Wright writes.....

[Tony Wright]

The last of the Paul Bromige locos I have for sale...................

 

Once again, apologies for my not dusting them before taking their pictures.....

 

All run very well apart from those mentioned in the descriptions.

 

 

A K's 'Coal Tank (though nothing mechanically K's). £140.00

 

 

An ex-LT&SR 0-6-2T built from a Ray Rippon kit. £180.00

 

 

Another ex-LT&SR loco. Built from a Nu-Cast kit, this one doesn't run well and needs attention (probably a new motor/gearbox). Hence £100.00 only.

 

 

A Midland 1F 0-6-0T. Built from an MPD kit (?). £165.00.

 

 

The smallest! A K's Johnson 0-4-0ST (though nothing mechanically K's). £150.00.

 

 

An ex-NLR 0-6-0T. Built from a GEM kit. £180.00

 

 

A Nu-Cast Sentinel. Visually smooth, but a bit noisy. £125.00.

 

I've tried to price these, reflecting where there is no RTR alternative. 

 

Please PM me if interested.

 

There are also some un-built and part-built kits as well. I'll be sorting these in due course. 

[Michael Edge]

The MR 1F is probably from the Craftsman kit.

[Tony Wright]

6 minutes ago, Michael Edge said:

The MR 1F is probably from the Craftsman kit.

Thanks Mike,

 

As I said, I'm going off the notes provided by a mate.

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

[Tony Wright]

It would seem the ex-LT&SR 0-6-2T has been sold! 

 

Another day of packing and Post Office, but worth it for two good causes.............

[Tony Wright]

Things are 'hotting up'. The wee 0-4-0ST has sold, as has the LT&SR 4-4-2T. 

 

Make I make a couple of requests, please? Firstly, may I thank all those who are buying these locos? Secondly, in all cases when 'you' get in touch will you tell me exactly who you are, please? I know some, but others are just a Christian name, and I'm faced with the absurd situation of often corresponding with someone I know (quite well at times), but I haven't made the link. 

 

I know it's the 'done' thing on sites like this to have a 'user name'. Mine, believe it or not, is Tony Wright!

 

I just find the whole notion of 'other titles' daft, but then that's me. 

[MJI]

1 hour ago, Tony Wright said:

Things are 'hotting up'. The wee 0-4-0ST has sold, as has the LT&SR 4-4-2T. 

 

Make I make a couple of requests, please? Firstly, may I thank all those who are buying these locos? Secondly, in all cases when 'you' get in touch will you tell me exactly who you are, please? I know some, but others are just a Christian name, and I'm faced with the absurd situation of often corresponding with someone I know (quite well at times), but I haven't made the link. 

 

I know it's the 'done' thing on sites like this to have a 'user name'. Mine, believe it or not, is Tony Wright!

 

I just find the whole notion of 'other titles' daft, but then that's me. 

 

Some form of anonymity is good on the internet.

 

Not so much here but on quite a few sites best to not easily be traceable.

 

There are some weird people out there.

[polybear]

7 minutes ago, MJI said:

 

Some form of anonymity is good on the internet.

 

Not so much here but on quite a few sites best to not easily be traceable.

 

There are some weird people out there.

 

I recall a long-gone Forum called (E4um - run by Bill Bedford IIRC) where one of the contributors was based in the USA; he explained that one of his ex-wives had suddenly become a fan of the products of a certain Mr Smith & Mr Wesson - and he was being very careful......

[cctransuk]

1 hour ago, Tony Wright said:

I just find the whole notion of 'other titles' daft ....

 

I wholeheartedly agree - but when I have made a similar comment, I have been told, in no uncertain terms, that careers could be ruined overnight if it became common knowledge that the posters in question dabbled in railway modelling - shock, horror!!!!!!

 

Seems far-fetched to me - but what do I know?

 

John Isherwood.

Edited May 11, 2022 by cctransuk

[FarrMan]

40 minutes ago, MJI said:

There are some weird people out there.

There are some weird people in here as well - me for one!

 

Lloyd

[cctransuk]

42 minutes ago, MJI said:

 

Some form of anonymity is good on the internet.

 

Not so much here but on quite a few sites best to not easily be traceable.

 

There are some weird people out there.

 

Best not to frequent such sites, then!

 

CJI.

[drmditch]

6 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

Best not to frequent such sites, then!

 

CJI.

 

And especially not if you are supposed to be attending to business in the House of Commons.

(but perhaps that's what the 'Commons' do these days?)

