LNER4479 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 I like the sheet protecting the desk. Takes me back to Haymarket days... Indeed. The great Longsight ETD BS5750 clear out of 1989. Generated a lifetime's supply of decent quality 1mm card for modelling purposes 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted May 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2017 I must be one of the few remaining RMW members to have seen one of the locos in silver livery when almost new. My dad took me to Copley Hill sheds (Leeds) when I was a very little lad --- was I ever?? ---- probably one Sunday morning before WW2 , perhaps 1938 . There was this big silver thing standing on the turn table. He read the name. --- Silver Link. Derek I saw it in silver too! Dad took me to Newcastle to see it. I was given the Hornby tin-plate version, an 0-4-0 with tender and a pair of articulated coaches. I also saw the Coronation at Tweedmouth. All goes to provide happy childhood memories. ArhurK 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) Evenin' all. Remember this? Well, keep your eyes on the two on the right. Whilst the others were for Grantham North End, these two were my part of a horse trading deal to make two earlier style GNR somersaults for JCL's Havenhouse project. And now they look like this! Well, the man himself called in over the weekend, on one of his periodic trips across the Pond. He brought with him the Howlden coaches that he's been designing & building in his inimitable style. All very ingenious and rather convincing. For more details, check out his thread. Couldn't resist! Meanwhile, on the subject of lovely semaphore signals, unexpectedly came across this clutch during a few days away just before the bank holiday, an oasis in the desert: Any ideas? Edited June 6, 2017 by LNER4479 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2017 very nice (and that's not just the ballasting) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 G'Day Gents May be miles out but it reminds me of Wareham. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Evenin' all. Remember this? IMG_8266.JPG Well, keep your eyes on the two on the right. Whilst the others were for Grantham North End, these two were my part of a horse trading deal to make two earlier style GNR somersaults for JCL's Havenhouse project. WP_20170605_08_59_05_Pro.jpg And now they look like this! WP_20170605_09_19_14_Pro.jpg Well, the man himself called in over the weekend, on one of his periodic trips across the Pond. He brought with him the Howlden coaches that he's been designing & building in his inimitable style. All very ingenious and rather convincing. For more details, check out his thread. WP_20170605_09_28_34_Pro.jpg Couldn't resist! Meanwhile, on the subject of lovely semaphore signals, unexpectedly came across this clutch during a few days away just before the bank holiday, an oasis in the desert: WP_20170526_12_23_28_Pro.jpg Any ideas? Bognor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 I'll go with Bognor as well, rail built gantry is typical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Anyone for the incorrectly reported last words of King George V? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 Anyone for the incorrectly reported last words of King George V? Definitely not... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Bognor? I'll go with Bognor as well, rail built gantry is typical. Yep - Bognor it is. And easily the most interesting part of the whole town 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yep - Bognor it is. And easily the most interesting part of the whole town Is the lovely S. Box still there? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 Barnham and Littlehampton used to have good semaphores as did most of the line down from Horsham to Bognor. I suspect they have all gone on the main line but maybe Littlehampton still has some? Beautiful signals Graham. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2017 Thanks for having me again, and putting the coach on a pair of rails - still a lot to do there! Thanks also for the signals. They are both tucked away very safely in the middle of my bag ready for the track home later. cheers jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 As a bastion of lner teak, can I ask the wise folk on here, where does one get transfers for npsc in lner livery? I can see the major suppliers of transfers do coaches, wagons and locos. Have I missed the sheets on this vital group of vehicles? Many thanks Richard. Ps my wood effect stock using oil paints so far, no sniggering at the back please. The underframe will be dealt with next. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) Well, there isn't a great deal of choice. I use HMRS for all my vehicles as they're (IMHO) the most accurate, but they're a long way from covering everything. I'm afraid most of the rest is either ignore them or have something made. I've had quite a few sets from John Peck at Precision Decals, who gives a very good service and will probably still have my artwork if any of them are of interest to you. For the long CCT above, I did these: If you move on to other more obscure prototypes, mainly those available from D & S, I have done others: the restriction markings for GE 6 wheel CCTs and the Chivers bogie ones (below), data panels and the 'Not to run in Southern Scottish Area' for horseboxes and the data panel for the GE SCV which Danny does. As an aside, that vehicle would be painted brown, not teak or grained. There's a good colour photo of one on Paul Bartlett's site. Teaked CCTs used carriage transfers as I'm sure you're aware. By all means PM me if you have any specific questions. Edited July 11, 2018 by jwealleans 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2017 Hi there, we were talking about Suggs platform lamps the other day when I came over and I mentioned that the ones at Havenhouse were pretty short and didn't really need a ladder - just some steps or a basketball player. Here's the photo that I was looking for. There is a second lamp that you can just about make out to the right of the signalman to give you an idea of height. Hope it helps. cheers Jason p.s. While I was in Wainfleet (down the road from Havenhouse for the out-of-towners) I noticed for the first time that there are considerably taller Suggs lamps on the streets near the station. I lived there all those years and have been back multiple times since and never noticed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2017 Suggs Platform Lamps are just madness. Very difficult to obtain. Philth # Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2017 Suggs Platform Lamps are just madness. Very difficult to obtain. Philth # Brilliant Phil. Right back on form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Suggs Platform Lamps are just madness. Very difficult to obtain. Philth # One step beyond ??!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2017 Suggs Platform Lamps are just madness. Very difficult to obtain. Philth # Plenty in our house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2017 Plenty in our house. You'll have to tell me where it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Plenty in our house. Suggs Platform Lamps or madness? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Madness? Lies that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 The middle of our street, was I think, the retort Jason was angling for. ("A popular beat combo of the Nineteen Eighties m'lud." springs to mind.) C6T. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted June 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Do you have to wear baggy trousers when collecting Suggs Platform Lamps? And presumably you'll be driving in my car when you do. Edited June 14, 2017 by Richard E Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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