RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: Important safety advice - Don't Lick the TOAD's as they are poisonous... Yes but you'll get to do colourful things with your pixie friends 😁 Edited July 8, 2023 by Tim Dubya apparently 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Coach bogie said: I cut up an old Airfix toad to provide the planked end door on my Oxfords. The Airfix underframes went to my father who used them for generic Victorian coaches, long before Hattons and Hornby came along. Note how different the GWR Grey colour is between the two producers. Mike Wiltshire All the main wagons colours I have seen from Oxford have been too light, as well as their GWR grey, both the LNER oxide and grey were both too light or my liking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, 57xx said: All the main wagons colours I have seen from Oxford have been too light, as well as their GWR grey, both the LNER oxide and grey were both too light or my liking. And all of my GWR and LNER examples have been subsequently repainted... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, 57xx said: both the LNER oxide and grey were both too light or my liking. Weathered by @toboldlygo of this parish. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: Yes but you'll get to do colourful things with your pixie friends 😁 We don't need lysergic amphibians or any other mind altering substances for that sort of thing to happen around here... 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 07/07/2023 at 16:39, gwrrob said: They have verandahs at different ends. Is there a prize for spotting this? 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 06/07/2023 at 21:35, gwrrob said: Let’s hope the Loriot lives up to expectations. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 Loving them tie down thingies. I like (and sometimes need) a good lashing. 1 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 An observation on the couplings as raised by @BenL a while back. Very frustrating the amount of stand out. Mine were a very tight fit and took a while to prise out. The couplings on this model are different [one piece] to other wagons in the range but there is hope and a bit of surgery on the replacement X 6354 socket I use to enable the use of Hunt's. Of course using three links would be a better option but a lot of people like tension locks. There's no escaping the fact they look hideous on this model though. I'll modify a socket and let you know the outcome. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: They have verandahs at different ends. Is there a prize for spotting this? Nice to hear from you chum. Have you seen this new book release ? https://strathwood.co.uk/products/from-the-camel-to-the-exe?_kx=lB0FVjDHgb868E55fY08Yv-AVljR2-iv9Zn9Fz_whmb_JpZKlgZgs5qHMP8CzlH7.W8PRYx 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 08/07/2023 at 19:46, gwrrob said: Weathered by @toboldlygo of this parish. Very nicely weathered, but the grey is still too light for my preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: They have verandahs at different ends. Is there a prize for spotting this? One is designed for east bound trains, the other for west bound. Don't ask what happens if the trains needs to go north or south. Edited July 10, 2023 by 57xx 2 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Nice to hear from you chum. Have you seen this new book release ? https://strathwood.co.uk/products/from-the-camel-to-the-exe?_kx=lB0FVjDHgb868E55fY08Yv-AVljR2-iv9Zn9Fz_whmb_JpZKlgZgs5qHMP8CzlH7.W8PRYx Now that looks interesting, will have to have a flick through at a show. Hopefully it's a new photographer's collection and not a rehash of the usual images. Fingers crossed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 4 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: Hopefully it's a new photographer's collection and not a rehash of the usual images. If you get to copy before I do would you mind giving a heads up? I was about to grab a copy on autopilot but stopped incase the images had been published before. I understand the book is a collection of photos by several photographers. "Terry Gough, Gerald Daniels, Dick Riley and many others whose photographic collections have passed into the safe keeping of the Transport Treasury fortunately recorded scenes from Padstow to Exeter on film." cheers 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2023 16 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: They have verandahs at different ends. Is there a prize for spotting this? 7 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: Now that looks interesting, will have to have a flick through at a show. Hopefully it's a new photographer's collection and not a rehash of the usual images. Fingers crossed. Oi ! Thought you were too busy enjoying yourself with a large ram in your hand ? Rob 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1466 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: If you get to copy before I do would you mind giving a heads up? I was about to grab a copy on autopilot but stopped incase the images had been published before. I understand the book is a collection of photos by several photographers. "Terry Gough, Gerald Daniels, Dick Riley and many others whose photographic collections have passed into the safe keeping of the Transport Treasury fortunately recorded scenes from Padstow to Exeter on film." cheers 👍 My copy arrived today . I’m no expert - can’t say whether the photos are”new” or not - but I’m pleased . The reproduction of the b/w photos is good and they are well composed . There is much of interest to me ( I lean to the GWR) and a pleasant surprise is a section on T9 s . In my opinion , it’s very good value . 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 11, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2023 After trimming both the socket and the coupling we get this. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted July 11, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2023 Here it is on my tightest curve. Not too bad to a blind man on a galloping horse. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted July 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2023 A friend (who knew him) reminds me that today is the anniversary of the death of F.W. Hawksworth in 1976. Just thought it might be of interest. 1 1 2 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted July 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2023 I wonder if his tombstone has domed ends? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: I wonder if his tombstone has domed ends? With a straight nameplate.😁 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted July 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2023 I see on https://www.steamindex.com/ that that site is going to disappear - this would be a great shame and I wondered if anyone else thought the same? Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted July 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 A very moist Torbay sees small prairie 4555 sitting between duties. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted July 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Andy Keane said: I see on https://www.steamindex.com/ that that site is going to disappear - this would be a great shame and I wondered if anyone else thought the same? Andy Thats the first time Ive seen it Andy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) Mr @2ManySpams & Rob, we have an answer WOO WOOOOOOOOO! Edited July 14, 2023 by Tim Dubya 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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