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

[Captain Kernow]

16 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

you'll be more than happy to take the Grockles folding.

No, your contactless, please!

[Tim Dubya]

3 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

No, your contactless, please!

 

Very wise, I've been finding using contactless from 2 metres most enjoyable.

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

Grockles are wot we az in Devun, they az emmets over the water.

 

 

 

My late father was classed as a grockle even though he was born in Falmouth.

[Captain Kernow]

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[gwrrob]

Great to also hear that the Paignton & Dartmouth are reopening on the 6th July with measures in place including screens inside the carriages.

 

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

Great to also hear that the Paignton & Dartmouth are reopening on the 6th July with measures in place including screens inside the carriages.

 

Ah, an example of gen-u-ine GWR perspex!

 

[Captain Kernow]

17 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

If anyone is looking for photos of the new 61xx, Paul M-P has a review on his blog

https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/Hornby-61xx-r3723-review/

 

Looks a very nice model, and will certainly be tempting my aim to avoid more RTR purchases (or at the very least wait for a comparison between it and the Dapol one)

That's a very good review by Paul and very good of him to take the time and trouble.

 

But you know what, I look at this new loco and the following thoughts occur to me, which would then be followed by the inevitable and (for me) fairly predictable outcomes:

 

- That looks like a really nice loco

- I'd really like to own one of those

- Shall I?

- Shan't I?

- Oh, alright then, where's the number for KMRC or Hattons or Derails (or other, delete as appropriate)

- 'Hello, I'd like to order a new Hornby 61XX please. BR black livery. Many thanks'.

- Hurray, postie's coming up the driveway to Kernow Towers with a familiar-looking package

- Right, let's get this package disinfected

- Opening of box and looking at shiny, new loco

- 'That looks really lovely. What a brilliant model!'

- 'Let's give it a test run. Hmm, not too bad for out of the box, should improve with a bit of running in'.

- Loco gets put back in it's box and put away with the other dark blue and red boxes

- Several months later, whilst rummaging for something else - 'oh, there's that 61XX. Lovely model, shall I give it some running in on the circle of Lima track on the floor soon?'

- Several more months elapse. 'Hmm, why did I get that 61XX? It's lovely, but really not suitable for 'Bleakhouse Road' or 'Bethesda Sidings'. Shall I convert it to P4? Are the Comet 61XX chassis still available? How long's the waiting list for Ultrascale wheels? Ouch! That's a long time!'

- Loco gets put back with the other dark blue and red boxes and forgotten about for a few more months

- Finally, a few years after purchase, the loco details are added to the spreadsheet about to be sent to Hattons Secondhand Department, during another 'rigorous clearout' of dark blue and red boxes

- Package for Hattons despatched

- Hattons payment received. 'Hmm, that new 7mm Caledonian 4-4-0 looks rather nice!'

 

 

[St Enodoc]

13 hours ago, bgman said:

Just imaging picking up the telephone and asking for a one !

G, you've reminded me of the "contagious" joke, which I absolutely cannot repeat on here.

[Oldddudders]

4 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

Grockles are wot we az in Devun, they az emmets over the water.

 

 

Absolutely right. I think in Cornish, emmet is an ant, so the visitors are ants cascading over the border from Devon. 

[gwrrob]

2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

That's a very good review by Paul and very good of him to take the time and trouble.

 

But you know what, I look at this new loco and the following thoughts occur to me, which would then be followed by the inevitable and (for me) fairly predictable outcomes:

 

- That looks like a really nice loco

- I'd really like to own one of those

- Shall I?

- Shan't I?

- Oh, alright then, where's the number for KMRC or Hattons or Derails (or other, delete as appropriate)

- 'Hello, I'd like to order a new Hornby 61XX please. BR black livery. Many thanks'.

- Hurray, postie's coming up the driveway to Kernow Towers with a familiar-looking package

- Right, let's get this package disinfected

- Opening of box and looking at shiny, new loco

- 'That looks really lovely. What a brilliant model!'

- 'Let's give it a test run. Hmm, not too bad for out of the box, should improve with a bit of running in'.

- Loco gets put back in it's box and put away with the other dark blue and red boxes

- Several months later, whilst rummaging for something else - 'oh, there's that 61XX. Lovely model, shall I give it some running in on the circle of Lima track on the floor soon?'

- Several more months elapse. 'Hmm, why did I get that 61XX? It's lovely, but really not suitable for 'Bleakhouse Road' or 'Bethesda Sidings'. Shall I convert it to P4? Are the Comet 61XX chassis still available? How long's the waiting list for Ultrascale wheels? Ouch! That's a long time!'

- Loco gets put back with the other dark blue and red boxes and forgotten about for a few more months

- Finally, a few years after purchase, the loco details are added to the spreadsheet about to be sent to Hattons Secondhand Department, during another 'rigorous clearout' of dark blue and red boxes

- Package for Hattons despatched

- Hattons payment received. 'Hmm, that new 7mm Caledonian 4-4-0 looks rather nice!'

