Inspired by Brent June 1947

[Neal Ball]

3 minutes ago, TrevorP1 said:

This one? Farmer Moving South

Yes that’s the one.

[The Fatadder]

Forgot to add this photo earlier from last night,

 

I printed the 6 wheel open sided siphon quite a while ago now, but have never quite managed to get it into service.  I still havent got round to adding the brake gear, but I have at least managed to add a false floor.  I failed to allow for the thickness of the false floor at the design stange (so really it needs a revision to the cad and another print made, on which I will try to include more of the brake gear as part of the print).  So for the moment the floor is black electrical tape stuck to the underside of the model.  This at least stops you seeing the track through the sides!

For the moment it will now move out to the loco and be positioned in the centre of a formation.  Ive long taken the view that when looking at a passing train you notice the loco, the first coach and the end of the train so these need to be the best detailed.

 

 

Edited March 22 by The Fatadder

[The Fatadder]

Last night I finally made a start on my second Warren Shepard W12 cattle van kit.

 

slowly coming together, soldering on a couple of parts before embossing another bunch of rivets. 
 

With all the RTR releases of GW wagons recently a decent cattle van is a clear omission, (likewise a milk tank), I wonder if it will be in Rapido’s plans soon…

[The Fatadder]

Cattle wagon hasn't progressed much further, a series of colds making soldering feel rather unappealing!

 

Instead last night I  managed to find some handrail knobs and finally crack on with finishing off the Bulldog, I had the email confirming the artwork for the Light Railway Stores etched plates last week so hopefully it wont be too much longer until it is completely finished.  Plan is to pick up a pack of ModelU figures for it at Bristol, along with fitting some printed lamp irons to finish it off.  It will also need the usual treatments adding coal to the tender and a set of Dinghams to fully put it into service both as an assisting engine and under its own power.

Eventually it will be sorted out with the correct tender…

 

Edited April 8 by The Fatadder

[Mikkel]

 

Looks great.

 

I've been looking at RTR tenders for it, ended up with the Oxford Rail 2500 G for mine (but hard to get on its own,had to nick it off one of my existing Dean Goods).

 

@Miss Prism provided a useful overview of GWR RTR tenders here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/183088-gwr-4mm-rtr-tenders/

 

 

[The Fatadder]

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

Looks great.

 

I've been looking at RTR tenders for it, ended up with the Oxford Rail 2500 G for mine (but hard to get on its own,had to nick it off one of my existing Dean Goods).

 

@Miss Prism provided a useful overview of GWR RTR tenders here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/183088-gwr-4mm-rtr-tenders/

 

 

I had come to the same conclusion on the Oxford Rail tender, frustratingly I just missed on on ebay the other week but will get one eventually....   When I do manage it I guess I will have to find another Bulldog that can reuse the existing Dukedog tender (or maybe an Aberdare...)

[The Fatadder]

Just ordered one of these from Niu models https://niumodels.co.uk/f/gwr-king-indicator-shelter---oo-gauge?blogcategory=New+Products

 

I’ve wanted to model a loco with the test shelter for a while but never got round to scratch building.   Will need to finish the dyno coach to go with it now.

 

[Miss Prism]

On 09/04/2024 at 06:08, Mikkel said:

@Miss Prism provided a useful overview of GWR RTR tenders here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/183088-gwr-4mm-rtr-tenders/

 

I need to reboot that activity - istr getting a bit lost in the Hornby Collett 4000g variants.

 

[The Fatadder]

New arrival today, the NIU models part for the testing shed for a King.

 

its one of those parts that I had been intending to draw and print myself, but didn’t have a good drawing to work from (and it was deep down the list of stuff to draw from photos)

 

disappointing to see they printed the lamp irons solid, there is no good reason for this with it being well within the capabilities of printing.  These will need to be very carefully removed and replaced with etches (hopefully without damaging it.)   It arrived still fitted to its supports, no doubt to keep it safe, and has been printed on a solid base (I do the same on prints to keep edges square).

On the whole aside from the lamp irons I’m happy with the part

 

One slight issue was that the  model felt  slightly tacky to the touch, usually indicating it wasn’t quite fully cured.  So before priming ive put in my curing unit for an extra 5 mins of uv treatment after removing all of the supports.   I would have removed those lamp irons as well if I’d had a proper look first!

