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Captain Kernow

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I'll just pop this here, as you all seem rather enamoured of GWR locomotive engines...

 

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Looks good, doesn't it? 

 

Image appropriated from the National Preservation website, as I don't do facebook any more

Now that's got a Malcolm Finney etched Perseverance compensated chassis sprung with Continuous Digital Beams.

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Clive Mortimore

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I'll just pop this here, as you all seem rather enamoured of GWR locomotive engines...

 

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Looks good, doesn't it? 

 

Image appropriated from the National Preservation website, as I don't do facebook any more

What have they done to that Hall?

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Captain Kernow

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What have they done to that Hall?

It's a bit of a cut & shut job, Clive, but I think that the whitemetal chimney could be replaced by something turned on a lathe. You can also see the pick-ups if you look closely and they've weathered it a bit too much, for a loco in the prime of GWR service.

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Clive Mortimore

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It's a bit of a cut & shut job, Clive, but I think that the whitemetal chimney could be replaced by something turned on a lathe. You can also see the pick-ups if you look closely and they've weathered it a bit too much, for a loco in the prime of GWR service.

Hi Tim

 

A bit like modellers use to do to the Tri-ang Hall. New plastic card cab, or a Airfix City cab, bigger Romfords and a few other nips and tucks and you had a Saint. A little bit more work and you could have a Star. If you felt adventurous even a Grange. The very brave would whip off the valve gear and cylinders from a 8F and bung on a Hall body to make a 28xx.  Nowadays it is make sure you tick the right box on the wish list and wait for it to come top of the list.  

 

There was a person suggesting Hornby should make a Saint class loco on the Modern Hornby wish list thread, and I got told off for asking for some green diesels including the WR 151xx 350 hp 0-6-0 locos.

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Captain Kernow

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Hi Tim

 

A bit like modellers use to do to the Tri-ang Hall. New plastic card cab, or a Airfix City cab, bigger Romfords and a few other nips and tucks and you had a Saint. A little bit more work and you could have a Star. If you felt adventurous even a Grange. The very brave would whip off the valve gear and cylinders from a 8F and bung on a Hall body to make a 28xx.  Nowadays it is make sure you tick the right box on the wish list and wait for it to come top of the list.  

 

There was a person suggesting Hornby should make a Saint class loco on the Modern Hornby wish list thread, and I got told off for asking for some green diesels including the WR 151xx 350 hp 0-6-0 locos.

You could make a Black 5 from an Airfix mineral wagon if you were clever enough.
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Hi Tim

 

A bit like modellers use to do to the Tri-ang Hall. New plastic card cab, or a Airfix City cab, bigger Romfords and a few other nips and tucks and you had a Saint. A little bit more work and you could have a Star. If you felt adventurous even a Grange. The very brave would whip off the valve gear and cylinders from a 8F and bung on a Hall body to make a 28xx.  Nowadays it is make sure you tick the right box on the wish list and wait for it to come top of the list.  

 

There was a person suggesting Hornby should make a Saint class loco on the Modern Hornby wish list thread, and I got told off for asking for some green diesels including the WR 151xx 350 hp 0-6-0 locos.

 

I miss those days.  With the tiny, low contrast black and white photographs in the Railway Toddler, as long as it had the right number of wheels, we were golden.

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I miss those days.  With the tiny, low contrast black and white photographs in the Railway Toddler, as long as it had the right number of wheels, we were golden.

I agree.

 

I remeber converting my triang Princess to a streamlined Merchant Navy, with a cardboard airsmoothed casing. That had the right number of

wheels.  Happy days!

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 There was a person suggesting Hornby should make a Saint class loco on the Modern Hornby wish list thread, and I got told off for asking for some green diesels including the WR 151xx 350 hp 0-6-0 locos.

And when I posted my interpretation of the OP’s intentions, noting it was strictly D&E prototypes on his list, some #$&* starts talking about Midland Spinners!

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gwrrob

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Exactly.  Because if you've seen one, you've Seenem Hall

 

Don't be shy DRG , if you want a photo shoot you only after ask. Kirby, Trevor or Marrington ?  ;)

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Clive Mortimore

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And when I posted my interpretation of the OP’s intentions, noting it was strictly D&E prototypes on his list, some #$&* starts talking about Midland Spinners!

Some were based in Bristol so quite close to Devon so why not, they were beautiful engines.

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I'll just pop this here, as you all seem rather enamoured of GWR locomotive engines...

 

attachicon.gifupload_2018-9-19_10-57-48.png

 

Looks good, doesn't it? 

 

Image appropriated from the National Preservation website, as I don't do facebook any more

 

Saintly!!! (someone had to say it), I would have preferred it with the curved drop ends, but it's a Saint and it is good to see.

 

Glenn with his 'Churchward Appreciation Society' hat on

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M.I.B

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Please bring back the long lost Halls:

 

Chough Hall

Fark Hall

Burgher Hall

Knaff Hall

Sword Hall

 

victims of the cutter's axe....................

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