 

I'm searching through my stock of old motors/gearboxes/gears to see if I can find something suitable for a small scratchbuild project.

Perhaps it might be better just to buy something new.

 

Edited May 11, 2022 by drmditch

[Hollar]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

I recall a long-gone Forum called (E4um - run by Bill Bedford IIRC) where one of the contributors was based in the USA; he explained that one of his ex-wives had suddenly become a fan of the products of a certain Mr Smith & Mr Wesson - and he was being very careful......

Not everything on E4um could be taken at face value, though usually the invective fell short of firearms.

[MJI]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

I recall a long-gone Forum called (E4um - run by Bill Bedford IIRC) where one of the contributors was based in the USA; he explained that one of his ex-wives had suddenly become a fan of the products of a certain Mr Smith & Mr Wesson - and he was being very careful......

 

I had some NG issue many years ago, a very vicious troll, took about 20 people a year to work out who the troll was so they could pass his phone number to an angry victim.

 

Being able to be anonomous in NGs is important for many people, but boasting of trolling on a blog is stupid.

[Chamby]

The internet has many alter-ego’s and people with names who are not who they claim to be, on specialist forums like this as well as the commonly used social media sites.  

 

The type of person who uses the internet for the primary purpose of self-promotion and collecting ‘likes’, I tend to avoid wherever possible.  Empty barrels, as they say.  Thankfully, RMWeb does seem to have a good proportion of genuine people, some using their real names, others using a sobriquet.  I don’t draw any distinction between the two: it is their posted content that earns respect, in my view.

 

The people who need need to know the ‘real’ me on here do, as do a few others who have earned my trust.  Friends who know me in real life have quickly worked out who I am on here:  I don’t explicitly hide my identity, but I feel much more comfortable keeping a low profile generally.

[FarrMan]

47 minutes ago, Hollar said:

Not everything on E4um could be taken at face value, though usually the invective fell short of firearms.

The ICE once circulated to branch committees a note about the future uses of the London HQ, which included a suggestion that the entrance hall be used for 'duel' purposes. Someone suggested that this was a new form of arbitration!

 

Lloyd

[St Enodoc]

59 minutes ago, Chamby said:

The internet has many alter-ego’s and people with names who are not who they claim to be, on specialist forums like this as well as the commonly used social media sites.  

 

The type of person who uses the internet for the primary purpose of self-promotion and collecting ‘likes’, I tend to avoid wherever possible.  Empty barrels, as they say.  Thankfully, RMWeb does seem to have a good proportion of genuine people, some using their real names, others using a sobriquet.  I don’t draw any distinction between the two: it is their posted content that earns respect, in my view.

 

The people who need need to know the ‘real’ me on here do, as do a few others who have earned my trust.  Friends who know me in real life have quickly worked out who I am on here:  I don’t explicitly hide my identity, but I feel much more comfortable keeping a low profile generally.

Exactly so, Phil. A number of folk here know my full name; some others know my first name; most know neither. There are not many people in this part of the world with my surname, so anyone unscrupulous would not have too much trouble finding out my railway room, should they so wish, if I didn't use a pseudonym.

 

Don't forget that you don't have to be an RMweb member to read the site.

[Bernard Lamb]

When I joined this forum it was on the suggestion of a couple of members who I knew from another railway related forum and had also met in the real world. On that forum they did and still do, insist that people use their real names. As the boss on here used his real name and the people I knew also used their real names i saw no reason to do otherwise.

Being called by my surname at school and on starting work being asked which of my names I wished to be known by, back in 1970 all people up to the big boss were on first name terms, which was rather unusual at that time, I see no reason to be known by any other handle. There are a few people still about who I have known from around 1960 who do use a diminutive of my name. 

Having more experience of life in a totalitarian country than the vast majority of people on here I do view with suspicion people who wish to hide their true identity.

I do actually know two people who do use a pen name, but in both cases they have been quite open with me as to the reason why.

Bernard 

[Adam88]

1 hour ago, MJI said:

 

I had some NG issue many years ago, a very vicious troll, took about 20 people a year to work out who the troll was so they could pass his phone number to an angry victim.

 

Being able to be anonomous in NGs is important for many people, but boasting of trolling on a blog is stupid.

 

I saw NG and thought narrow gauge as opposed to EM/S4 but then realised you were talking about News Groups.  No-one would troll OO people, would they?

