RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2014 Larry, I remember my nana's mangle: it was steel grey throughout. I used to love playing with it as a kid - though I got into trouble if I was caught! Deliberately soaking a bed blanket with water just to enjoy squeezing it out with the mangle was frowned upon by the "grown ups"!! Those were the days! Jeff My Gran's mangle must have been posh then - it was finished in an Ivory colour - with black looking iron where the enamel had chipped off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 We must have been posh then.... I remember me dad laying a concrete base in the kitchen for the new Bendix automatic, 'all in one' washing machine and that was around 1960. Me mam thought this was great as it washed then spun the water out, quite amazing.... Well, I was only five. Dave Franks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckweed Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Large galvanised steel baths were usually hung on outside wall near back door when not in use. I still remember being bathed in the small oval one with ridges that hurt your bum. Regards, Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) When we had moved to an out of town estate leaving gran and her mangle behind in town in 1955, we got a Hoover twin-tub with mini-mangle built on top. So muggins dun the washing instead! As for baths, her indoors and I reverted to having a bath in the kitchen by the fire 1961-65 after getting wed and buying an old house. And even wearder having a crap at the bottom of the yard. Jason's Bacup brings it all back to life! Edited March 25, 2014 by coachmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tender Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I remember bathing in a tin bath in the kitchen of my grans, the water was heated by a gas 'copper' which also 'boiled' the clothes before going outside to get 'mangled'. Toast/crumpets were made on an open coal fire with a toasting fork and chestnuts on the hearth. And if I was lucky (or not) I got to pluck the chicken for Sunday dinner which had been hung in the shed overnight after dad had throttled it. Those were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew P Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 Some more starting with a clearer pic of the old mangle that has started a whole new debate on here. Then some more diving around the back yards. Bodge 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 25, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2014 Lovely shots Andy, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2014 Blimey Bodge. You really DID do a lot of snooping around. I bet you've found details that Jason didn't remember he'd made! The layout and your photographs inspire me to pay the closest attention to detail with KL2. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew P Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 O.K. Guys and Gall's, I think this will be the last set unless I find a few more goodies that aren't to much of a repeat. Bodge Thanks Jason for letting me lose on Bacup not only with the Camera but also the Controls. :stinker: 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Na, don't like that buffer stop, too plasticy.... Crackin pictures though. Dave Franks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2014 Na, don't like that buffer stop, too plasticy.... Better than none at all I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Andy Those two last posts of yours show some fantastic images of Bacup that I never spotted before, it shows that all those years of layout photography have paid off. I'd better mention the bloke who built it too, cracking modelling Jason which is shown in some of those close-up shots like the first three in post 2282. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2014 Pleased to see the last batch of pics, Andy. Especially the first couple - my 4F (43902) looks a treat! Well done that man. Jeff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew P Posted March 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2014 Jason I found a few more pics that I thought were blurred but there not to bad so here they are. Bodge That's definitely it this time. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L&Y Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks for the pics. Wow. Personal favorite has to be the super D under the bridge. If you print out some of these in sepia & age them a bit. Blow them up & frame them. Nobody would guess they were models.... Good to see some of the details somebody was too modest to show us. One thing that stands out is the need for a good back scene, But please not blue sky & fluffy clouds. More a pea soup-er...It is Bacup after all. View distance would be pretty poor with all those chimneys smoking. More silhouettes & smog than detail. Or even just a murky Grey sky.That would finish it off a treat. Just a thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew P Posted March 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2014 You mean like this? Bodge 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 How about a Lankey? Bodge 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 29, 2014 Brilliant! Like L & Y says, you would be hard pressed to distinguish them fro the real thing. The view down the street is absolutely superb. Well done Andy for the photos, but it's Jason's modelling which should take the credit. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Some images not previously seen as these were a bit blued and taken in about 1962 with my Box Brownie. Bodge 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks for all the photos Andy and to Jason for giving you the opportunity to photograph Bacup. Your photos have given us an excellent tour around the layout and the opportunity to admire some fantastic modelling. It's a pity that this is as close as most of us will get to Bacup as, sadly, there'll never be any chance of the layout being exhibited. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Great combo - fantastic layout and superb photos. Thanks, guys. Polly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 Cheers for popping up more of your lovely photos Andy. I was working in Chester for most of last week and out (literally) all day yesterday so no real progress with the layout although I did find time to spray the 'A' Class in grey primer. No suitable satin black paint to move forward yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 Hi Jason For a good black paint I use Games Workshop Chaos Black in a spray can. It gives a satin finish of a loco that is in service but has been cleaned which is a good base to start weathering, and it goes on easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks Clive, was pondering over whether to use a rattle can or the airbrush and you may have just persuaded me. Is it enamel or acrylic? Does it make any difference (e.g acrylic onto Halfords primer)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) I use acrilic lifecote paint gose stright in the spray gun easy to work with and all my repaints are done with this with holfords primer on first mark Edited March 30, 2014 by mark axlecounter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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