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

[Neal Ball]

7 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Whilst searching for something else I stumbled across an old pair of B set coaches built years ago from Comet kits. These are the diagram E129 and I used them on my BLT long before Brent was considered. 8750 pannier tank 4679 does the honours. The coaches were also painted by myself and are cruel in close up but not too bad to a blind man on a galloping horse.

 

Great carriages, I don’t see what the issue is @gwrrob

 

this might help @Clearwater

 

[Neal Ball]

Nice loco btw!

[Clearwater]

10 minutes ago, Neal Ball said:

Great carriages, I don’t see what the issue is @gwrrob

 

this might help @Clearwater

 

Thanks Neal!  No idea why it went upside down.  Came out right way up in the other places I’ve posted.  I’ll claim it was that way up to help out our Australian correspondents!

[Ramblin Rich]

1 hour ago, Clearwater said:

A great day out.  Some, ahem, spirited running from Swindon to Didcot if my gps Speedo is to be believed.  Though no @The Stationmasteron the footplate alas.

 

You have Speedos with GPS fitted?

[Nick Gough]

38 minutes ago, Clearwater said:

Thanks Neal!  No idea why it went upside down.  Came out right way up in the other places I’ve posted.  I’ll claim it was that way up to help out our Australian correspondents!

 

I thought it was Pendennis Castle before it returned to Didcot.

[Dunsignalling]

1 hour ago, Ramblin Rich said:

You have Speedos with GPS fitted?

Budgie Trackers? 

[Coach bogie]

A Saint departs wrong line with a Cardiff - Newcastle train comprised of LNER stock....well it could be?

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

[gwrrob]

16 hours ago, checkrail said:

Not seen those on this thread for years.  Nice build and paint job.  And a refreshing change from the ubiquitous Airfix/Hornby 60 foot bow enders.  So let's see them again from time to time.

 

Thanks for everyone's support and due to popular demand more photos of them will now be taken.

 

[The Stationmaster]

19 hours ago, Clearwater said:

Thanks Neal!  No idea why it went upside down.  Came out right way up in the other places I’ve posted.  I’ll claim it was that way up to help out our Australian correspondents!

Odd to remark but my last trip on the footplate of 7029 was when we ran back light engine from Swindon to Didcot after working some Gloucester - Swindon specials (seen in my avatar picture for thse with a magnifying glass).  Idiot Fireman kept on chucking coal on - presumably because he wasn't paying for it and he was still shovelling some on as we passed Steventon - and he didn't have to drop the fire did he - guess who did.

[2ManySpams]

4 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Thanks for everyone's support and due to popular demand more photos of them will now be taken.

 

Nice barrels.

[2ManySpams]

This weekend, after doing bodgery with lectrics, I has mostly been gardening:

 

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

32 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

This weekend, after doing bodgery with lectrics, I has mostly been gardening:

 

 

 

 

 

I thought model buses were meant to go on bridges.

[The Stationmaster]

1 minute ago, gwrrob said:

 

I thought model buses were meant to go on bridges.

From what I've read in various other threads it seems that the modern fashion is to havea bus underneath the layout but that is some sort DCC thingy apparently  

[2ManySpams]

29 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

I thought model buses were meant to go on bridges.

 

Behind a hedge is the next best thing.

[2ManySpams]

My friend popped over to look at Polsarrett...

 

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

The devil's pannier. How did your friend get on fitting the Railtec products.

[2ManySpams]

57 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

The devil's pannier. How did your friend get on fitting the Railtec products.

 

Said they went on really well. Was particularly impressed with the plate for 4569 with the lining.

[Mallard60022]

2 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

This weekend, after doing bodgery with lectrics, I has mostly been gardening:

 

 

 

 

That bus has no road wheels; good use of it though.

[5BarVT]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

That bus has no road wheels; good use of it though.

Does it have rail wheels then?

 

Paul.

(I’ll let myself out.)

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Is this a cute pannier tank?

 

 

Phil the Duck's joke not mine.

[2ManySpams]

45 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Is this a cute pannier tank?

 

 

Phil the Duck's joke not mine.

 

Let me know when I can stop laughing... 

[brianusa]

Everybody loves donkeys!

  Brian.

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, brianusa said:

Everybody loves donkeys!

  Brian.

Hi Brian

 

Next door have two, so I am not to sure about everyone.

[Mallard60022]

Is this them Clive?

Edited September 27, 2021 by Mallard60022

[M.I.B]

On 21/09/2021 at 22:56, Jack P said:

Hello chaps, apologies for the intrusion. 

I picked these up recently, and wanted to know if one of you could advise the appropriate livery for 1947 condition (if they were still around then!)

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

Sorry to be late in reply, but been otherwise engaged...

 

As said you have a few options:

 

All over brown

"jaded" chocolate and cream

"Austerity" brown is also plausible, however also doubtful.

 

and even Lake - but only on a summer season "special" or holiday relief: not for branch line regular traffic.    There have been a few mentions of lake stock in the late 40s on this site, and M.I.B Snr remembers clearly seeing Lake stock moving into and out of Swindon carriage sidings, reserved for use at extremely busy times.

 

I agree with previous posters too - footboards removed, lots of over plating.    Certainly realistic to see these vehicles around in some scenarios, but you'll need to do some modelling and adapting.

 

I have one or two in each of those each colour schemes for just such summer mainline workings in the 1947 period.

 

Edited September 27, 2021 by M.I.B