[Iain.d]

Some nice looking model locos for sale on this and the previous page – I’m glad they’re selling. I was quite tempted by the S&D 7F but I have enough of my own to do….

 

I have just finished this Comet Coaches BR Mk1 D23 Restaurant Unclassified, there was a hiccup or two at the end but I think it has turned out ok.  There’s nothing particularly special or noteworthy about it, I suspect if it ever gets to run in a rake, it’ll easily be ‘lost’.

 

 

The original M1925 was built in late 1958 and would appear to never have received Gresley bogies as most of its lot/batch did. Images of these RU vehicles, in their early days seem few and far between and so I have nothing to work off for accuracy, I chose not to add ‘no smoking’ labels (not knowing which windows might have had them or not) or curtains to the windows. In one of Ivo Peters' Somerset & Dorset videos there is colour footage of a similar age/era BR MK1 Restaurant First with brown/deep dark maroon curtains (definitely not orange or blue); if I come across a 1959/1960 image that shows them, I can easily add them.

 

 

As I have no lining transfers the lining has been done with a lining pen and Tamiya gloss yellow and black, it’s not perfect but everything is parallel and evenly spaced, if a bit thick.  Thank you to Woodcock29 for the ‘Ms’!

 

It was going to be part of a Pines Express formation I’m building, but  looking again at CWNs,  I can’t see references to RUs being formally allocated so it’ll be used in another service, perhaps paired up with the LMS D1966 Articulated TO set that I have just started.

 

 

There have been a few articulated sets shown on this thread over the last few years and they’ve always interested me. From the books and videos I have about the Somerset & Dorset route, former eastern region pairs were not unusual in the 1950s and early 1960s, LMS ones less so, but I just wanted one!

 

Kind regards,

 

Iain (…happy to remain in the shadows of the hobby and the web…)

Edited May 11, 2022 by Iain.d
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[thegreenhowards]

When I joined the forum it seemed to be the done thing to use a pseudonym, so that’s what I did. Also, I held a senior position in Virgin Trains and was slightly worried about how it might affect my reputation at work if people saw me on here, so was quite happy with the arrangement. Now I’m retired, I’m quite happy for people to know me by my real name but it would seem silly to change it now because more people on here know me by my RMWeb name than by my real one, so ‘The Green Howards’ it will remain.

 

For the record, should anyone want to know, I’m Andy Sparkes.

 

 

 

 

[chrisf]

I am 'chrisf' here because I was 'chrisf' at work!

 

Chris [F]

[Leander]

19 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Some more of the Paul Bromige locos for sale........... My apologies for not dusting them off before taking their pictures!

 

All run very well.

 

 

A Midland Johnson 3F 0-6-0T from an MPD (?) kit. I'm asking £165 for this.

It might even be built from a Craftsman kit. This is my Midland 3F tank in EM, originally built by the late Barrie Stevenson, and more recently given a new chassis based on Brassmasters Easichas parts by John Brighton. Sorry Tony, it has DCC sound fitted to it, previously an ESU chip with South West Digital sound. It has a Zimo decoder now, with Youchoos sound. I'll have it with me at expoEM spring this coming weekend if anyone wants to see it 'in the flesh' as it were. It's modelled on a condensing fitted loco which was subsequently 'decondensed', hence no pipes are fitted but the pipe emerging from the tank tops remain. It's seen here at Leeds City North, courtesy of John Elliott.

[Tony Wright]

Another sale.........

 

The NLR tank has gone. 

[41516]

12 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

The wee 0-4-0ST has sold

 

Based on my username, there should be no prizes for guessing where it's gone.  It's joined my stud of classmates in the home for models of Mr. Johnson's yard shunting engines.

[Bernard Lamb]

26 minutes ago, 41516 said:

 

Based on my username, there should be no prizes for guessing where it's gone.  It's joined my stud of classmates in the home for models of Mr. Johnson's yard shunting engines.

Congratulations.

I hope you are as happy with it as I am with a couple of purchases that I have bought from Tony.

I have always liked these tiny machines but have no use for a model of one.

Back in about 1957 I did build one as a static model out of balsa wood and card as part of a diorama and I  used dowel for the rails if i remember correctly.

This was as a project in art classes at school. They were very open minded as to what was allowed as art.

A chap who lived just down the road used to help out in the art school and he was very enthusiastic about my model and even helped me on certain details.

His name was Reg Butler. Now the diorama is long gone and I had no record of his involvement, but his work these days sells for big money. I should have kept it and got him to sign it.😀

Bernard