edcayton Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Can I just point out to you youngsters that 2011 is not "a few years ago", 1968 is a few years ago. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) Tell that to a 15 year old. And those models made by Hornby in 2007.... surely they are historical objects? edit; mind you, there are some models in the Hornby catalogue which have mouldings pre-dating 1968, I think. Edited October 24, 2015 by robmcg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2015 Can I just point out to you youngsters that 2011 is not "a few years ago", 1968 is a few years ago. Ed "Youngsters" ? Ah,yes,I know.They are anybody born after 1942....of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2015 Can I just point out to you youngsters that 2011 is not "a few years ago", 1968 is a few years ago. Ed It's 125 loco's ago for me lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2015 Two out of three Eastern Region, toboldlygo, I trust this is not catching. I personally have to take medication before I can be inspired by anything with conjugated valve gear, but I can accept that some people may have wandered from the true path. I mean, look what working for Gresley did for O V S Bulleid... chain-driven piston valves, low maintenance, comfortable cabs, and but for one or two minor details it was an advance. I had a 1957 Mk1 3.4 Jaguar for years and it had similar oil-sealing at the rear of the crankshaft, a scroll. Worked well in theory. But I digress. Here is another pic of Hornby's recent 'best', suitably set in the kind of work S15s were meant to do and they did do very well. Tightly-scheduled goods trains on the ex-LSWR main lines. 35 wagons, 500 tons, 35mph averages (at a guess). 30843_S15_goods_2ab_r1200.jpg remember these engines H15 and S15 pre-dated the Black 5 by decades (although 30843 wasn't built until 1936). Actually the Stanier is an Eastern Shedded one... S15 aside the next 2 after are Eastern Region too... My 1998 vintage XJ8 has just flown through her MOT, though changing the front springs gave my garage a nervous breakdown lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Actually the Stanier is an Eastern Shedded one... S15 aside the next 2 after are Eastern Region too... My 1998 vintage XJ8 has just flown through her MOT, though changing the front springs gave my garage a nervous breakdown lol Totally off-topic but my last Jag was a 1988 XJ40 3.6 which ran beautifully, the on-board computer graphics were usually akin to random acts of god though, 8MHz processor in all its glory. I sold it when it reached 200,000+ kms and it was still running well, but the cost of repairs sometime in the future rather dulled the pleasure, no longer being able to work on my own cars with much ease. It was dead reliable though, good memories. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 The beauty of the steam age courtesy Hornby's lovely new R3328 BR Southern Region S15 30843. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 After their brief cameo, a few completed loco's and a couple of guest appearances.. A3 Class 60047 Donovan (took ages to get the plates for this one) Stanier 4MT (4P) Class 42622 Prepped and ready for some alchemy S15 Class 30840 And cameo from the engine end of D16/3 class 62597 (tender was wheel-less at the time) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2015 Something dirty, this way comes... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Down south engines were always clean. Photographic proof herewith. The camera does not lie. I did tone down the contrast here and there, but very little else. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) All down hill after 1939, perhaps. Kevin PS: If they all hold their secondhand value like these do, "You'll all be miwyonaires, Rodney!", in about 80 years time. My layout is without an L1 for exactly that reason. Edited November 3, 2015 by Nearholmer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Beautiful things those 0 gauge models, my first model railway memories were of a post-WW2 clockwork 0-4-0 on tinplate track, marvellous stuff and I see grandchildren now getting similar thrills from clip-together track in wood or plastic. Meanwhile here is Hornby's latest SR S15 with a bit of painted steam and smoke. Cheers, 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2015 Beautiful things those 0 gauge models, my first model railway memories were of a post-WW2 clockwork 0-4-0 on tinplate track, marvellous stuff and I see grandchildren now getting similar thrills from clip-together track in wood or plastic. Meanwhile here is Hornby's latest SR S15 with a bit of painted steam and smoke. 824_shed_portrait1_1abcdefg_crop1_r1200.jpg Cheers, Far too clean Fresh from the Alchemists.