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[NHY 581]

Afternoon all. 

 

I've had a quiet hour or so playing trains this morning. 

 

Bleat Wharf has seen much in the way of shunting using 58072. Little chap is still not run in as of yet but just pottering about has thrown up no issues at all. 

 

Its a nice loco and Bachmann have really captured the character of the real thing as seen through numerous photos. 

 

Its the little things that stand out......or don't as the case may be. As an example, as we know the real 58072 was one of a batch originally used in the Underground. The long pipes back from the smoke box are testament to this. What wasn't was the fact that the side tanks are double skinned with a gap to the front to allow cooling air to be directed over the side tanks, thereby cooling the hot vapour deposited in the tanks via said long pipes. 

 

All good stuff. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

[woodenhead]

8 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Someone on one of the other many threads on RMWeb was remarking how ugly the standard OO coupling is, yet here we are looking at Bleat Lane and the last thing you notice are the couplings.  There's:

• some beautifully weathered wagons
• foliage
• subtly weathered concrete over cobblestones that has worn away in places
• some lights
• a building or two
• some sky
• a rather nice loco
• a manhole 
• cracks in the concrete
• some couplings

I think if the couplings are the first thing you notice on your layout then it's time to add some scenery.

[MrWolf]

I have to agree there. I think that all those details combine so that the more you look at the scene, the more you think to yourself - I have actually BEEN to a place like that.

 

Confirmation, as if it were needed, that the whole scene just works.

 

We then forget the couplings, or the electric motors in the locos, or the fact that the box vans are sealed shut and so on...

[bgman]

Pleased to see you've got it all sorted out now mate.

 

[Dunsignalling]

On 30/12/2020 at 12:53, Mulgabill said:

 

That does prompt the question - Is there any 12" : Ft prototype for this phenomena?

 

e.g. Did the GWR have any similar issues with the pannier tanks built by outside contractors,

compared to the Swindon prototypes. ( No doubt other railways are available).

 

TONY

Dunno about contractor-built panniers, but I've seen references to the NBL King Arthur's not being as good as SR-built ones until they'd had a General at Eastleigh.

 

More recently, an EWS driver told me none of the doors (and several other things) fitted properly on Class 66 locos as delivered. Examples that had been through works over here were reckoned to be transformed.

 

John

[NHY 581]

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Happy New Year to you fine chaps. 

 

Having just completed what I suspect is my last NYE shift, I'll raise my glass to 2021. 

 

Let's hope it brings all that  we wish for. 

 

Good health to all. 

 

Sheep Bloke

[Gilbert]

Can I both agree and send you Best Wishes for 2021

Chris

[Captain Kernow]

Many felicitations for the New Year, Rob and also plenty of these:

 

[PaulRhB]

That’ll hurt when fired from your trebuchet  

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, PaulRhB said:

That’ll hurt when fired from your trebuchet  

Do they need to be taken out of the packaging prior to bring launched or does it come off mid-flight thereby providing a better splatt.

[MrWolf]

Like a cased AP projectile?

 

An armour piercing Cornish pasty would be interesting.

 

Which reminds me that Gregg's sausage rolls should be banned under the Geneva Convention.

As a result, thousands of chav toddlers wouldn't start on the path to obesity.

[Winslow Boy]

4 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Like a cased AP projectile?

 

An armour piercing Cornish pasty would be interesting.

 

Which reminds me that Gregg's sausage rolls should be banned under the Geneva Convention.

As a result, thousands of chav toddlers wouldn't start on the path to obesity.

I think this needs testing. Any volunteers?

[Metropolitan H]

23 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Afternoon all. 

 

I've had a quiet hour or so playing trains this morning. 

 

Bleat Wharf has seen much in the way of shunting using 58072. Little chap is still not run in as of yet but just pottering about has thrown up no issues at all. 

 

Its a nice loco and Bachmann have really captured the character of the real thing as seen through numerous photos. 

 

Its the little things that stand out......or don't as the case may be. As an example, as we know the real 58072 was one of a batch originally used in the Underground. The long pipes back from the smoke box are testament to this. What wasn't was the fact that the side tanks are double skinned with a gap to the front to allow cooling air to be directed over the side tanks, thereby cooling the hot vapour deposited in the tanks via said long pipes. 

 

All good stuff. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Having recovered my equanimity after the onslaught of armour piercing comestibles, I thought I should comment on the issue of the cladding sheets spaced off the side faces of the tanks on condensing locos. There were two reasons for the outer plates:

1 - To help channel the cooling air to the tank and prevent overheating the feed water (injectors don't normally work well with hot feed water).

2 - To keep the outer surface of the loco cooler to the touch - so preventing the risk of burns to crews and those passing close to the loco and avoiding damage to the painted livery on the tankside.

 

On the "Metropolitan Railway" and "Metropolitan District Railway" Circle Line, there were a number of stations where special drain arrangements were installed at the loco watering facilities, to allow the hot water (near boiling!) to be dumped and replaced by cold during a station stop.  The trouble is I can't now remember which stations had that provision - without a lot of hunting??

 

I suspect other companies using condensor fitted locomotives needed similar facilitities.

 

Hope that helps

 

Best wishes for a Good New Year.

Chris H

 

[NHY 581]

Thoughts are now turning to this years project or in my case projects.

 

In a classic “chicken and egg” scenario, I found myself wondering about what comes first, the loco or the layout. Sheep Dip was definitely built around Hornby's Pecketts. Mutton was always a home for Hornby’s Radials. Once again it’s locos again that are making the running. 

 

Outwool will feature Model Rail J70s along with a Sentinel or two. There’s also scope for a J15 but it is very much a build along the lines of the Wisbleat and Upwool. 

 

The arrival of the Bachmann 1P once again prompted thoughts of a BLT squeezed into the usual 120cm x 40cm coffee table top. Nothing spectacular and honestly not needed as the 1P can ply its trade on Bleat Wharf. That said, I have the buildings and stock for it already so a quick build of a S&DJR outpost could be on the cards. 

 

That would give a choice of five small Cameo layouts when we are able to exhibit again........and if not.............then I still have five small layouts. 

 

I really must find a proper home for these at some point...

 

 

Rob

 

 

[Gilbert]

12 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

I really must find a proper home for these at some point...

Rob

 

 

Sorted.....

[Oldddudders]

3 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

Sorted.....

He seems to be suggesting you shelve some of these ideas.

[NHY 581]

I’m thinking more of the loft. It could be quite nice having all of them set up, lights on, comfy chair, glass of Port. Modelling desk........

 

We shall of course, see what happens. 

[MrWolf]

17 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

That would give a choice of five small Cameo layouts when we are able to exhibit again........and if not.............then I still have five small layouts. 

 

 

 

That sounds like a win / win situation.

[NHY 581]

Evening all. 

 

With all this 1P stuff going on, we need a bit of 1F stuff to balance the books. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

[NHY 581]

As well as having a bit of a running session with Bleat Wharf, I thought I would have have a play with Sheep Dip. 

 

A Sentinel pauses for a drink. 

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by NHY 581

[br2975]

Before the quips.......one has not shuffled off this mortal coil !

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Here is your inspiration, loco courtesy of Bachmann, images courtesy of the late Alan Jarvis..

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The time, 1963

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Location, the end of my road.

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Get cracking

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And a Happy New Year.

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Exit stage left, pursued by the First Minister, back into Tier 4.

Edited January 1, 2021 by br2975

[MrWolf]

Postwar panniers. Very nice. Simple flat scene and that could be my old yellow '58 Victor outside the gate!