Nick Gough Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Lovely jubbly! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: So why not a reliant Robin ?? Or the (USS) Reliant... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 7 hours ago, gwrrob said: Here's three here with the LMS van in the middle. This has used the Dapol unpainted body married to the Parkside PA16 kit chassis [LMS J hangers] with vents and buffers from Dave Franks. The Dapol van looks good. I might try that myself. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: The Dapol van looks good. I might try that myself. The Dapol wagon body code is BO19. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 In some quarters I was criticised for saying the recent Hornby prairie looked plasticky and was lightweight , leading me to be disappointed with Hornby. Today @AY Mod has posted a photo of the new Bachmann 1P in LMS livery. What a contrast indeed. Not in the market for one but what a beautiful model indeed. I hope they sell by the bucket load. 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, gwrrob said: In some quarters I was criticised for saying the recent Hornby prairie looked plasticky and was lightweight , leading me to be disappointed with Hornby. Today @AY Mod has posted a photo of the new Bachmann 1P in LMS livery. What a contrast indeed. Not in the market for one but what a beautiful model indeed. I hope they sell by the bucket load. Nice trees.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, gwrrob said: In some quarters I was criticised for saying the recent Hornby prairie looked plasticky and was lightweight , leading me to be disappointed with Hornby. Today @AY Mod has posted a photo of the new Bachmann 1P in LMS livery. What a contrast indeed. Not in the market for one but what a beautiful model indeed. I hope they sell by the bucket load. Worth a second look this.Droolworthy even though it did not inhabit the South Hams. Agree with your H’s Big Prairie assessment. Not as good as it could and should have been. Yes I know the 1P is more expensive but it’ll turn more heads. Actually I’m wrong.It weighs in at the same price point I discover Edited October 12, 2020 by Ian Hargrave Additional information 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said: Yes I know the 1P is more expensive but it’ll turn more heads. I know the price of everything but the value of nothing. I've just heard the Dapol mogul is on the high seas and will be with retailers by mid November. 3 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 33 minutes ago, gwrrob said: I know the price of everything but the value of nothing. I've just heard the Dapol mogul is on the high seas and will be with retailers by mid November. Looking forward to this. I’m opting for the GWR with BR smokebox number plate which sparks a clear memory flash of a run some 70 years ago from Neath to Aberdare HL and walking past the loco,noting PPL RD painted on the front of the running plate .It was of course a Mogul . The Vale of Neath sadly was not the high seas but in those days it was a great day out eagerly looked forward to and enjoyed. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: In some quarters I was criticised for saying the recent Hornby prairie looked plasticky and was lightweight , leading me to be disappointed with Hornby. Today @AY Mod has posted a photo of the new Bachmann 1P in LMS livery. What a contrast indeed. Not in the market for one but what a beautiful model indeed. I hope they sell by the bucket load. Hi Robin Not one that took a wrong turning off the S&DJR and got lost in Devon? 2 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Robin Not one that took a wrong turning off the S&DJR and got lost in Devon? You know Robin wants one - he just needs photographic evidence 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 More chance of @Captain Kernow getting one for his Bethesda Sidings. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 13 hours ago, gwrrob said: More chance of @Captain Kernow getting one for his Bethesda Sidings. Well, now, there's the dilemma. Midland locos did work to Bethesda Sidings, from the Central Wales end, via Gunstone Junction, but in my era, the link was scarcely used and motive power would in any case be more likely to be a 3F or a 4F from one of the Swansea sheds. On the other hand, I have to ask the question as to whether I really need any more locos for Bleakhouse Road? One scheme that might work, though, would be to convert one and run in on Callow Lane, in company with the 1F 0-6-0T that I'm hoping to convert soon. Perhaps Brassmasters will do an 'EasyChas' for the 0-4-4T? You really are the most thought-provoking fellow, Robin. 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: You really are the most thought-provoking fellow, Robin. I'm also excellent at spending other peoples hard earned folding. 1 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, gwrrob said: I'm also excellent at spending other peoples hard earned folding. In the current situation, everyone's folding is stuck together through lack of use, while our credit and debit cards would, if the old fashioned manual machines were still in use, have the numbers rubbed away! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 Having problems trying to get some plates for my wartime black pannier from a well known company I will not name. Who said a pannier never offends. Photo courtesy @toboldlygo 1 1 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Don't you know there's a war on? You can't get the castings, it's all gone to the Spitfire fund! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Nick Gough said: Don't you know there's a war on? You can't get the castings, it's all gone to the Spitfire fund! The brass has gone into making shell casings And don't mention the Polish town that got shook, while the armed forces attempting defuse a Tallboy - it went off https://youtu.be/yjtW3rdy4Uc 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 27 minutes ago, Nick Gough said: You can't get the castings, it's all gone to the Spitfire fund! Any excuse for a request eh Nick. 15 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2020 Interesting to see that Rail's have slashed over 20 sheets off the Hornby GWR prairie already. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/37517/Hornby-r3719-oo-gauge-class-5101-large-prairie-gwr-green-2-6-2-tank-locomotive-no-4154 2 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2020 10 hours ago, gwrrob said: Interesting to see that Rail's have slashed over 20 sheets off the Hornby GWR prairie already. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/37517/Hornby-r3719-oo-gauge-class-5101-large-prairie-gwr-green-2-6-2-tank-locomotive-no-4154 I thought Rails had stopped selling Hornby? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2020 7 hours ago, St Enodoc said: I thought Rails had stopped selling Hornby? The prairie was released before they fell out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted October 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, gwrrob said: The prairie was released before they fell out. Well that’s correct in part. Oddly enough,the last Prairie to be released,the BR l/c R 3725 appeared well after the announcement of the divorce. All gone now btw. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted October 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2020 It's been rather quiet on here photo wise and is something I will address with something new to shew next weekend. In the meantime , talking Hornby models, I've found a Star class from the archive in the shape of 4019 Knight Templar. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: I've found a Star class from the archive in the shape of 4019 Knight Templar. Yep, does it for me, thanks Rob. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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