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Too clean, too clean? When you have perfect proportions who cares about such things? GWR 4050 'Princess Alice' here looking great. A few edited details like bogie brakes. I consider this to be one of Hornby's recent most beautiful, and unremarked models, even if some think everything from the 'design clever' year-or-two was bad. There are many many subtleties in this model, webbed spokes drivers, excellent frame detail, reversed coupling rods with joint ahead of big end, tall chimney and safety valve housing and above all superb proportions. And of course within a few years a larger-boilered Collett version was out.... 4073 'Caerphilly Castle' of a design where in 1925 'Pendennis Castle' convinced Gresley about a thing or two... Picture was a few edited changes to details to backdate it to around 1924 but no doubt there are things I have missed, like the speedo mount is still there, and angled cab roof drain isn't. Wrong front vac pipe-hose, should have second-driver sander, details, always details... ! . I wonder when steam lances were first fitted to the driver's side of the smokebox? Two recent models from Hornby these were missing... broken off during manufacture perhaps, none found in packaging. Edited November 6, 2015 by robmcg 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) With all the furore over 'design clever' which occurred, and at its height perhaps with GWR tank engines first series, and the early Star class with 12-spoke front wheels, it is worth noting that later Star engines have the correct front wheels, straight running boards and look rather good, edited to enhance this. Cost was under a hundred quid, too. Edit; Can't wait for the King! Edited November 8, 2015 by robmcg 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) With the weathered versions of the P2 now about, here is an unsung hero of recent Hornby production, pristine but edited... or... Cheers Edited November 10, 2015 by robmcg 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3737 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Nice photos, Rob. I've put the top one on my desktop. Leen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) This may well get me shot As I'm taking a little break from renumbering and weathering Loco's at the moment, I'm going to put a twist on Hornby's Best Ever Models. Now many years ago I built an Airfix Boulton Paul Defiant, not a bad model, but it showed it's age. Airfix (as part of Hornby) retooled and released a new version of the same aircraft (there's a larger 1/48th scale one on the way) Still incomplete, but a quantum leap in tooling compared to the old one, I present the Boulton Paul Defiant MK 1. I should point that this is the first model aircraft, I've ever painted with an Airbrush!! And just to keep you Train nuts happy... Edited November 17, 2015 by toboldlygo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Rat-tat-tat-tat! Been reading Model Rail's aeroplane special, have you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Moore Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I have a few Hornby models & my favorites are the royalscot specifically 46115 Scots gaurdsman. Beautiful model & silky smooth runner. Other than that. B1 K1 T9 S15 Black motor D16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Rat-tat-tat-tat! Been reading Model Rail's aeroplane special, have you? I did. I used to build planes for a living (Harriers) and my Grandfather (my late dad's side) was a pilot in both World Wars. (My grandfathers Lockheed Hudson - after a raid on the German Pocket Battleship Scharnhorst!!) Here's one I restored earlier (1990's to be precise) Edited November 17, 2015 by toboldlygo 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Just to keep thIngs in perspective I must point out that I used to make model aeroplanes too, Airfix mid-1960s 1:72 I think mostly WW2, and a good friend from school used to receive one-a-week from his mum, lucky so-and-so, but he set a very high standard in painting the models, authenticity as well as fine craftsmanship, something we see quite a lot of in RMweb. My parents' generation served in WW2, many in the RAF. My Grandfather on my mothers side was decorated in the Boer war! I was much influenced not just by WW2 but books from and about WW1 like 'First Day on the Somme' also the 1960s TV series 'The Great War'. Moving quickly along, and this is only peripherally to do with modelling, the weathered Rails of Sheffield P2 LNER 2001, 'Cock o the North' at Dundee 1936... Edited November 18, 2015 by robmcg 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Couldn't resist this purchase from Rails... ex-GWR BR 6021 in ex-works splendour. c1950 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 Now that is nice Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) I used the same template to make the early GWR version look the business... A truly superb model in my opinion. Edited November 19, 2015 by robmcg 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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