 

I haven’t done any tidying to the model yet, so the top edge is as it was when cut off its support.  This will get a tidy up with a file tomorrow before priming and painting.  I’m assuming they would be bare wood?

 

it fits the King nicely, fitting in front of the lamps that had already been fitted to this loco.  I think ideally it needs gluing in place so I will need to decide which of my Kings will get this permanently attached 

[Neal Ball]

6 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

New arrival today, the NIU models part for the testing shed for a King.

 

its one of those parts that I had been intending to draw and print myself, but didn’t have a good drawing to work from (and it was deep down the list of stuff to draw from photos)

 

disappointing to see they printed the lamp irons solid, there is no good reason for this with it being well within the capabilities of printing.  These will need to be very carefully removed and replaced with etches (hopefully without damaging it.)   It arrived still fitted to its supports, no doubt to keep it safe, and has been printed on a solid base (I do the same on prints to keep edges square).

On the whole aside from the lamp irons I’m happy with the part

 

One slight issue was that the  model felt  slightly tacky to the touch, usually indicating it wasn’t quite fully cured.  So before priming ive put in my curing unit for an extra 5 mins of uv treatment after removing all of the supports.   I would have removed those lamp irons as well if I’d had a proper look first!

 

I haven’t done any tidying to the model yet, so the top edge is as it was when cut off its support.  This will get a tidy up with a file tomorrow before priming and painting.  I’m assuming they would be bare wood?

 

it fits the King nicely, fitting in front of the lamps that had already been fitted to this loco.  I think ideally it needs gluing in place so I will need to decide which of my Kings will get this permanently attached 

That’s going to be a nice addition Rich. I assume there would be two fellas inside, peering through the windows? I can’t have been nice inside there.

[Nick Gough]

A look inside an indicator shelter, as recorded by an official GWR photographer.

Note that there appears to be a sheet of something behind the nearest man, presumably to protect him from the heat of the smokebox:

 

[The Fatadder]

Looks like a few extra details as well like the phone.  Assume by the mention of an official GWR photographer this is pre nationalisation.  
 

gives me more to think about now, do I ‘ruin’ a complete king to model this properly….

[Harlequin]

2 minutes ago, The Fatadder said:

Looks like a few extra details as well like the phone.  Assume by the mention of an official GWR photographer this is pre nationalisation.  
 

gives me more to think about now, do I ‘ruin’ a complete king to model this properly….

I think you also need lots of extra cables and pipes all connecting back to a dyno car appropriate for the period.

E.g.

 

It would look really odd to have all the data collection equipment without any means to record it…

[The Fatadder]

Looking at that I think you are right.  Looks like one of my Kings is getting a permanent make over….

 

 

i do have a half finished GWR Dyno that I need to finish off (from the estate of the late bgman), although I’d love to see Rapido come out with something to the same standard as their LNER dyno!

[Mikkel]

A classic modelling situation. You start off thinking "here's a nice readymade item that will give me a quick result", but before you know it you're deep into conversions and new builds!

[Nick Gough]

8 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

Assume by the mention of an official GWR photographer this is pre nationalisation.  
 

This photo is to be found in the book,

"Thro' The Lens - A Pictorial Tribute to the Official Work of the GWR Photographers"

 

Though this one isn't dated, all the photos are pre 1948.

[Nick Gough]

8 hours ago, Nick Gough said:

This photo is to be found in the book,

"Thro' The Lens - A Pictorial Tribute to the Official Work of the GWR Photographers"

 

Though this one isn't dated, all the photos are pre 1948.

The next plate, in the book, may have been taken on the same date:

The loco in both photos appears to be a Hall.

 

I am fairly confident that Plate 199 is post-war. The Dynamometer car is carrying it's later number - I believe it was changed from 790 around 1946 to accommodate a new build batch of Hawksworth C82 Thirds. It's not clear in the scan but, in the original, the tender appears to carry the G crest W insignia.

 

The mention of "'Castle' class trials", in the caption, relates to plate 197 which is another view of 4074 Caldicot Castle (to @Harlequin's post above) from a test in 1924.