RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 7, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2023 A last look at the Paddington express as it disappears into Stoke Courtenay tunnel. The last two vehicles in the train are 1935 Centenary stock, as later modified with Airstream window ventilators. The cream self-adhesive tape I used to fabricate the latter has faded a little. Adding Comet sides to these vehicles is a notional medium-term project idea. Meanwhile, at the down end, 4908 'Broome Hall' now has a clear road for its short journey back to Laira, running tender first and showing a 'light engine' lamp on the back of the tender. It was fun putting this operating sequence together and photographing it. Though the inspiration came from the Hubback photo mentioned earlier some big dollops of modeller's licence were added. The shunting moves were a bit different from the actual ones at Brent owing to my reversal of the track layout - what's 'west' at Stoke C. was actually 'east' at Brent. One through coach has to stand in for two due to space constraints, and in the late 30s 'Broome Hall' was neither a Truro nor a Laira engine, but was allocated to Newton Abbot. The exercise also got me looking through the Hubback book again, to my great enjoyment. One thing that stands out very strongly in the photos is the immaculate state of most GWR main line track - not a single ballast chipping out of place. Beautiful! John C. 32 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 2 hours ago, checkrail said: The exercise also got me looking through the Hubback book again, to my great enjoyment. One thing that stands out very strongly in the photos is the immaculate state of most GWR main line track - not a single ballast chipping out of place. Beautiful! John C. Much like your own track, John. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2023 Now all the excitement has died down 5557 can run round its train .... .... before heading off down the branch with the next scheduled service to Earlsbridge. John C. 36 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2023 Yippee! The surgeon's embargo on climbing a loft ladder (or driving a car) expired today, so up I went to blow the dust off Stoke Courtenay. As Neal @Neal Ball has designated this as 'Castle Week' I thought I'd better wheel my two out again. Here's 5041 'Tiverton Castle' for starters. John C. 35 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2023 2 hours ago, checkrail said: Yippee! The surgeon's embargo on climbing a loft ladder (or driving a car) expired today, so up I went to blow the dust off Stoke Courtenay. Great news. Just don’t overdo it in a burst of over enthusiasm! Paul. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2023 And here's 5000 'Launceston Castle' coming the other way. John C. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2023 Your trackwork looks superb John. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2023 4 hours ago, checkrail said: Yippee! The surgeon's embargo on climbing a loft ladder (or driving a car) expired today, so up I went to blow the dust off Stoke Courtenay. As Neal @Neal Ball has designated this as 'Castle Week' I thought I'd better wheel my two out again. Here's 5041 'Tiverton Castle' for starters. John C. Welcome to Cadtle week John. 1 hour ago, 5BarVT said: Great news. Just don’t overdo it in a burst of over enthusiasm! Paul. Agreed - watch that ladder to the loft and don’t over exert yourself. 1 hour ago, checkrail said: And here's 5000 'Launceston Castle' coming the other way. John C. Another set of great photos. 53 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Your trackwork looks superb John. Yes agreed that the track work at SC always looks good 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2023 7 hours ago, checkrail said: The surgeon's embargo on climbing a loft ladder (or driving a car) expired today Which did you do first? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2023 Castle week? If you insist. Both photos taken at Nancegwithey Viaduct by W C Wolseley. 4099 on 2130 SO Penzance - Paddington. Original Airfix tender-drive, repainted and detailed. It's on its second loco chassis, the driving wheels on the first having decided not to go round any more. A Hornby model is in the wings, pending 4099's eventual, and inevitable, demise. 5058 on 2045 SO Penzance - Paddington. Hornby TTS model with added detailing that replaced another Airfix model whose loco chassis is now under 4099 (see above). 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2023 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Castle week? If you insist. Both photos taken at Nancegwithey Viaduct by W C Wolseley. Always nice to see your trains. That first Castle certainly has a back story! Looking forward to seeing the actual (model) viaduct in due course. Great spot for train photography. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2023 My contribution to Castles Week continues as the two locos pass in the station ... ... and finishes with this shot of 5000 entering the cutting. I thought I'd exhausted all the possibilities for new photographic angles, but don't think I've used this one before. (Though it did take quite a lot of judicious cropping to make it acceptable.) John C. 33 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Nice pictures Nothing like a bit of judicious cropping to start the day off….. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2023 2 hours ago, KNP said: Nothing like a bit of judicious cropping to start the day off….. That's what my barber said yesterday. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2023 2 hours ago, checkrail said: Looking forward to seeing the actual (model) viaduct in due course. So am I! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2023 Lovely photos John, thanks for sharing 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) If you’re anything like me @checkrail and a sucker for a covered van you might be interested in the new LMS D 88 announced today. https://rapidotrains.co.uk/lnwr-d88-covered-van/ Edited October 27, 2023 by gwrrob Spilling 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: f your anything like me @checkrail and a sucker for a covered van you might be interested in the new LMS D 88 announced today. I am, Robin, I am! And I've had RoS email about them. They look great. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Why do they have to choose wagons already previously available in kit form? I am already running a pair of David Geen Kit D88. Mike Wiltshire 1 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Coach bogie said: Why do they have to choose wagons already previously available in kit form? I am already running a pair of David Geen Kit D88. Mike Wiltshire I'll probably get shot down here, but if I were an RTR manufacturer and wanted to make a model I know that there's a market for, I might look at a popular kit and then cater for all those people who would like one of those locos / coaches / wagons but don't feel like they have the time, confidence, skills or interest to build one for themselves. That of course doesn't broaden the amount of variety we have in models, nor does it bode well for cottage industry kit manufacturers, but that's not why I'm in business is it? 2 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted October 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I'll probably get shot down here, but if I were an RTR manufacturer and wanted to make a model I know that there's a market for, I might look at a popular kit and then cater for all those people who would like one of those locos / coaches / wagons but don't feel like they have the time, confidence, skills or interest to build one for themselves. That of course doesn't broaden the amount of variety we have in models, nor does it bode well for cottage industry kit manufacturers, but that's not why I'm in business is it? Plus the Geen kits are no longer available, so it's not as though they're duplicating a current kit... 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 29 minutes ago, Nick C said: Plus the Geen kits are no longer available, so it's not as though they're duplicating a current kit... Another old kit that will probably end up at £70 on eBay then, which like many others demonstrate a continuing demand. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 27, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2023 Elsewhere on this forum yesterday I admitted that I hadn't done any proper modelling for a while, due to other duties and distractions. (As I've said before I'm a bit of a part time modeller at the best of times.) In fact all I've done in the last month or so is give the track a clean. This is a chore I often put off due to the high risk of collateral damage to ground signals, point rodding, point levers, barrow crossings and other fixtures. I use a Peco track rubber, followed by a quick but careful going over with the vacuum cleaner. I don't use track cleaning vehicles or fluids and pads as I like to keep the brown paint on the tops of wing rails and check rails intact. This weekend I must make a 'to-do' list, which I suspect will soon turn into a 'to-buy' list. In the meantime here's 6305 on an up class J freight, heading perhaps for its home shed at Exeter. John C 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 27, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2023 Inspired by some lovely pics of a mogul and pannier meeting at Little Muddle @KNP this morning here are my 6305 and 8709 crossing paths at Stoke C. I am pleased with the Dapol mogul, but what I'd really like is one of the fairly short-lived 83xx variants. There were no less than 19 of these at Newton Abbot, Exeter or Laira in 1938, but only one other mogul (my 6305). I must do a bit of research into how feasible a conversion of the Dapol model would be. John C. 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Thanks for the mention and I have been a fan of the Mogul as it looks so balanced but I think with the 93xx they got the design just right. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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