Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00

[St Enodoc]

https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=749

 

A replacement for my Bachmann 7816 is on the cards.

 

Edit: With thanks to gwrrob of this parish for the heads-up.

Edited March 3, 2020 by St Enodoc

[St Enodoc]

On 01/03/2020 at 18:11, St Enodoc said:

Off to Melbourne tomorrow for just one night, as on Tuesday the LMRSE&DSAB reconvenes with the arrival of Mr & Mrs Barry O from New Zealand for a few nights before they head back north and home. As you might expect, Tuesday's weather forecast is for rain...

Baz and H duly arrived from Wellington earlier. From landing to appearing through Customs took them as long as my flight home from Melbourne.

 

Oh, and it is raining...

[Barry O]

It must be Oz. We have had very little rain in NZ..the only bit we had was caused by some other Unight friends arriving in NZ.

 

As St Endoc said we landed late then the baggage handlers took over an hour to get the bags to the carousel. Immigration and customs were a breeze.

 

Rain will stop soon!!

 

Baz

 

[LNER4479]

Well don't bring it back here with you - you've missed Blighty's wettest February on record

[Barry O]

When it rains here..oh boy does it rain! Remember these guys have had no rain for yonks. All the grass has gone back to green

 

The Kiwis in North Island need rain...none fell while I was there...so it may be another visitor...

 

Baz

 

[Michael Edge]

Bit of a change from your last visit to NZ......

[St Enodoc]

A very happy St Piran's Day to one and all.

 

 

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Edited March 5, 2020 by St Enodoc

[Chamby]

18 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

A very happy St Piran's Day to one and all.

 

 

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Celebrated today with the announcement by Cornwall Council of the first confirmed case of Covid-19 west of the Tamar...

[Stubby47]

...and the closure of Flybe. 

[St Enodoc]

Yesterday Baz visited Jesse and his Brighton Junction layout, while Veronica and Mrs Barry O did the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb.

 

It rained.

 

Later in the evening we all went out for a very excellent dinner to mark the end of this LMRSE&DSAB session.

 

It rained.

 

When we got home last month's roof leak was back, although not so bad as then.

 

It rained for most of the night.

 

Today Baz and H left for home.

 

It stopped raining.

[RodneyV]

I think we should encourage Barry O to holiday in the more parched parts of Australia.

 

 

[Barry O]

No problem Rodney but someone will have to contribute to the trip...

Baz

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Australian Government.................... Drought relief.

 

manna

[SJR]

20 hours ago, RodneyV said:

I think we should encourage Barry O to holiday in the more parched parts of Australia.

 

 

And New Zealand ...

[Bogie]

I have never met Barry O.

 

I have rainwater tanks on my property that are now full (20,000 litres and no I cannot do the conversion) plus my layout is fully ballasted.

 

Before committing to any cost to bring him back to Australia I need to know if there is something else he can do besides bring rain and ballast.

[Clive Mortimore]

53 minutes ago, Bogie said:

I have never met Barry O.

 

I have rainwater tanks on my property that are now full (20,000 litres and no I cannot do the conversion) plus my layout is fully ballasted.

 

Before committing to any cost to bring him back to Australia I need to know if there is something else he can do besides bring rain and ballast.

Hi Bogie

 

We have been wondering that here in the UK for a very long time.

[Oldddudders]

Of course Barry O brings rain - he offers a weathering service, doesn't he?

[St Enodoc]

An excellent weekend at the Forestville show. I divided my time between Charles' Uley Junction layout, which ran very well as always, and the BRMA demo stand, where I managed to build three points for the future Polperran fiddle yard. That might not sound like much of an achievement in eight hours of modelling but I deliberately built each one individually from the template up, rather than my usual way of pre-preparing batches of timbers, crossings and switches. Naturally, some of the time went in being pleasantly interrupted for a yarn by old friends, some of whom I hadn't seen since last year's show. I also spent a good deal of time explaining what I was doing to young and old - the youngest being some children of primary school age who were quite fascinated by the process of soldering, which I showed them on some scrap rail and copperclad.

 

I was joined at various times at the demo table by Graeme from Queensland, who was detailing and titivating some Slaters and Dapol 0 gauge wagons, and Jesse, who was applying transfers yesterday and building a D&S etched wagon kit today.

 

I came away slightly poorer too of course. I bought half-a-dozen more of my late friend Harry Howell's wagons, which were part of a lot that I didn't win at the auction of his estate last year, and a few secondhand books too.

 

All in all, an excellent, enjoyable and productive weekend.

 

Finally, we might have unearthed another potential Mid-Cornwall Lines operator (although he doesn't know it yet...).

 

 

Edited March 8, 2020 by St Enodoc

[Northroader]

[KeithMacdonald]

On 05/03/2020 at 00:35, St Enodoc said:

A very happy St Piran's Day to one and all.

 

 As you mention that Cornish Saint (one of the five National Saints of the British Isles), might it be appropriate to show the man himself with his own modelling?

 

 

Quote

 

The main figure is St Piran, who is portrayed tonsured, shaven and barefoot, wearing a monastic habit. His left hand supports a model of his oratory at Perranzabuloe.

https://www.cornishstainedglass.org.uk/mgstc/chapter11.xhtml

 

 

I'm not sure if it is OO gauge though. Any suggestions?

[KeithMacdonald]

Sadly there never was a Perranzabuloe railway station (in deepest Mid-West-Cornwall).  The nearest I can find are Perranporth and Goonhavern Halt.

 

These days, this might the best reason for a halt in Perranzabuloe?

https://healeyscyder.co.uk/

[St Enodoc]

10 hours ago, Northroader said:

Looks a bit like Jesse on the left.

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

 As you mention that Cornish Saint (one of the five National Saints of the British Isles), might it be appropriate to show the man himself with his own modelling?

 

 

 

I'm not sure if it is OO gauge though. Any suggestions?

It does look a bit big for 00. Perhaps it's S (Saint) scale? Easy enough to change the scale of these download-and-print card models.

[St Enodoc]

17 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Sadly there never was a Perranzabuloe railway station (in deepest Mid-West-Cornwall).  The nearest I can find are Perranporth and Goonhavern Halt.

 

These days, this might the best reason for a halt in Perranzabuloe?

https://healeyscyder.co.uk/

A halt on the Chacewater line would be quite plausible, especially in a fictitious world like that of the Mid-Cornwall Lines (where, of course, Perranporth itself has been camouflaged as Polperran (Piran's Well?)).

Edited March 9, 2020 by St Enodoc

[KeithMacdonald]

56 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

A halt on the Chacewater line would be quite plausible, especially in a fictitious world like that of the Mid-Cornwall Lines (where, of course, Perranporth itself has been camouflaged as Polperran (Piran's Well?).

 

As if by a miracle, I've just discovered a long-lost branch of the Chacewater to Newquay line. Between Perranporth and Goonhavern Halt. It looks like it branches off the main line at Cocks Junction. I'm told it was built especially for the massive number of pilgrims who regularly go to Perranzabuloe to pay homage to the National Saint of Cornwall. After the liberation of Cornwall from the clutches of the Dutchy. Honestly though, who knew there really is a village called Cocks?