RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 4, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2023 11 hours ago, Ruston said: I know all this Sodor stuff is related to Reverend Awdry's books but where does all of this fictional history of the island come from? Do you just make it up yourself, or did Awdry publish it in other books? It wasn't in the original books as far as I know, but it is around 45 years since I read them. Sooo Wilbert and his brother George wrote up a big history of the island, notable people, and the railways, as well as drawing up the map. He used to give a lecture on it, the notes for which are held at the NGRM in Tywyn as part of the Awdry study. I've taken the background of the stories and most of the book, then mixed it up with some of my own ideas, changing dates, numbers etc. to suit what I want to model. I think he was partially constrained by framing the stories as if they were happening contemporaneously, so I've just rearranged things to how I want them to be. I enjoy the world-building aspect of it. Any accusations that I do this in order to justify building more locos are well-founded. 14 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Hey, Corbs? Just asking for reference purposes, but it looks like the "Woolworths" have quite a short cab, right? How did you attach the Stanier cab on the frames? Did you just hack the whole Maunsell cab off, frames and all? And connected to that, how did you go about bodging the new connection between loco and tender? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 14/04/2023 at 10:38, NZRedBaron said: Hey, Corbs? Just asking for reference purposes, but it looks like the "Woolworths" have quite a short cab, right? How did you attach the Stanier cab on the frames? Did you just hack the whole Maunsell cab off, frames and all? And connected to that, how did you go about bodging the new connection between loco and tender? Yeah I removed the cab and then cut the back of the footplate off with the razor saw, then glued the Stanier cab and running plate on. I don't remember exactly how I did the previous tender coupling but it involved styrene and I imagine this one will too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Okay then; I was planning something similar for my Woolworth, but with an LNER cab.... I actually have a spare of a 3D printed J21 bodyshell that I got a while ago, now that I think about it... Incidentally, I ended up changing plans and getting a second Woolly for my hack. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMCFTW The Gunzel Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Me still waiting for progress on Corbs’ take on James, the Scottish Twins, Toby and Oliver, perhaps in future, in between major modelling projects, focus on some of the easier ones, or just smaller jobs, like repainting or relettering stock. Just some smaller jobs when there’s not much free time to get the bigger stuff done. Well that’s what I tend to do 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I wonder how they'll turn out. James as the LBSCR K Class or the G&SWR Drummond 403 'Austrian Goods' Class would be something. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2023 James is rather difficult to work out, at least from Dalby's illustrations. But there is a good measure of Derby about him - Belpaire boiler, shape of the cab and tender, quite apart from the red paint! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 If you take Awdry's other writings, James is supposed to be a L&Y 28 with a stretched frame to accommodate the pilot. That's probably intention, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, AlfaZagato said: If you take Awdry's other writings, James is supposed to be a L&Y 28 with a stretched frame to accommodate the pilot. That's probably intention, though. Post hoc reasoning, I suspect. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Well, 'The Unlucky Tug' on YT used an ex-GCR J11 from Bachmann as his model- it did mean he needed to do a lot of cutting through the dicast, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 24, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2023 Well…. 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMCFTW The Gunzel Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Corbs said: Well…. Oh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrainkid Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 14/03/2014 at 20:45, Corbs said: Here we go, some buffers on and pics in a much brighter room! The red rods really set it off for me, much better. Bufferbeams not that neat but might get a slap with the weathering powders. Managed to colour the whistle in which is nice. I know I'm quite late on the scene - this post came out when I was five years old - but realistically, what is this beautiful looking loco meant to be?! The e2 would be too expensive to rebuild in this format... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Corbs Posted August 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2023 On 08/06/2023 at 16:37, thetrainkid said: I know I'm quite late on the scene - this post came out when I was five years old - but realistically, what is this beautiful looking loco meant to be?! The e2 would be too expensive to rebuild in this format... Oh yeah, nothing like an E2 really. Ended up being an 0-6-2T. Did some modelling today off the back of rewatching 'Fantastic Mr.Fox'. Wanted to create a little homage in the form of a cider tanker modelled after the road tanker seen in the film. Used a Dapol 6-wheeler from their unpainted range, sprayed the tank with 'aluminium' paint from Halfords. The colours were picked from a screenshot of the film and the graphics made in Illustrator, then printed on the OKI laser printer. The solebar text was pinched from the Loriot Y at work and rejigged ;) This is after a coat of matt lacquer. 23 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 15, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) Something… red. Edited August 15, 2023 by Corbs 15 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Looks like Driver Clifton's upgraded from a Bedford to a Hatt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) On 13/08/2023 at 23:58, Corbs said: Like liquid gold. I just hope he wasn’t making the cider out of beans. Edited August 15, 2023 by scots region 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Corbs said: Something… red. Whats the AU behind this one, I wonder. Edited August 15, 2023 by scots region Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMCFTW The Gunzel Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 You forgot the Gold Dome and other Brass/Copper fittings, if it is to be James, have a splash of gold on there 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 4 hours ago, scots region said: Whats the AU behind this one, I wonder. I guess that in this verse, the Royal Mail set up its' own Railway Department, presumably with running rights over (presumably) the Island of Sodor, if not the entire national network? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2023 Not far off, the rough idea is it's a repaint for a loco assigned to a specific mail train duty (to celebrate launch of the service). Here is 405 'James Catherick' now with name and numberplates courtesy of LRS. A trio of Woolworths N Class kits! 403 Thorkell, 405 James Catherick, 407 Sigrid. I fashioned a crude drawbar from styrene and found a backhead in a spares box. They all need RC gear fitting before they can stretch their legs on the big layout..... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 20, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) Sooooo with 405 now in the queue for some serious soldering (along with about 6 other locos awaiting conversion), I feel the need to scratch another itch that's been hanging around for a while. I bought a previous-generation Hornby 'King' some time ago to use as the basis for the second 'Hatt 7' build, the same class as 'Westlin' here: Actually, a 'Super 7' as this new loco is to be built with the same wheels, boiler and frame layout, but instead of being a 4-cylinder simple with Walschaerts valve gear, this will become a compound with Lentz rotary valve gear alongside an enlarged steam circuit, double kylchap and possibly ACFI feedwater heating too. The intention is that this becomes the stepping stone to the mixed traffic 4-8-0 'Thorfinn the Mighty'. The GWR-style cab was the first thing to go, to be replaced with a Hatt cab (imitated by Fowler and Stanier, of course....). The cylinders are the ones off the Hornby P2 and were filed to fit in the gap, but they sit too low and will need packing out to bring the centre of the cylinder in line with the axle... ... This in turn meant that for the loco to stay within gauge, the boiler can't go any higher (note I am also losing the GWR bonnet in favour of a lower profile dome), the solution has been to notch the running board like so: The flattened cylinder tops now forming part of the running board. I rather like it and prefer this to a split-height running board. I think the streamlined corners of the cylinders helps. Edited August 20, 2023 by Corbs 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 13 hours ago, Corbs said: This in turn meant that for the loco to stay within gauge, the boiler can't go any higher (note I am also losing the GWR bonnet in favour of a lower profile dome), the solution has been to notch the running board like so: There is an alternative, the hypertaper boiler. Tapering is good right? So more tapering must be better... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Corbs Posted December 25, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas everyone - I had a flash of an idea last night and got up at dawn to make it in photoshop - The Titfield Thunderbolt as a BRIO set :) 20 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2023 Very nice Corbs. Just be careful Hornby don't nick it 😊 Merry christmas! 1 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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