 

 

 

So are you confirming or denying a purchase of the said 61xx then Tim.

[2ManySpams]

14 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

So are you confirming or denying a purchase of the said 61xx then Tim.

 

I think he is, definitely, perhaps.

[Clearwater]

53 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

So are you confirming or denying a purchase of the said 61xx then Tim.

 

38 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

I think he is, definitely, perhaps.

maybe?

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

So are you confirming or denying a purchase of the said 61xx then Tim.

It is not possible at this time to issue or retract any kind of statement to the affirmative or negative, in support or not in support of any alleged or otherwise unalleged suggestion that any such locomotive may or may not be acquired or disposed of at any time in the past, present or tomorrow.

 

Kernow Towers Public Relations are not, however, in a position to issue any kind of similar statement or otherwise with regards to the R-R-R-R-Rapido 16XX.

 

[davknigh]

42 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

It is not possible at this time to issue or retract any kind of statement to the affirmative or negative, in support or not in support of any alleged or otherwise unalleged suggestion that any such locomotive may or may not be acquired or disposed of at any time in the past, present or tomorrow.

 

Kernow Towers Public Relations are not, however, in a position to issue any kind of similar statement or otherwise with regards to the R-R-R-R-Rapido 16XX.

 

And for those of us whose first language is English...?

 

Cheers,

 

David

[Captain Kernow]

9 minutes ago, davknigh said:

And for those of us whose first language is English...?

 

Cheers,

 

David

In a very rare example of clarity, a Kernow Towers spokesman issued the following statement:

 

The Hornby 61XX is a very nice-looking model but Kernow Towers Procurement Department has determined that the aesthetic and conceptual advantages of ownership would contradict the interplay of light and shade within the actuality of operational realisation, hence there can be no ambiguity intrinsic in the reductive quality of the resonance of gauge-conversion when juxtaposed with the unlikely likelihood of spatial diffidence, but only in quasi-eloquent terms.

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by Captain Kernow

[Stubby47]

Basically that's a 'No', probably because CTMK has put her foot down...

[Clive Mortimore]

38 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

In a very rare example of clarity, a Kernow Towers spokesman issued the following statement:

 

The Hornby 61XX is a very nice-looking model but Kernow Towers Procurement Department has determined that the aesthetic and conceptual advantages of ownership would contradict the interplay of light and shade within the actuality of operational realisation, hence there can be no ambiguity intrinsic in the reductive quality of the resonance of gauge-conversion when juxtaposed with the unlikely likelihood of spatial diffidence, but only in quasi-eloquent terms.

 

I wish I knew how to speak like a cornered politician.

[darren chpamn]

8 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Great to also hear that the Paignton & Dartmouth are reopening on the 6th July with measures in place including screens inside the carriages.

 

Very art deco  

[Oldddudders]

45 minutes ago, darren chpamn said:

Very art deco  

Paignton is simply full of it. 

[Siberian Snooper]

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

I wish I knew how to speak like a cornered politician.

 

He gets it from some arty farty website. You've obviously missed some of his other stuff.

 

 

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

2 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

He gets it from some arty farty website

But surely all life is Art, darling!

 

[Clive Mortimore]

3 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

He gets it from some arty farty website. You've obviously missed some of his other stuff.

 

 

 

 

I have been bemused by it.

[Captain Kernow]

6 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

I have been bemused by it.

Well, that's better than being irritated or extremely annoyed by it, I suppose!

 

[St Enodoc]

5 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

I have been bemused by it.

Haven't we all.

[45568]

Something that may interest ANTBers..I recently acquired this from OzEbay for a modest sum.

I suspected it was a Slaters toplight kit which I thought may find a home in the UK via UK Ebay with a drink in it for me!

 When it arrived I identified it as an E88 toplight composite. Mr Longworth's tome informed that these lasted until 1957-8, and looking at the model, parts were quite well put together, but the paint job was fairly poorly done and rough. With a little persuasion I managed to separate the roof and sides from the underframe, and cleaned the sides in caustic soda to remove paint. The interior was also repainted.

 I resprayed the sides using Tamiya TS46 light sand and Mr Color 81 Russet  spray cans for cream/crimson respectively.

The sides were reglazed, and transfers for numbers and class designation/window markers added from Modelmaster transfers. Corridor handrails were added from styrene rod.

Finally, the sides were reattached to the spruced up underframe, and eventually, after some coaxing and profanity, the roof refitted reasonably well.

All in all, an interesting diversion..I realise that the toplights would probably have been sheeted over by the 1950s, W7754W was the last in service.

The bogies may also be wrong, they certainly needed a fair amount of material removing from the underframe to allow free running and curves to be taken. The whole took me much longer than anticipated, but the result is a different vehicle for my WR excursion rake.

I have never tackled an unbuilt Slaters Toplight kit. Certainly the details on this model were comprehensive, I imagine they were quite a challenging kit, the mouldings appear top quality, perhaps they will be reintroduced?

cheers from Oz,

Peter C.