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Well, the wagon looked fine when you bought it, but the end result is unique! Can I ask what the red base paint is, please? An excellent end to a good day on RMweb.

Finished GBRF

An off-topic comment if ever there was one! That looks like a nicely-built example of the K's kit; you're lucky to have it. You might want to consider renumbering. 2849 was one of a handful of 700 class engines rebuilt with the type D boiler in 1908/9, which did result in a degree of uglification: [Embedded link to catalogue image of Midland Railway Study Centre item 82417, 2849 approaching Trent with a through goods train c. 1920.] It went straight from this condition to a G6 Belpaire boiler in 1923, a type it retained until withdrawal in 1947: [Embedded link to catalogue image of Midland Railway Study Centre item 99-0683, 2849 outside Derby No. 4 shed c. 1925.] Tenders are a bit of a nightmare. By the 1920s, many 700 Class engines were running with either Johnson tenders off withdrawn 2-4-0s and the like, or with Kirtley tenders with rebuilt tanks, as in these photos of 2849. An example of an engine with round-topped boiler and unrebuilt Kirtley tender, i.e. in the condition of the model, is 2834, renumbered 22834 in 1935 (2849 was renumbered 22834 around the same time). 2849 was a Derby engine for most of its life; 2834 was allocated at Leeds or Normanton up to 1930 but was at Birmingham in 1933, ending its days as part of Bournville shed's antique collection. [Ref. S. Summerson, Midland Railway Locomotives Vol. 2 (Irwell Press, 2007).]

I misread that and for a moment thought you meant: Nick.

Thanks, Chris. I find these kinds of project very satisfying - finding an everyday detail from over 100 years ago and translating it into model form. Nick.

Thanks, Louis - hopefully the positive effect is not just down to the photography! Well, quite.... There is the possibility of something in the current attic room (aka box room, junk store, room of doom...). Planning permission will be required, as well as considerable preliminary works to prepare the space. Other domestic projects will need to be completed first, to raise sufficient 'capital' - watch this space, but don't hold your breath. Nick.

Maybe they're just very kind close-ups (that's a thing, right?!) but those look really very very good indeed. Roping exemplary once again, too. Now, how's about a nice little layout to run them on...?! :)

Stunning work as usual, Nick!

I was thinking more like the Wurzels...

Once again, superb observation and execution....!

Thanks, Mikkel. The paint is an automotive red-oxide undercoat, from Halfords. Where I had to repaint the inside, I used Revell matt 37 enamel, which is a close match. The colour then gets pushed about a bit with the oil paint - my palette includes Indian red and yellow ochre, as well as black, white and burnt umber. With that mix I can go towards pink, orange, or a darker, richer red. In the case of this wagon, I did that a bit on the inside, but not much on the outside, where it is mostly greys, warmed up with a bit of yellow ochre and burnt umber. Nick.

If anyone is inclined to question the presence of a Knotty van in Glasgow before the Great War, point them to Lt.-Col. Yorke's report on the accident at Gretna in the early hours of 14 May 1891: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Gretna1901.pdf. Wagons in a southbound Caledonian goods train, Gushetfaulds to Carlisle, derailed, fouling the northbound line. (Which way is up, there?) A northbound Sou' Western goods train, Carlisle to College Goods, Glasgow, ran into this; fortunately there were only minor personal injuries but there was much destruction of stock, which is duly listed in the appendix. Damaged vehicles in the GSWR train were all GSWR and MR but the victims in the CR train bear witness to the goods traffic on the WCML: 10 CR, 5 NER, 6 LNWR, 5 L&YR, 1 GWR, and 1 NSR wagon. The latter was No. 2781, perhaps more likely to have been an open than a covered goods wagon.

I think I'll go with 2834. Lines up nicely with justifying Talavera. Reminds me, I need to renumber my 812. I plan to renumber it to be 'Donald' in about '32.

Yes, those are only a feature of engines rebuilt with D or E boilers, and retained when those boilers were exchanged for the G7 Belpaire boilers. The D and E boilers were second-hand off Johnson 4-4-0s that were being rebuilt with the larger H boiler and were a bit longer than the B boilers originally carried. The 700 class were built without any sanding gear but once steam standing had become standard (from the mid-1880s) they were fitted with sandboxes under the front framing, with sand pipes to the leading wheels. I suppose that these got in the way of the modifications needed to fit the D or E boiler, or possibly it was felt that with the increased power of the rebuilt engines, better sanding was needed. Johnson's earlier 0-6-0s were also built without sanding but the later engines had sand boxes from new, either side of the centre driving wheel; these were of the same pattern as those fitted to these 700 Class engines but being mounted on the inside frames and partly hidden by the footplate valence, were rather less prominent.

That's a good find, it looks neatly built. I just use a block in such situations, but my trains aren't that long so maybe I'll be unpleasantly surprised when I start running longer trains.

My second sleeper coming along I just changed the roof fin aerial design after I found a better picture

Nick, up to your usual high very standards.

Albury awaits with appreciation abounding.

Exquisite modelling. Duncan

They are excellent. Well worth the patient waiting. And two christmases embodied in a model, a nice thought. It's a good example of how "zooming in" can create results that are just as satisfying and impressive as "big-picture" modelling. BTW there's a Beatles theme in the blog posts this weekend - the Strawberry line and Norwegian wood 🙂

Wonderful. Nice to see trains on the layout, they blend in well. I do like the roads. A vehicle would suit them, perhaps belonging to the local company W.C. Fields? 🙂

Love the twin rail car!

Nice job. The kit betrays its age, and the roof has a nasty contour. Btw, the E116 had fishbelly bogies. (The K's kit, as supplied, does contain them.)

If I was the vicar, I would want the door on the opposite side from the church to give at least some separation between work and home. It would discourage some "popping over to see the vicar" by troublesome parishioners, too. Graham (a Methodist so no axe to grind)

Well I thought I'd finished the PWA, but as I was fitting the excellent railtec transfers, using Humbrol DecalFix (which is a first for me and found it much easier), using the reference pictures on @hmrspaul superb site, I realised the underframe has plates over some of the gaps. Just contemplating to try and use painted inkjet acetate sheets.... The bogies supplied seemed to be too narrow so have used English Steel ESC-1 from the N gauge society - which I don't think are 100% correct, but they'll do for me

Now I just need to fill and touch in the join…