilst more successful, concurrent types (e.g. Stirling & Halifax) were not.

Possibly because Stirling and Halifax were served by rival companies...

[toboldlygo]

7 minutes ago, Waraqah said:

Possibly because Stirling and Halifax were served by rival companies...

 

Technically yes, but in actuality during the war no.  Aircraft were being built at whatever factory had capacity or hadn't been bombed.

 

The Stirling for example was being built at a total of 20 factories during the height of production (including Austin at Longbridge & Rootes at their 'Shadow' factory in Stoke on Trent).

 

It's the same for the Halifax (which was built at Fairey among others).

[88C]

When I was a lad I thought that Swordfish was named after something that swam in the sea.

[Oldddudders]

2 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

Technically yes, but in actuality during the war no. 

No, no, no. What he meant was Stirling was served by NB and Caledonian, and Halifax by L&Y!

[toboldlygo]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

No, no, no. What he meant was Stirling was served by NB and Caledonian, and Halifax by L&Y!

 

In Canada? 

[NHY 581]

On 08/05/2021 at 16:16, gwrrob said:

Hall class 5998 Trevor Hall and still in wartime black, does the honours on an up parcels service featuring the Hornby GBL. Now Hornby/ Bachmann et al  can we have a GWR vehicle to this standard please.

 

 

That's got 'weather me to within an inch of my life' written all over it.......

[gwrrob]

On 09/01/2021 at 11:40, gwrrob said:

 

Very much so and here she is awaiting Dave Frank's buffers. A little filling to be done but overall a very clean build indeed. I've also fitted cast coupling hooks and with use the blackened hoops from Smith's on these. The Climax fire pumps are from the Oxford Diecast range and will be tied in at the end of the build.

 

 

A few months back I completed the build and painting [Railmatch LMS enamel] of the Five79 kit of the LMS Long Low wagon. Here it is after transfers and weathering by @toboldlygoof this parish. The load will be fitted over the weekend.

 

[gwrrob]

Also finished is this SR built van painted in GW grey [Railmatch ] , transfers and weathering as before. This is the Dapol unpainted body married to the Peco/Parkside chassis inspired by a similar build by @46444.

 

[Dunsignalling]

On 13/05/2021 at 15:41, Mulgabill said:

And there was me thinking it may have reflected the GWR directors

various other shareholdings!

 

TONY

That makes two of us!

 

John

[Ian Hargrave]

On 12/05/2021 at 20:12, toboldlygo said:

 

Parachutes where used a lot from Fairey Battles...

 

... if they were lucky

 
Redeemed in later incarnation when one of Landore’s best Castles...complete with Mr.White’s  silvered buffers 

 

[gwrrob]

On 11/05/2021 at 18:44, gwrrob said:

 

Coming soon.....

 

A steed for the weekend's shoot in the shape of a pannier. A wartime, 1944 build and in GWR black 4679 was at Laira at this time. Thanks to @BenL for helping me narrow down a criteria choice for renumbering here. Another work of art in weathering from @toboldlygo More anon.

 

[46444]

19 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

A few months back I completed the build and painting [Railmatch LMS enamel] of the Five79 kit of the LMS Long Low wagon. Here it is after transfers and weathering by @toboldlygoof this parish. The load will be fitted over the weekend.

 

 

18 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Also finished is this SR built van painted in GW grey [Railmatch ] , transfers and weathering as before. This is the Dapol unpainted body married to the Peco/Parkside chassis inspired by a similar build by @46444.

 

 

Very nice work Robin on both builds. 

 

The Five79 Long Low adds a bit of variety at pocket money prices. 

 

The Dapol/Airfix wagon bodies do give a few nice options when mated with a suitable Parkside/Ratio chassis. 

 

Looks like a proper job shunting session is required using a nice new Paneer.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark 

[toboldlygo]

37 minutes ago, 46444 said:

Looks like a proper job shunting session is required using a nice new Paneer.

 

Paneer isn't that a Cheese  

[County of Yorkshire]

20 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Also finished is this SR built van painted in GW grey [Railmatch ] , transfers and weathering as before. This is the Dapol unpainted body married to the Peco/Parkside chassis inspired by a similar build by @46444.

 

 

Nice V35 Robin!

 

I am currently working on the same, but I can't decide the best way to join the Peco/Parkside chassis to the Dapol body. How did you go about it please? The wagon floor included in the chassis kit is too narrow to be affixed to the bottom of the van sides. 

 

Cheers.

 

CoY

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, County of Yorkshire said:

 

The wagon floor included in the chassis kit is too narrow to be affixed to the bottom of the van sides

 

Agreed but the length is fine and mine is a snug fit to the body ends. If it's too sloppy a sliver of plasticard fixed with Tamiya Extra Thin does the job.

[Dunsignalling]

So, is the bottom of the Dapol body open? The Airfix model from which it was presumably developed had an integral floor and a separate roof.

 

John 

[gwrrob]

39 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

So, is the bottom of the Dapol body open?

 

Yes, cheap and cheerful.

 

[gwrrob]

Climax fire pumps added to the long low wagon and tied down using 0.25 rigging rope and then given a wash.

 

[gwrrob]

Pannier tank 4679 seen taking a very mixed freight and heads west.

 

[Mulgabill]

I like the load Robin. Can you give make and source please.

 

Thats not to say I don't like the wagon, similar detail would be

useful.

 

All the best

TONY

[gwrrob]

7 minutes ago, Mulgabill said:

I like the load Robin. Can you give make and source please.

 

Thats not to say I don't like the wagon, similar detail would be

useful.

 

 

Here's the links to both items used Tony. I've also built the very similar LMS bolster wagon too.

 

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/search?q=coventry climax*

 

https://five79.co.uk/RC463/

[gwrrob]

A few more of 4679.