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]

Chains with Hornby screw-links fitted to the deck of the warwell and dry-brushed with Lifecolor weathered black and frame dirt.

 

[teaky]

7 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Ian

 

It isn't a hat, but a CO2 concentration collection devise.

So, Santa is setting an example by going carbon neutral.  Excellent.

[teaky]

Duplicate post deleted.  Nothing to see here.  Move along.

Edited December 24, 2019 by teaky

[teaky]

I trust you've voted in the Quirky Poll, Robin.  I'm sure you've been waiting for ages to get a streamlined GWR castle. 

[gwrrob]

9 minutes ago, teaky said:

I trust you've voted in the Quirky Poll, Robin.  I'm sure you've been waiting for ages to get a streamlined GWR castle. 

 

Streamlined Lord Nelson actually.

[toboldlygo]

All this Militarily Stuff..

 

I'll leave this here

 

  

 

And a Happy Christmas from 'The Works'

[bgman]

Tanks very much ! 

[Trains&armour]

1 hour ago, toboldlygo said:

All this Militarily Stuff..

 

I'll leave this here

 

  

 

And a Happy Christmas from 'The Works'

Tamiya 1/48 M10 tank destroyer is my guess.

[toboldlygo]

25 minutes ago, Trains&armour said:

Tamiya 1/48 M10 tank destroyer is my guess.

 

British M10 IIC  

[81C]

On 23/12/2019 at 19:01, Ian Hargrave said:

Bless all and have a wonderful Noël .Look forward to more ANTB next year.Thank you Robin who keeps us all healthily sane.

 

A moment of self indulgence here. In Memoriam Keith Howard,my friend and fellow enthusiast whom those of you who made the trip to the W&GR in October of last year might just remember. Keith passed away this afternoon. God bless my son...

May his god be with him. 

[Trains&armour]

43 minutes ago, toboldlygo said:

 

British M10 IIC  

Same difference... At least at this stage!

[gwrrob]

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Thanks to the generosity of @BenL and the skill of @toboldlygo I now have another clerestory in wartime brown to mix my rakes up a bit with. Shapeway bogies again and fitted with Kadee No. 18s. Worsley Works do an etch for another diagram that fits this model too so watch this space.

 

Inspiration.https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrbsh2494.htm

 

 

[toboldlygo]

On 24/12/2019 at 21:16, Trains&armour said:

Same difference... At least at this stage!

 

Not now  

 

 

Edited December 27, 2019 by toboldlygo
to add a photo

[gwrrob]

Was that used at the battle of Stamford Bridge....

[Mallard60022]

On 24/12/2019 at 16:49, gwrrob said:

 

Streamlined Lord Nelson actually.

OI!

P

(P.S. There was an attempt at a very slight version of that>>>>>)

[Denbridge]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

OI!

P

(P.S. There was an attempt at a very slight version of that>>>>>)

Was There? I'm aware of the plywood streamlined schools, but a Nelson?

[5BarVT]

On 23/12/2019 at 21:58, St Enodoc said:

I spy a finial on the banner repeater signal. Is that normal or is it a preservation-era affectation?

Having been looking for something else, I stumbled upon a location with a (G)WR banner and then thought of other ways to determine an answer.  

The case for the prosecution(!) is as follows:

GWR 1936 General Appendix has colour drawings of signals. Semaphore and colour light running signals are shown with finials but banners are not.  Photographic evidence comes from Wolverhampton where there was a banner on the Up Main just prior to Wednesfield Road Bridge. It can be seen in a photo on disused stations taken outside North Box in 1967 (not conclusive on its own) and also in Rail Centres Wolverhampton (p104).  Therefore I am happy to state that a (G)WR banner would not have had a finial.

Case rests M’lud.

Paul.

[colin penfold]

Sorry all. I was a bit slow on the uptake. I have the book GW Signals by Vaughan (OPC) In it there is a photograph and an official drawing of a banner repeater which confirm the absence of a finial. The post supprts under the signal, not behind it so does not even extend to a height where a finial could be added

[5BarVT]

I could have looked there too.

Oops!

:-)

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, colin penfold said:

Sorry all. I was a bit slow on the uptake. I have the book GW Signals by Vaughan (OPC) In it there is a photograph and an official drawing of a banner repeater which confirm the absence of a finial. The post supprts under the signal, not behind it so does not even extend to a height where a finial could be added

 

1 hour ago, 5BarVT said:

I could have looked there too.

Oops!

:-)

So could I, but an official drawing and one photo are not conclusive evidence in all cases. That's my excuse for forgetting to look...

[gwrrob]

A heads up found via the Bargain Hunter's thread and as cheap as I've seen for them. https://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/rolling-stock-freight/Bachmann-37-095a-coal-trader-pack-7-plank-private-owner-wagons-weathered/

[gwrrob]

Seen before but nice to see again, Manor class 7804 Baydon Manor with the up stopping service. Dr Creasy's car is also present. Mike Roper is a hardy soul going around in a waistcoat in the bleak midwinter.

 

[KeithMacdonald]

12 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Dr Creasy's car is also present. Mike Roper is a hardy soul going around in a waistcoat in the bleak midwinter.

 

I trust that Dr Creasy is being a good country doctor, and making sure that his patients have their essentials. Does Dr Creasy have Burgh Island in his parish?  Like the good Dr. MacLaren on the little isle of Great Todday, making home visits to make sure his patients got their whisky and baccy, to help them through the bleak midwinter.

Edited December 29, 2019 by KeithMacdonald
fixed typo

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

Does Dr Creasy have Burgh Island in his parish?

In the waiting room in South Brent Health Centre, prior to the recent refurbishment a couple of years ago, there used to hang a large Ordnance Survey 2 1/2 inches to the mile map of the Brent area on the wall, nicely framed, with the surrounding district covered by the doctors and medical staff outlined in ink. Regrettably (or perhaps fortunately for the rest of us), they didn't cover Burgh Island!

 

[brianusa]

The Manor's funnel doesn't look right - or has this been mentioned many times before?

  Happy New Year.

         Brian.