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

[gwrrob]

[gwrrob]

A final few for today.

 

[Gedward]

There's such harmony of colours and textures here.

[gwrrob]

Some afternoon delight featuring 4679 and some leftovers.

 

[Mick Bonwick]

4 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

and some leftovers.

 

 

 

Are you going to make a meal of it?

[gwrrob]

5 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Are you going to make a meal of it?

[gwrrob]

For completeness and comparison and some might say it's blatant pannier porn we see 9440 and 4679 together.

 

[A Murphy]

Phwoar.....

[toboldlygo]

29 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

For completeness and comparison and some might say it's blatant pannier porn we see 9440 and 4679 together.

 

 

All Pannier, lubed up buffer to buffer action, could get very steamy with lots of spurting ejectors....

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

For completeness and comparison and some might say it's blatant pannier porn we see 9440 and 4679 together.

 

A most commodious image.

 

Your Pannier Lounge clearly only accepts quality applicants.

 

[brushman47544]

16 hours ago, gwrrob said:

For completeness and comparison and some might say it's blatant pannier porn we see 9440 and 4679 together.

 

 

Big brother comes to the rescue!

[Oldddudders]

14 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Your Pannier Lounge clearly only accepts quality applicants.

As well as Panniers. 

[toboldlygo]

For those not into the Pannier Porn...

 

[gwrrob]

The P & D have a new engine on loan in the shape of prairie tank 5526. Seen here at Paignton awaiting taking the coal needed for the Dart steam paddle steamer, Kingswear Castle.

 

[Captain Kernow]

Lovely, a proper goods train!

 

[brushman47544]

7 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Lovely, a proper goods train!

 

 

It looks like some unusual extra accommodation has been provided for the guard.

[Dunsignalling]

1 hour ago, toboldlygo said:

For those not into the Pannier Porn...

 

Oo-er, Matron, hardcore....

[gwrrob]

On 14/11/2020 at 12:29, gwrrob said:

Back to my cheap and cheerful conversions and I purchased three old Airfix wagons off the bay of E. These are the old LMS 5 planks of which I discarded the chassis. I've replaced it with the 10' RCH/GWR version now sold under the Parkside/Peco branding. Upgraded detail includes Gibson wheels and Dave Franks buffers and coupling hooks. The latter do require a larger than normal hole to be drilled in the buffer beam. ideally done in stages and preferably whilst in the flat stage. I believe you can also use this chassis under the three plank too although these tend to go for more money and are not therefore a cheap conversion.

 

 

A revisit to these wagons and I've decided to paint them BR grey now complete with tarp but I'm struggling to source transfers. Did they have black panels on them and they were numbered in the 404*** series.

[Dunsignalling]

32 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

A revisit to these wagons and I've decided to paint them BR grey now complete with tarp but I'm struggling to source transfers. Did they have black panels on them and they were numbered in the 404*** series.

If they are D.1892 unfitted wagons, the number series was 404000 to 409779, and 409800 to 415299. Yes, THAT many! Black panels on BR grey ones, not on bauxite.

 

I've done a fitted one using the Parkside PA16 underframe with the characteristic LMS J-hanger suspension.

 

John

Edited May 20, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[gwrrob]

GWR 2-8-2 T 7220 heads eastbound with a freight comprising of some empty LMS double bolster wagons.

 

[gwrrob]

A few more of GWR class 72xx 7220 as she heads east.

 

[Mallard60022]

On 18/05/2021 at 16:02, Dunsignalling said:

Oo-er, Matron, hardcore....

Proper job engin that Castle be.

P

[gwrrob]

32 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

Proper job engin that Star be.

P

 

[Mallard60022]

14 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Blimey, I hadn't even noticed that as I forgot to enlarge the pic. Were they really that identical Rob? Still bleddy andsome.

[Dunsignalling]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

Blimey, I hadn't even noticed that as I forgot to enlarge the pic. Were they really that identical Rob? Still bleddy andsome.

Essentially, the Castle is a Star with a bigger boiler and a marginally more civilised cab.

 

John