A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[Mallard60022]

Yea. I shall be wearing a silly label or look for the bloke with loads of SR stuff draped around his person.

P

[bgman]

We haven't seen 3796 much recently.

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Much nicer !

[bgman]

Yea. I shall be wearing a silly label or look for the bloke with loads of SR stuff draped around his person.

P

Silly label ....."Tingling Fresh modeller!"

 

With a string of tubes dangling from your person ? Hmmmm

 

 

[gwrrob]

Hi Robin,

 

Must say they do look well sculptured .

 

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

Thanks for the heads up Mark.A very promising range.

Edited September 7, 2015 by gwrrob

[Mallard60022]

I can remember when LC's L (the book) was banned and if anyone at school was found with a copy then they were in serious s**t. However, the Staffroom copy was well thumbed if you will excuse the expression.

I have always tried to avoid carrying a large bunch of keys in my side pockets since reading it 

Ar8e

[alanbuttler]

Thanks for the heads up Mark.A very promising range.

 

Thanks for the plug Mark and the compliments folks.  These were an initial attempt at a range of 3D scanned figures created in conjunction with lads from the Severn Valley and Llangollen.  I'll be expanding the range over the coming months, initially redeveloping and adding to the selection of loco crew to include seated drivers, diesel crew, shed staff and relaxed/off duty crews.  It's also quite easy to provide region specific items such as the lamps that Iain is holding in the picture above.  Cheers Alan

[bgman]

I can remember when LC's L (the book) was banned and if anyone at school was found with a copy then they were in serious s**t. However, the Staffroom copy was well thumbed if you will excuse the expression.

I have always tried to avoid carrying a large bunch of keys in my side pockets since reading it 

Ar8e

I preferred this myself, mind you, I usually got into trouble reading it at school too !

 

[gwrrob]

I can see me getting a 'Mellors' type figure with shirt off for the swmbo, modelled by me of course !

[Siberian Snooper]

Yea. I shall be wearing a silly label or look for the bloke with loads of SR stuff draped around his person.

P

Is this some sort of disguise to enable you to sneak into Lincolnshire?

[bgman]

I can see me getting a 'Mellors' type figure with shirt off for the swmbo, modelled by me of course !

Go ALL OUT Rob, you never know, Prieser or Noch might get you on their books !

[bgman]

Speaking of reading material it's strange what you find when you're not looking for it ......

 

 

 

 

And honing in on one particular area ....

 

 

And if you need any consignment notes for Brent I've got a few left in the book Rob

 

 

 

 

I saved these and quite a few other items from being thrown out many years ago when I worked up country.

I'm pleased I did now

[Captain Kernow]

And honing in on one particular area ....

 

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Ah, the old Swagonian border is shown, before our successful motorised advance into East Devon, Somerset and beyond!

[gwrrob]

I particularly like the 'foreign' lines bit.

[johnarcher]

These are the figures you get which are actually real people, including yourself if you wish. Thus Mr .Curly will be an actual person.

P

Isn't he Harpo Marx? Appropriate for the period.

 

But, more importantly, they look excellent figures - I'm glad they are to appear in 3mm scale especially, a scale a bit short of good quality figures.

Edited September 7, 2015 by johnarcher

[Mallard60022]

Is this some sort of disguise to enable you to sneak into Lincolnshire?

I was trying to avoid saying rucksack; maybe I should not have bothered. 

Quackeroo

[coachmann]

The 'Beano' and 'Dandy' were my first comics after war ended. Must have been 1945-6. The next comic to come along was the 'Eagle' which I loved and willingly agreed to drop the earlier comics.

Edited September 7, 2015 by coachmann

[coachmann]

If my brain serves me correct the Eagle annuals used to have some model railway articles in them barrels made out of cotton reels and the like.

The exploded views and descriptions of how things worked intrigued me (jet Rover car for instance), plus I remember Winston Churchill's serialised life story. 

Edited September 7, 2015 by coachmann

[bgman]

Hope you don't mind me posting my "finds" on here Rob ?

Three more I've found this evening.......

 

An original ticket from just outside your area

 

 

Then this postcard......

Seems the GWR might have had ideas above their station ! Crossed out "Post Card" and stamped GWR.

 

 

And on the reverse......

 

 

And finally one with their own issue stamp......

 

[The Stationmaster]

Evenin' all - running late today so just a flying visit as far as a pic is concerned

 

 

 

 

 

[Mallard60022]

Comics.....I think it was the Wizard that I got for a while. Used to have a spotters story (was it The Little Red Book?) and two lots of pics of loco's like fag cards to stick in a  book. Think I've still got the remains of one of those books in the loft somewhere! I also loved the Beano and Dandy; had to save up to get them....those were the days.

P

Oh yes, new picture is to do with a humourous other thread.....it won't last!

[St Enodoc]

The exploded views and descriptions of how things worked intrigued me (jet Rover car for instance), plus I remember Winston Churchill's serialised life story. 

The Churchill strips were published in 1958 in a hardback volume called The Happy Warrior. I still have my battered but much-treasured copy.

[petethemole]

I've still got the Eagle Book of Trains.

[St Enodoc]

I've still got the Eagle Book of Trains.

I'll see your Eagle Book of Trains and raise you an Eagle Special Investigator by Macdonald Hastings...

[coachmann]

Jammy sod that I am, I kept winning first price in Uncle Peter's childrens page in the Oldham Chronicle, which was usually a book token for the Lexicon Book Store. Someone mentioned the 'Eagle Book of Trains', one in my collection in 1952. The one time I slipped up was in a colouring competition that would win us free tickets to the new Robin Hood movie. I didn't know our hero wore tights and so I coloured his whole legs flesh! Wot an idiot...!  

Edited September 8, 2015 by coachmann

[Edwardian]

To be fair to yourself, Coach,  this was before Mel Brooks's explanatory treatment of the legend: