gwrrob

I've come across a loco I'd forgot about in the shape of a Bachmann 43xx mogul.Theres a cracking photo in the recent Norman Lockett book of one at Dawlish Warren.Very nice and I'll  try and rustle up a similar freight for her but in the meantime some more of whats gone before.

so what van is it Rob?

Quack

A toad with a Laira branding.

If you're betting I've not got the book then you have lost. If you're betting on the 34063 229 Sqd then you have also lost! (Mind you, I'm not sure where that particular loco is as it's not in the regular roster for TG). 

I thought you might have the book but not 34063.Its on page 42.

More familiar stock back on show with black and white conversions of previous offerings.I'll try and get some new shots this weekend in between the S & T department fitting a new home starter.

Well as you can imagine I've been scanning my books to find an excuse to run a Southern train through Brent. I have a vast library for them.

However all is not lost as in Peter Gray's book Steam on west of England main lines there's a photo shewing Battle of Britain class 34063 '229 Squadron' leaving Aller Junction for Plymouth in 1959.

I bet Spams aint got this one.

According to the book regular engines during the war were N class with three daily workings including one goods turn but by the 50s West Country Pacifics took over.An U class mogul was used on one occasion.

Blimey Mike thats a long list.At that rate there won't be many left for you to do.I think 4054 Princess Charlotte will be one of mine.

Ok here goes head over the parapet time. Ex SR rebuilt Merchant Navy class 35023 'Holland-Afrika Line' trundles through Brent on a Plymouth bound oil tank train .

Sorry I missed the engine.It was too quick for my lens.

If it's the company I think it is, they do a O13 clay?

That was WEP kits that I've mentioned before unless they both do it of course.There's a list of use here.

http://www.gwr.org.uk/kits7goods1.html

This one: http://www.alsrm.org.uk/ ??

 

Looks like a cracking list (even though I'm going to have to look a few of them up to see what they make / sell):

 

Agenoria Models, Amberly Services, APK Models, Derek Bidwell, Ceynix Railway Trees, Chalk Garden Rail, Connoisseur Models, B D Coutts, CPL Products, Derby Trees & Scenics, Dragon Models, Duncan Models, Easy-Build, Eileens Emporium, Finescalebrass ( UK ) Ltd, Gladiator Models, Golden Age Models, Laurie Griffin,  Haywood Railway, Helmsman Electronics, Hobby Holidays, E J Hughes, Invertrain Model, Just Bases, Just Like The Real Thing, Cyril Kennett, Ian Kirk Model, Lionheart Trains, Masterpiece Models, Metalsmith, Meteor Models, M&M Models, Model Express, MSC Models, Nimrod Europe, Noodle Books, Oakwood Press, Omen Miniatures, Phoenix Precision Paints, Premier Components, Roxey Mouldings, Robin L Saxton, Scorpio Models, Seven Models, Skytrex, Slater's Plastikard, Peter Spoerer, Squires Model & Craft Tools, Gordon Stemp Eng' Models, John Sutton Books & Models, Swanage Models, Walsall Model Industries, Western Wagon Works, Williams Models, Roy Wood Models, Woodpecker Books!

Western Wagon Works sell some nice kits as I used to drool/dream when I saw their stand at Telford on the occasions I went.

More black and white conversions of previous offerings.Sorry if I'm repeating myself.Sorry if I'm repeating myself.One of The Stationmasters Bachmann SECR beauty too.

As some on here with a Southern inkling,mentioning no names are trying to get their stock through Brent . I thought I'd turn the tables and show 1368 again,sorry, before she was seen in service for them lot at Wadebridge.

Which name are you going for then Mike ?

So you're out tonight then Rob, leaving the layout undefended from Southern 'correctional forces'....

 

OMD??

No I left it with Joan of Arc [Maid of Orleans]

Don't let anyone talk you into running things with SR on the side

Don't worry they won't !

Don't forget there was also an alien invasion with those LM Pacifics in the mid 50s when the Kings had a problem (see the Steam Around Plymouth by Maurice the Dart).

Then there was the LNER getting in on the act even earlier in 48 and wasn't there also a LMS Royal Scot then as well? 

Rob, look into my eyes (ignore the beak)  and repeat after me..." I really do want to have foreign loco's, I really do want to have foreign loco's (etc. ad infinitum......)

Oh, I forgot the USAs during the war..........then there were the 'secret' overnight workings before D day; oh yes, so many excuses..............  

Quack

Of course you are quite correct in everything you say BUT there's nothing better than GWR or Western stock for that matter to run through Brent.

OK so this is a GWR layout, but what an excuse to run Spams, Ns and T9s. However Spams would be pushing the time machine (but not like a 9F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)  

Quack

The ONLY way they will run on Brent is if a lucky visitor happens to have them with him at the time of visit.Unless I organise a members day of course.

Thanks for everyones positive input and 'likes'.There will be no photos tonight as I'm off out gigging in Brum.I'm seeing a band I first saw live in 1981 at the Odeon.Happy days.  

I've been converting some of my photos to black and white images this evening.Just wondered what everyones thoughts are on this and whether they really work or not for future reference.Here's a thrice of 4547 and 3796 again.

Call it a caption contest.A pair of trainspotters were seen on the sea wall this afternoon deep in conversation about what they'd saw.Any suggestions chaps.Please don't include the Finching sisters in this.

 

Unless Hornby are making a big boo boo and only making the one front end as Lode Star, then the BR 'Abbey' version should be fine for the rest of the class.

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

 

A bump for this thread to ask if using the BR version,could I rebrand the tender to G badge W post war livery and add the firebox lining.Would this be correct and I could then rename to a good selection.The only problem would be the smokebox number though.

Getting cold at the zoo, surely time to go home now? 

Whats it like at Twycross these days as its a few years now since I went.Its the nearest zoo to me and about a 30 minutes drive.Still got lots of monkeys?

Love the Pannier and the tree shot Rob.

You must have missed this one then young Spams.

The next set include 4547 small prairie and single coach on the branch as 3796 trundles through the station.

Someone asked for a long freight so here's pannier tank 3796 on a coal train firstly seen through the trees and then the station.

This sequence shews both the restaurant coaches in the rake with a first [H43] and third [H44] respectively.A lot of work needed to do this pair as the interiors are very detailed.The final photo shews the corridor composite [C69].The curtains are etches from Frogmore/Dart and painted an appropriate colour.

The third photo in this sequence shews the brake third [D120] which is the opposite hand to what the Airfix/Dapol/Hornby model represents.This is the full Comet kit and not the overlays that maybe could be used on an Airfix donor coach.