RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: I'm not one to blow smoke up the backside of @Captain Kernow but this month's BRM is rather splendid indeed. Including articles from NHY581 and queensquare as well, so a bumper issue all round. 2 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 Grange class 6822 Manton Grange heads west on a mixed freight train. 28 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Grange class 6822 Manton Grange heads west on a mixed freight train. Bandits, Twelve O'clock high... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2021 Hall class 5998 Trevor Hall is still in wartime black livery as she heads west with a freight running under C lamps. The second van behind the tender is a Bachmann LMS type weathered using techniques gleaned from watching @Mick Bonwick videos. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 Lovely stuff as always, Robin. I do like a Hall loco! Well, any GWR 4-6-0 tender locomotive really! Kind regards, Nick. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2021 Some afternoon delight featuring more of 5998. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2021 Do like a black G crest W Hall 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted April 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Some afternoon delight featuring more of 5998. Hi Rob I am going to have to report you to the wagon police. What is your crime? You may well ask. It is the Bachmann LMS van and it missing foot in height. It is far too squat and looks nothing like a LMS van with wriggly tin ends. 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: I am going to have to report you to the wagon police. What is your crime? You may well ask. It is the Bachmann LMS van and it missing foot in height. It is far too squat and looks nothing like a LMS van with wriggly tin ends. Had no idea Clive, I assume this wagon dates back to the Mainline range days and reissued by Bachmann. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted April 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Rob I am going to have to report you to the wagon police. What is your crime? You may well ask. It is the Bachmann LMS van and it missing foot in height. It is far too squat and looks nothing like a LMS van with wriggly tin ends. It probably shrank in the wash, cheap Asian imports! 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: You may well ask. It is the Bachmann LMS van and it missing foot in height. It is far too squat and looks nothing like a LMS van with wriggly tin ends. Well, well - we live and learn. Knew their LMS cattle wagon was wrong but assumed that a bog standard van would be more or less dimensionally accurate. But I've just put mine next to my two kit-built variants and see what you mean. It makes the Mainline/Bachmann one look a bit 'H0'. Or did different LMS van diagrams have differing heights? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Freeman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Pretty sure it was based on a Midland design, though they may have taken liberties. Tbe Midand original was lower, I will look in the books tomorrow for more info. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted April 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Stephen Freeman said: Pretty sure it was based on a Midland design, though they may have taken liberties. Tbe Midand original was lower, I will look in the books tomorrow for more info. Wriggly tin ends were an LMS design feature and were only fitted to their standard vans, taller than the Bachy LMS van. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Freeman Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) True but I bet there will be an obscure prototype somewhere. In fact it didn't take more than a few clicks to find a photo of a possible prototype on the web at Didcot. Edited April 21, 2021 by Stephen Freeman 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 More midweek afternoon delight. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Accurascale have posted a rather nice but short Manor video online. Edited April 22, 2021 by gwrrob typo 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 hours ago, gwrrob said: Accurascale have posted a rather nice but short Manor video online. That really looks good. Just think what they could do with an 8750 pannier. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 48 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: That really looks good. Just think what they could do with an 8750 pannier. Or a J69.........or even...........a...ahem....cough !.....14xx.... 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted April 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Accurascale have posted a rather nice but short Manor video online. That looks like a proper job 78xx... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Heads up - Hornby Collett subs, at what is frankly a "silly cheap" price by modern standards over at Kernow: https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/c/614/OO-Gauge/5 I have all I need (I think) but I wonder if they could be adapted into other diagrams using brass sides? I will consult my Longworth book of GWR coaching stock... CoY 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, County of Yorkshire said: I have all I need (I think) but I wonder if they could be adapted into other diagrams using brass sides? I will consult my Longworth book of GWR coaching stock... CoY Looks like the only other possible diagrams could be: D101 Brake Third (Hornby D98 as donor) - same length and bogies, but 5 compartments instead of 6. Phoenix did the kit, and according to Miss Prism's website, Worsley Works are to do so but they are "not yet available". E124/125 Composite (Hornby E131 as donor) - same length, but 9ft bogies, which look to be the only visible cosmetic change. E129 Brake Composite (E131 as donor) - same length, but 9ft bogies. 6 third class compartments and 1 first, small brake area. Comet do the sides. E134 Composite (E131 as donor) - same length, same 7ft bogies, 4 third class compartments and 5 first (compared with 5 third and 4 first in E131). Phoenix did the sides. E135 Brake Composite (E131 as donor) - same length and bogies. 5 third class compartments and 1 first, medium sized brake area. Only four ever built and so no suprise that no-one does the sides. There is no suitable full third coach conversion option given different underframe lengths. Seems to be more options then I first thought. Anyway, hope this is of use to someone! CoY 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted April 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: Or a J69.........or even...........a...ahem....cough !.....14xx.... Or a 16xx 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: That really looks good. Just think what they could do with an 8750 pannier. One for the rivet counters. Thanks to @brianusa 11 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: One for the rivet counters. Thanks to @brianusa What else have you made during lockdown mate ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, County of Yorkshire said: Looks like the only other possible diagrams could be: D101 Brake Third (Hornby D98 as donor) - same length and bogies, but 5 compartments instead of 6. Phoenix did the kit, and according to Miss Prism's website, Worsley Works are to do so but they are "not yet available". E124/125 Composite (Hornby E131 as donor) - same length, but 9ft bogies, which look to be the only visible cosmetic change. E129 Brake Composite (E131 as donor) - same length, but 9ft bogies. 6 third class compartments and 1 first, small brake area. Comet do the sides. E134 Composite (E131 as donor) - same length, same 7ft bogies, 4 third class compartments and 5 first (compared with 5 third and 4 first in E131). Phoenix did the sides. E135 Brake Composite (E131 as donor) - same length and bogies. 5 third class compartments and 1 first, medium sized brake area. Only four ever built and so no suprise that no-one does the sides. There is no suitable full third coach conversion option given different underframe lengths. Seems to be more options then I first thought. Anyway, hope this is of use to someone! CoY Some interesting options there, I find myself with a few spare Hornby coaches (else I’d be mighty tempted at that price.) given a comet chassis, bogies, castings, and roof plus wheels wouldn’t leave much change from the purchase of the coach. A brass shell with the Hornby roof on the Hornby chassis (as per my Comet/Mainline A22).... I think once the sides are available I may have to have a go at the d101. One of the brake composites would also be interesting, but I don’t have much call for them (as they were typically in the Plymouth portions of trains which I tend to omit or came off prior to Brent. that said, I want a dreadnaught brake third next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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