Little Muddle

[MrWolf]

5 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Tonight the role of Sid will be played by Mr Wolf and the role of Desiree by Miss R.

 

We keep the curtains drawn tight. 

 

Sorry! 😉

 

I'm thinking it was you knocked the dustbins over last Tuesday, not the neighbour's dog after all....

[KNP]

And with your breath back......

Back we go up till the buffers.

and rest

 

[Kevin Johnson]

7 minutes ago, KNP said:

And with your breath back......

Back we go up till the buffers.

and rest

 

This is a lovely shot Kevin.

[MrWolf]

11 minutes ago, KNP said:

And with your breath back......

Back we go up till the buffers.

and rest

 

 

I do like the composition of that shot, with all of the lines converging on the water tower, it draws you in from the bulk of the loco to the mass of details around the crane wagon and beyond.

[KNP]

Now we are stopped need to uncouple the Toad.....

 

[KNP]

Technical problem I'm afraid.

An engineer has been called because they can't uncouple the Toad from the wagons.

Slight delay....

But fear not our intrepid photographer has dashed across to the other side of the world layout and caught a passing express for you whilst we wait for the engineer!

 

Not sure which loco but it looks like a Grange has just gone past

 

 

But look what's bringing up the rear.

 

 

I suspect this milk tank is empty and being dropped off further down the line..

 

 

Our photographer even managed to get a close up in all the excitement

 

 

Even has a lamp iron fitted!

 

 

 

[Graham T]

Nice touch that it even has a tail lamp 🙂

[KNP]

Odd one now.

Getting ready a second UD 6 wheeler that is based  on the old Lima model….you know the one that has the brake shoes in line with the chassis and one where near the wheels!!!!

Now removed on this picture with only the outside ones fitted at the moment inline with the wheels.

Brought some Fox Transfers for it but the red is much darker than on their website which looked quite close to Parkside ones.

Did think it might lighten when put on the off white tank but no even the transfer film was cream…old set?…not sure but I only got them last week.Had to tint the tank to nearly hide the film colour!!!’

Left hand model is the one is question and the right one is Dapol model with Parkside transfers.

Annoyed of Bicester here.

 

 

Quite a difference isn’t it.

Can’t buy separately the PC91 set of transfers that come with the Parkside 4 wheeler model.

Anybody out there got a set of UD transfers that I can I can have, willing to pay!!!

Edited November 22, 2023 by KNP

[Graham T]

I've got a Parkside set that I can send you Kevin.  PM me your address please.

[KNP]

27 minutes ago, Graham T said:

I've got a Parkside set that I can send you Kevin.  PM me your address please.

Thanks

I’ll do that when I am back home in an hour or two.

 

PM Now sent as I’m liking to be waiting a lot longer than first thought

Edited November 22, 2023 by KNP

[Siberian Snooper]

Kevin,

 

Have you tried ringing Peco technical department? I have some good, if not cheap results, from doing that.

 

 

[BroadLeaves]

2 hours ago, KNP said:

 

Quite a difference isn’t it.

Different colour, to be sure, but it's also a different typeface and a different logo.

They didn't have Pantone in the 1930's - maybe it's just two different signwriters with different batches of paint?

Possibly it's actually prototypical - companies do change their logos -  in the same way that you can happily have the words "Great Western" and a shirtbutton on two different locomotives on the same layout.

Personally, I like the variation it brings.

[KNP]

The Engineers fixed it.

Apparently it was the screw flange stuck to a thread plate held in place with to much sticky grease.

With a bit of help with a big thump from his gentle persuader it come undone.

So we are back on track.....literally!

 

Wagons now on loop and engine being uncoupled, with no issues I hope, so it can run around.

 

 

Exciting, isn't it?

[Ponthir28]

Had a moment of panic then. I thought the engineers fixed the door.

[Winslow Boy]

Don't be foolish his hammers not big enough to do that.

[Tortuga]

I think they look good as they are and you should leave them alone.

23 hours ago, KNP said:

Two United Dairies tanks await attention at Little Muddle. The older livery (seen on the left-hand tank) was gradually replaced during overhaul by a simpler livery, as displayed by the recently out-shopped wagon on the right.

 

(From ‘Memories of Encombe Town and It’s Surroundings’ by R.S. Pecks)

[KNP]

Hunting through the archives I found these two pictures.

 

In November 2015 I brought these three Lima milk tank wagons for less than £10 off flea bay with a plan to convert them to???

I didn't have an actual plan at the time????

But do any of us when doing an impulse buy?

 

 

And by February 2016 I had converted one by repainting as an old filthy unloved wagon but just look at where the brakes are, no where near the wheels as part of the moulding for the chassis side and then non in the middle.

What we lived with all those years ago?

Just in case its not clear the original is on the left and the reworked one is one the right.....! for those of you with a B&W monitor.

 

 

And now in November 2023 another one nears completion....you just need to be patient but 8 years.....! lucky I knew where I had stored them?

 

 

More brake shoes do need to be added between the wheels but I wanted to see if it was worth the effort after re-aligning the front ones...

Yes this is the same Lima former ED one with a revamp and the off colour UD Fox transfers....

Chassis transfers to add.

 

Moral of this story

Never, Ever throw anything away because one day, just one day it might get a second life?

 

Note.

One thing I have noticed is look at the picture quality of the first two taken on an iPhone 5S compared to the last one which is the iPhone 12...quite a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by KNP

[MrWolf]

That's a serious improvement and I'm always impressed with what a few details and careful painting can achieve.

I very rarely throw anything out, nor do my friends, useful bits and pieces are generally given or bartered for things we do need.

[KNP]

Hanging out the pub first floor window we get this view....

 

[Ponthir28]

Hope you’re not up in the bedroom with the busty barmaid. This early in the morning.

[MrWolf]

59 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said:

Hope you’re not up in the bedroom with the busty barmaid. This early in the morning.

 

Spoilsport!

[Pete Haitch]

19 hours ago, KNP said:

 

The thing that immediately struck me as I looked at this picture, was how empty (as in unpopulated) the countryside looked compared to more recent ones of the same view.

Edited November 24, 2023 by Pete Haitch

[John Besley]

On 23/11/2023 at 06:48, KNP said:

The Engineers fixed it.

Apparently it was the screw flange stuck to a thread plate held in place with to much sticky grease.

With a bit of help with a big thump from his gentle persuader it come undone.

So we are back on track.....literally!

 

Wagons now on loop and engine being uncoupled, with no issues I hope, so it can run around.

 

 

Exciting, isn't it?

 

Strictly speaking that should be a job for a fitter back in those days, when did engineers come into the railway vocabulary....?

[Tortuga]

7 hours ago, John Besley said:

 

Strictly speaking that should be a job for a fitter back in those days, when did engineers come into the railway vocabulary....?

Isn’t that the term for an engine driver in the USA?

[KNP]

Now cleared loop and out onto platform line.

Back we go