well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[sb67]

Just caught up on your thread Rob. Liking the look of outwool already! 

 I read about your health issues, a few years ago I had health stuff go on and looking on here, your's was among my "go to" threads that gave me a lot of inspiration and distraction from my outside world so I'd like to wish you all the best and I hope things improve soon for you. 

 

Take care

Steve. 

 

[NHY 581]

This evening sees an image of an Airfix 5 plank wagon. I've had this for quite some time.....

 

 

Rob. 

 

Edited April 5, 2022 by NHY 581

[mullie]

Stunning as usual.

 

Martyn

[MrWolf]

Lovely job, you wouldn't imagine it's lineage being as old as we are. I have always liked those Airfix wagons, they remind me of when I first started thinking model railway instead of trainset oval, I bought a couple of box vans and a couple of Mainline opens and they looked like proper finescale models compared to the Hornby / Lima / Farish items of circa 1980.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2021 by MrWolf
Typing with hind paws again...

[NHY 581]

14 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Lovely job, you wouldn't imagine it's lineage being as old as we are. I have always liked those Airfix wagons, they remind me of when I first started thinking model railway instead of trainset oval, I bought a couple of box vans and a couple of Mainline opens and they looked like proper finescale models compared to the Hornby / Lima / Farish items of circa 1980.

 

 

 

Hi Rob, 

 

Yes, they were a real leap forward and I think the mouldings hold up well these days. As you rightly say, model railway as opposed to trainset. 

 

Rob. 

[wiggoforgold]

Great work. I do like the Aifix 5 plank. Great basis for a model. I must stock up.

Alex

[2ManySpams]

8 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Hi Rob, 

 

Yes, they were a real leap forward and I think the mouldings hold up well these days. As you rightly say, model railway as opposed to trainset. 

 

Rob. 

 

What? Are you saying my KitKat, Prime Pork, Fishfingers and Polo wagons aren't realistic??

[NHY 581]

48 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

What? Are you saying my KitKat, Prime Pork, Fishfingers and Polo wagons aren't realistic??

 

 

Morning Pencarrotstein.

 

They'll look great behind your Panini tank....very foody. 

 

SB

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Morning Pencarrotstein.

 

They'll look great behind your Panini tank....very foody. 

 

SB

 

Anyone still got a Weetabix Jinty?

[Dunsignalling]

13 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Hi Rob, 

 

Yes, they were a real leap forward and I think the mouldings hold up well these days. As you rightly say, model railway as opposed to trainset. 

 

Rob. 

With the glaring exception of the 10' wb 7-plank, I consider that Airfix wagons and coaches really marked the beginnings of the RTR standards we enjoy today, though it took a good while for Hornby to catch on. The body moulding of the 1977 Airfix LMS van remains massively superior to the current Bachmann equivalent.

 

Mainline wagons were somewhat less satisfactory, though their Mk1 RB was probably THE landmark model of its day. It's only the glazing in this year's release of the same vehicle by Hornby that represents a significant improvement after 40 years.

 

Although not entirely perfect mechanically, locos from both represented great leaps forward in "scale" appearance. I was completely blown away by the Mainline BR4 4-6-0 in particular. I still have my first one, though it's now on a Bachmann chassis.

 

John

Edited March 25, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[St Enodoc]

8 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

Anyone still got a Weetabix Jinty?

No, but I have got a Shredded Wheat Deltic. A bit stale though.

[Captain Kernow]

Notwithstanding all the recent excitement about the release of the Bachmann 94XX and the Model Rail-Rapido 16XX, for example (other recent RTR releases are also available), I remember being extremely excited when Airfix and Mainline first appeared on the scene in the mid-1970s.

 

I remember buying a J72 on behalf of a friend and being really impressed prior to having to hand it over. It wasn't long before I bought myself a Standard 4 4-6-0. An Airfix 61XX followed and then most of the subsequent GW releases.

 

The Standard 4 is still in service as part of my OO S&D roster, although by the time I got round to detailing and weathering it, nearly 20 years after initial purchase, the split chassis had pretty much given up the ghost and I resorted to replacing it with a Comet chassis, which it still has.

 

[Mick Bonwick]

I avidly collected all the Airfix and Mainline catalogues. I just like pretty pictures.

[Stubby47]

I'm still trying to work out how Sheepbloke has made a 5 plank wagon out of an Airfix plane kit...  It is very impressive though.

[Re6/6]

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

....I remember buying a J72 on behalf of a friend

Good grief, you were 'proxy shopping' all those years ago....? 

[MrWolf]

"It's for a friend...." 

 

Yeah right, we've all heard that one! 

[Steamport Southport]

4 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

Anyone still got a Weetabix Jinty?

 

No. Got a Shredded Wheat one though.   

 

http://cerealoffers.com/Cereal_Partners/Shredded_Wheat/1985-89/N_Gauge_Steam_Engine_-_Carriag/n_gauge_steam_engine_-_carriages.html

 

 

Jason

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, Re6/6 said:

Good grief, you were 'proxy shopping' all those years ago....? 

Yes, 1976!

 

[Winslow Boy]

22 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Yes, 1976!

 

That long ago.

 

I didn't know they did model railways that long ago. I thought that they started quite recently like 2009

 

You learn something new everyday.

 

[pwr]

6 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

With the glaring exception of the 10' wb 7-plank, I consider that Airfix wagons and coaches really marked the beginnings of the RTR standards we enjoy today, though it took a good while for Hornby to catch on. The body moulding of the 1977 Airfix LMS van remains massively superior to the current Bachmann equivalent.

 

Mainline wagons were somewhat less satisfactory, though their Mk1 RB was probably THE landmark model of its day. It's only the glazing in this year's release of the same vehicle by Hornby that represents a significant improvement after 40 years.

 

Although not entirely perfect mechanically, locos from both represented great leaps forward in "scale" appearance. I was completely blown away by the Mainline BR4 4-6-0 in particular. I still have my first one, though it's now on a Bachmann chassis.

 

John

 

 

Completely agree on the RB. I still have a couple although I no longer model in 4mm.  Their other Mk1's were pants by comparison. 

[jollysmart]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

That long ago.

 

I didn't know they did model railways that long ago. I thought that they started quite recently like 2009

 

You learn something new everyday.

 

 

 

To compensate I seem to forget something else every day.

[MrWolf]

50 minutes ago, jollysmart said:

 

 

To compensate I seem to forget something else every day.

 

"Every time I learn something new, it pushes some of the old stuff out."

 

Homer Simpson

[NHY 581]

Tonight's tweaked image is that of a pair of Pecketts...

 

 

 

 

Edited April 5, 2022 by NHY 581

[MrWolf]

Soap dodgers....

[Andrew P]

3 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Soap dodgers....

Scrap dodgers?