London Road Models - new kits

[Steamport Southport]

1 minute ago, MJI said:

 

Plain 17 spoke in line or bevel 17 spoke between spoke.

 

No exact match.

 

Would epoxy filler work to do the bevel?

 

Gibson do them. For a 4P 2-6-4T but should be about the right size.

 

4866ST 5’ 6" 22.0mm. 17 spoke Stanier 2-6-4 Tank Bevel PB

 

 

Jason

[MJI]

15 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Gibson do them. For a 4P 2-6-4T but should be about the right size.

 

4866ST 5’ 6" 22.0mm. 17 spoke Stanier 2-6-4 Tank Bevel PB

 

 

Jason

 

But the 2P 0-4-4T appears to be inline on spoke.

[Bucoops]

Could a revised driving wheel have been introduced? GER era N7s had IL but LNER ones had PB. Same size wheel. The trailing wheel did change size however.

[Jub45565]

The 5'6"/5'7" discrepancy is reasonably trivial due to wear.

 

There are a few decent photos in the LMS Journal Preview edition, which has an article & GAs of the 2P. There are certainly examples of both in line crankpins and between spoke.  It suggests (from this small sample of photos which clearly show it) that early in their lives they were in line and later gained between spoke.

[MJI]

I think i have the answer now.

 

As i am going to do the whole train.

 

Firstly this book is excellent.

 

 

And on page 102

 

 

 

Between spoke, different to an earlier picture of it.

 

Edited August 7, 2023 by MJI

[MJI]

Or is it?

[zed]

Very interested to hear about your build experiences with this kit.  I really want one of these tanks as 41900 as she was seen at Wellington Salop in 1960.  I have the old Falcon Brass kit of this loco, but would be interested in this more up to date kit. 

I too have been struggling with the number of spokes and came up with 17 for all the photos that I have in the 1955+ era.

[MJI]

1 hour ago, zed said:

Very interested to hear about your build experiences with this kit.  I really want one of these tanks as 41900 as she was seen at Wellington Salop in 1960.  I have the old Falcon Brass kit of this loco, but would be interested in this more up to date kit. 

I too have been struggling with the number of spokes and came up with 17 for all the photos that I have in the 1955+ era.

 

Going to go for 17 spoke between spoke from that photo

[Jol Wilkinson]

LRM will have a new wagon kit available at the expoEM Summer exhibition at Wakefield this weekend. I believe it is for a LNWR Ballast wagon but don't have other details.

[Jamiel]

I saw one of the Midland Railway D838 Coal Tar/Creosote Tank wagons at the Wakefield show today, they look just as good, if not even better, in real life.

 

Evidently others thought so too, as all the kits had sold in the first few hours, but more will be available from the on-line shop soon I was told, so I will be making an order very soon.

[Jol Wilkinson]

The LRM website is effectively  a catalogue and doesn't have a live stock levels/ordering capability. It is best to place an order through the "contact" button.  John Redrup will then let you know when it is available and request payment (usually by PayPal).

 

http://www.londonroadmodels.com/how_to_buy_from_us.php

[Jamiel]

I posted this on Tony Wright's thread, a few pictures of my build of the MR Tar Tank. I gather Jol was a bit disappointed not to see people’s builds of this kit on the forum.

Not as beautifully made as the one posted on the previous page, but it will fit my layout well as a well worn 60 year old tank.

 

It is my first brass/white metal wagon kit, picked up at the York show a couple of weeks ago. Pretty much built as per the instructions, with a couple of tiny additions and couple of mistakes along the way.

 

Do solder the tank plates flat as instructed and don’t bend them to see how they fit before soldering them together. Still, it makes of a well worn 60 year old wagon.

 

I did find the closeness of detail on a wagon kit a little more challenging for my level of soldering compared with a coach or loco, but it was a really enjoyable build and a bit of filing, sanding and Wet & Dry has sorted out most of the solder spills.

 

My second London Road Models kit (L&Y class 23 0-6-0 was the first), and as well as being lovely people to have a chat with at a show, they do make lovely kits. Maybe a L&Y big boilered 0-8-0 at some time in the future, not quite right for my layout, but far too tempting to resist for long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have posted more details of the build in my Elerby thread linked in my signature.

 

I really do recommend this kit, even it is only a storage tank parked in siding most of time, occasionally shunted by an 0-6-0 or 0-4-0, possibly my Sentinel when the layout is back up, it would make a great addition to a layout.

Jamie

Edited April 11 by Jamiel

[hmrspaul]

Unfortunately the ones that survived into the 1980s had replacement, 2nd hand steel frames. 

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lmstank

 

Paul

[Nile]

Some recent LRM kits I built last year:

 

 

[Jol Wilkinson]

London Road Models are now supplying a number of etched items formerly available from Brassmasters.

 

These include:

Coupling and connecting rods.

Wagon axle spacing jigs 

Buffer height jig.

Track and signalling items.

Architectural windows.

 

Details and prices at,

 

http://www.londonroadmodels.com/xbrass/xbrass1.php

[Compound2632]

On 12/04/2024 at 19:27, Nile said:

Some recent LRM kits I built last year:

 

Or in my case, some I didn't finish building last year. 

[Jol Wilkinson]

John Redrup has told me  that a couple of people have recently commented at exhibitions, that emails to London Road Models have not been answered. This may be due the the website contact link not working correctly which is under investigation.

 

Please ensure that any emails to John at LRM are to,

 

londonroadmodels@btinternet.com