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I've just had a delivery from a well known small supplier.  It was a while coming, but the website at the time of order said it would be.   No problem with that.

In the packing was a note apologising for the delay, and explaining that this delay caused more delays because customers called and emailed the small supplier demanding to know where their orders were...........so the supplier had to spend time talking to customers and replying to emails.

I genuinely felt for the supplier - they do a great service, and were very open on their website about the original delay in the usual delivery schedules.    

On the birthday of decimalisation in the UK I hope that you all remain happy and healthy.

11 hours ago, 45568 said:

Absolutely correct!

 

. Removing the original numberplates was a PITA!

 

How did you remove them - mine is still boxed because it looks to be a daunting task because of the way they are moulded, and every thing around them just waiting to get carved off by accident........

Dark blue headwear - not black  "grease-top" hats like you see now on every preserve railway.

Overalls of various shades of blue depending how many times they had been boil washed.

Black boots.

On 04/02/2021 at 01:56, john dew said:

 

will beat Scotland on Saturday playing attractive running Rugby.

 

 

Pardon..................

Love the moguls - especially the insides of the tenders.  An the crews look really great too.

More work on the rugby predictions tho.......

Thank you all for the suggestions.  The Dornaplas (Guagemaster) ones arrived today and they are perfect in terms of size.  Nicely detailed.  Will be a b*gger to paint and not fill the vents with Humbrol.....Light coats and blow on them?????  

Thank you all    - will go and have a look.

Van louvres - sounds like a Dutch Old Master..........

I would like to add louvres to an OO plastic Dapol van which is being converted to a generator / pump van.  

Is there a source of pre formed louvres in probably brass that would do the trick?

Many thanks.

Just need to find some suitable louvres to add....  probably a thin brass overlay.

Sorry Will - only just seen this reply.   Mo early photos I'm afraid - the Taunton one is the only early GW set of photos I have seen, and it's posed - no tank of "nasty" and no Mess van nor pump van.

I have a BR Blue Dapol FRUIT D to hack about and make a pump van.  Add a grille or two, grey paintjob......

9402 has arrived and it certainly looks great.  No need to re-number.  9402, like all (bar 9408) of the lower numbers were OOC based.  Not had a chance to run it, but the videos posted on the Bachmann thread are very positive about it's traction abilities.

I did promise a Dublo session when I got home.  Sadly, the fairies moved all the stored boxes from a shed to the first floor, and I arrived home to find very little free space.  I have had a shuffle around, and I have managed to sell off the surplus building materials, so space is being made available.......

At least the fairies moved all the modelling boxes ( including the heavy Dublo crates) (:

Amanda - your model is pretty awesome as it is, and kudos to you for being brave enough to put it into "production" for the rest of us less skilled out here.

Sorry for the silence - work and house have kept me busy, but mainly it was all down to a failing very old Company laptop.  Like a frail ill person it lost abilities day be day, including the ability to be switched off, and also to see photos.

IT have sent me something new and whizzy and so I'm playing catch up.

On the day that the Oldest President of the USA (so far) gets his feet under the table, I hope that you, unlike my former laptop, are happy and healthy.

Hotel really is magnificent John.  Thank you for inspiring.

(Still prefer the giant warehouse in the corner tho - but that's how my mind works)

12 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Currently on the workbench I'm building the newly re-released kit from Chiver's [ Five79] for the LMS long low wagon to diagram 2069.

 

I'm wondering if the lugs or clasps on the sides are locations to tie in loads, any info most welcome.

 

They don't look substantial enough for a load, but perhaps a sheet rope.  

Happy New Year to all.

Nothing late GWR in the Hornby offerings again......... was sort of hoping for a new Saint and dreaming of some Toplights.........  

They missed a trick here:

Surely that "D" should be a "P"?????

Here goes for some more lock-down in the UK.  7 weeks......  I feel for the smaller model shops again.   

Hope you are Happy and Healthy

17 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Well I'm really surprised no one has mentioned these. If I were Hatton's I'd be a bit p***ed off.

 

 

 

 Cute, but way too old............If I need a space filling in a few years a grounded Brake/Baggage might be of interest......

Hattons must be seething.     And to think Hornby could have put this effort into Toplights.........

I managed to get home for Christmas - just! 

So please excuse the delayed note of thanks  to all visitors  regular and strangers - please do come again.

I hope you all had as good a Christmas as was possible under the circumstances.

There are some parcels in the workshop requiring unwrapping but I will get round to that this week.  Moving out of the mobile home and into the House was priority #1.........

Stay safe

Thank you for the inspiration John.  Hope you had as good a Christmas as possible.

Regards,

Tinker

On 15/12/2020 at 14:44, Graham456 said:

 

But the cover picture of a post man waiting with mail on the cover of The Calne Branch by Tanner 1972' also 

 Another Calne veteran here - 80-83.

Was Tanner by any chance "Scoop" Tanner the reporter and photographer for the the Gazette - probably!

Would piggy pies head to Janner-land - not sure - them had their own  paaaaaasties dinnum?

I am out in the dirt - I will check Russell when I get home.

On quick inspection it looks like something could be done with an LMS saloon kit to make a Hawksworth saloon, but then flexibility with dates is required to make those true GW I think - need to research more.

Has anyone successfully cobbled together a 1940s inspection saloon in 00 and if so, how did you do it?

Nobody makes a kit or sides any more in OO.

Or do I cross my fingers in the hope that a kit comes up at some point?

Regards,

On 07/12/2020 at 22:48, gwrrob said:

The Bachmann 94xx topic is a hot topic at the moment and if anyone wants to read a superb review of the GWR version may I guide you in the direction of the @PMP blog , Albion Yard. Very comprehensive indeed.

 

https://albionyard.net/

Great review - best engine review i have seen.

Thanks for passing it on. 

Look forward to seeing it in the flesh when i get home.

On 29/11/2020 at 14:00, gwrrob said:

 

, hopefully roped correctly.

 

Vehicle loading - easiest summarized as "Make a cross - keep it straight, start low and end higher"

You have three planes of movement (up/down, left/right and front/back")

Crossing chains or ropes at either end gives control over "front/back, left/right".    Un-crossed chains/ropes allow for a lot of sideways movement.

Starting low and ending higher sorts the third problem.

So crossed chains/ropes in a straight line from the floor to a shackle or suitable attachment point on the chassis of the load. 

Sudden braking on that load would see the top planks behind the Jeep being compressed and more slack available on the ropes = more movement.  If the load were heavier, and thus have more momentum,  the planks might even snap giving a lot more slack on the restraints.

Wheel chocks nailed into the wagon floor help too.

The Jeep would have rings or shackles fitted probably on the bumpers close to where they meet the chassis rails.

Dullcote is such a great product.  As you say it gets rid of "toy green" and ages paint with little effort.

Not tried it with powders - I prefer paint weathering, but I'm guessing on top of powder it would seal it in place?

Dull cote can also help hugely with those  trouble some water slide transfers which sometimes evade the work of Microsol etc.  

But be careful if you have real coal in the bunker - make a mask of paper to cover it before you "Dullcote".

15 hours ago, Neal Ball said:

 

Re: Red box Saint - speculation on my part :-) It followed a 4-6-0 comment on my Henley thread from Chris Leigh.

Its long over due - some Red Box items have had a couple of re-tools since the early 80s era.