RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Afternoon chaps, now don't judge me but thanks to a nudge from @BenL of this parish , a reasonably priced Ebay purchase and a top notch renumber/weathering job by @toboldlygo, we have some gesticulating valve gear for you to enjoy. A Swindon built LMS 8F getting ready for work. And don't mention the heavily modified Eastleigh Arthur front steps - oops 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, bgman said: Oh dear ! Seems there's a mix up at the workshop ! G is that smokebox door painted white in preparation for a Thomas and Friends weekend? Face to follow? Edited May 30, 2020 by brushman47544 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: is that smokebox door painted white in preparation for a Thomas and Friends weekend? Face to follow? NO ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2020 52 minutes ago, bgman said: NO ! Grumpy guts. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Grumpy guts. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 How absolutely lovely to see some gesticulating valve gear, Robin. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 Here we see Laira based LMS 8F 8434 on a down coal train. Most of the wagon stock is Bachmann with varying amounts of weathering to reflect their post-war rundown state. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 What a splendid looking, well proportioned, solid looking locomotives these 8Fs are. Of course not as splendid as a S&DJR 7F but a good start all the same. Well done. Rob. 1 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 Some will say I need an Austerity or ROD loco next too...…. 24 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2020 i'm pretty sure that both RODs and austerities were sheded at Laira, whether both at the same time, I couldn't tell you. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 33 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Some will say I need an Austerity or ROD loco next too...…. I don’t think there were any Rods who’s home shed was Laira, but ive certainly seen references to them on the line. 2-8-0 Austerities on the other hand were common place. I don’t know when Swindon modified them with fire iron tunnels and covered top feeds (but expect it was 48 or 49) so mine is currently wrong, one day I will back date it. The model was one of those mistakes, buying a cheap example from eBay before realising the detail variations in the model. I used wagon numbers from a HMRS sheet for the new numbers following the advice of Graham Muz (who has a blog post on it somewhere in time). And left the tender un branded. 77285 running through a very undeveloped Brent. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Some will say I need an Austerity or ROD loco next too...…. What you need next is an Austerity or ROD loco. Rob. 2 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: What you need next is an Austerity or ROD loco. Rob. Beat me to it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 And a 9F. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: And a 9F. Noooooooooooh 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 Ahem......Lovely photo.............but it rather appears that someone has an eye for a man in uniform............. 5 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Ahem......Lovely photo.............but it rather appears that someone has an eye for a man in uniform............. I thought you meant the porter. 3 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: i'm pretty sure that both RODs and austerities were sheded at Laira, whether both at the same time, I couldn't tell you. There's a photo of ROD 3005 on the west of England mainline in Somerset in the Norman Lockett book. The train looks a similar job to my 8F's. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, gwrrob said: There's a photo of ROD 3005 on the west of England mainline in Somerset in the Norman Lockett book. The train looks a similar job to my 8F's. My apologies Rob. That's Norman Lockhart. Rob. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: That's Norman Lockhart. He took some Viagra eye drops and became Norman Lookhard. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted May 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, gwrrob said: He took some Viagra eye drops and became Norman Lookhard. He drank it but it wasn’t the stiff drink he expected 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I noticed in the first two shots it seems as though your signal box roof has a slight curve Rob, maybe it could do with some of "that" unmentionable stuff to straighten it or maybe just a bit of glue ? G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, bgman said: I noticed in the first two shots it seems as though your signal box roof has a slight curve Rob, maybe it could do with some of "that" unmentionable stuff to straighten it or maybe just a bit of glue ? G Warping in the hot weather along with the station buildings. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 More shots now of the milk train featuring Hall class 5993 Kirby Hall and the popular K16 PBV. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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