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

[KNP]

Great looking loco, pity it's outside of my era.....can't stretch rule 1 that far!!!

[The Fatadder]

4 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Robin,

 

Just a quickie, as you are more likely to have this information to hand than I, if I may, can you recall when the London-end overbridge was rebuilt into it's present, girder form, please?

 

Thanks.

 

I think it was late 48/49, there are photos of the new bridge being installed.  Unfortunately there are very few photos of the original, I think I’ve found two or three.  Probably the structure I most dread having to build.  (Though I do have. Plan for a temporary stop gap solution using some off the shelf laser cut arch trusses.)  the real

the real thing was made with open trusses, so I think etching is the only way to get it right.

 

[toboldlygo]

3 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Superb drainpipe.

 

I thought the moss was better 

[gwrrob]

3 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Superb drainpipe.

 

There's a better one on the other side chum.

 

[Captain Kernow]

3 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Superb drainpipe.

Wash your mouth out with soap and vinegar.

 

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

Unfortunately there are very few photos of the original, I think I’ve found two or three

Presumably you know about this one taken in the 1920s, Rich?

 

[The Fatadder]

12 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Presumably you know about this one taken in the 1920s, Rich?

 

No that’s the first I’ve seen of it I think 

very useful thanks as it’s a slightly better angle than the others I’ve seen 

[gwrrob]

8 minutes ago, The Fatadder said:

No that’s the first I’ve seen of it I think 

very useful thanks as it’s a slightly better angle than the others I’ve seen 

 

Me too and by tweaking the light we can see some Pear's Soap and others enamel signs on the wall and another signal.

 

[The Fatadder]

I hadn’t noticed the signs, definitely a detail I will add.  The signal on the other hand was removed when it was resignaled after they changed the siding into the down loop and added the link between the loop and the Kingsbridge branch.

[2ManySpams]

12 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Presumably you know about this one taken in the 1920s, Rich?

 

 

Look at the truss on that. Very nice.

[2ManySpams]

13 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

There's a better one on the other side chum.

 

 

Excellent, probably the best photo in recent days. Can't quite put my finger on why...

[gwrrob]

8 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

 Can't quite put my finger on why...

 

Probably the same reason you didn't like the Mogul shots....

[2ManySpams]

4 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Probably the same reason you didn't like the Mogul shots....

 

Ah, the ones with the lovely trees in.

[Oldddudders]

30 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Look at the truss on that. Very nice.

"Will you walk this way?"

 

"If I walked that way I'd need a truss!"

[Mick Bonwick]

14 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

"Will you walk this way?"

 

"If I walked that way I'd need a truss!"

 

Trust you to think of that.

[St Enodoc]

24 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Trust Truss you to think of that.

Edited.

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Ah, the ones with the lovely trees in.

You really do just spout a load of old Horrocksford, don't you!

 

[KNP]

53 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

"Will you walk this way?"

 

"If I walked that way I'd need a truss!"

 

In this current climate we need all the support we can get.....!

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Ah, the ones with the lovely trees in.

 

Try these ones then.

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

Edited.

 

I think you missed the point. You were supposed to read it and realise.

[Limpley Stoker]

That’s very hedgy.   And that engin is , lark, well massiv !

[bgman]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

Try these ones then.

 

With all those lovely trees Spammerz needs to give a bit of Gibbon take !

[gwrrob]

 

21 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 I've just had an email from Model Rail asking if I still want their 16xx I ordered.

 

Courtesy of Model Rail and Chris Nevard here's one of the late crest versions in the flesh. Apparently the extra lamp irons are separate for modellers to fit as their position varied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Limpley Stoker]

That looks so well detailed   It’s a pity the internal valve gear won’t gesticulate. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Courtesy of Model Rail and Chris Nevard here's one of the late crest versions in the flesh. Apparently the extra lamp irons are separate for modellers to fit as their position varied.

 

So is this one of the production ones, Robin, as far as you know, ie. one of the main batch that have had such a carefully monitored sea trip recently?