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Hey, no oily diesels here.

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This one at Craven Arms on the LNWR/GWR North to South joint Line:

Very nice sir. I do like an S4 boiler and the old OSF and impressive in 7mm. You can't get an etched brass tender like that in 4mm but I have another solution. I thought you would be all Broad Gauge bgman. Thanks for posting. My Jidenco Standard Goods was acquired so long ago, I got a set of Mike Sharman wheels for it directly from the man himself at a show. The other loco was a more recent acquisition as a wreck of parts on eBay. It came with a tender that I am using elsewhere. That has a set of Gibson drivers waiting. The rods too are old Gibson stock that I got donkey's years ago. I don't know if they still do 7' 4" x 8' 4" but he did then. They are earmarked for a couple of Buffalo tanks. The fixed rods that came with the original M&L kits were very slender so those might be recycled for the Armstrong Goods. Not decided yet. I've had most of this stash since the 70's/80's so they are finally getting addresses during lockdown.

Last night I set out to scratch build a chassis for the tender for my Standard Goods. Having got the brass out, I ended up scratch building a loco chassis instead.... Can you tell what it is yet... In the meantime, the Standard Goods has passed its buffer height test. Must get on with the tenders!

That's coming together nicely Mikkel. I have an old Wills open cab Pannier that still hasn't been finished. I intend to put lifting rings on the tanks but don't seem to get round to it before another project beckons.

I have a low loader to go in a GWR 45xx and, as Jol says, I've never gone beyond 60:1 My DX and Coal Engine both have Mashima 1224 with Hi Level 60:1 RR Compact arranged underslung. Both run sweet. I have one of Chris's coreless motors in a GWR saddle tank and that is improved over the 1024 that was in it before. I secure the worms with clear nail varnish so I can get them off easy if I have to swap a motor. Having said all that, I have very little stock for them to pull so time will tell on the pulling power.

Hi John, It could well be. The Clerestorey seems to disappear behind the dome!

I only became aware because the Broad Gauge Society sell a casting which is on same sprue as a Dean smoke box door. They were obviously more prevalent in broad gauge days.

I can't remember where I get every pictures but that one has some Photoshop work. Here's another roundtop; 406 from the same lot but with an S2 boiler. Loverly tender:

Thanks Miss P. A lot of belpaires there. I prefer a roundtop myself on these. Note the Armstrong smokebox door. Bigger and less dished than the Dean:

Hi John Which version of the gearbox did you go for. I seem to prefer the Road Runner + Compact. I've got a small Jumbo in the works too a the mo but have not finally decided on gearbox. Peter

Is this a George Norton kit?

No 392 of the first lot built December 1866. Received S4 boiler December 1908. Shedded at Hereford 1912 Chassis and footplate build:

Well some might agree with that. A very compact layout. There was no goods shed let alone an engine shed and only one siding (currently occupied by crippled wagons awaiting painting and/or axleboxes). But the North to West Expresses did roar through here from Liverpool and Manchester down to Devon and Cornwall via the Severn Tunnel and Bristol. And coal made its way North from the South Wales coalfields via both the GWR and LNWR lines. So plenty of operational scope. Unfortunately this pair are facing in the wrong direction heading into Wales and not North but a pair of Coal Tanks can come in handy:

These aren’t available for P4 if anyone was wondering

He's stopped looking out due to the lack of windows. Luckily it's Summer in 1912 though August 1912 is still the coldest, wettest and darkest on record.

Tonight I noticed that one of the H spoke wheels on a Coal Tank was not concentric. Another common AGW problem in addition to the wobble. As the chassis is compensated, I can live with it as it does not affect the running.

LNWR Webb Coal Engine and Coal Tank boilers and firebox awaiting fitting. Cylinder lubricators fitted on covers and holes for hand rail drilled: 3 LNWR Webb Coal Tanks at various stages of completion alongside the signal box at Berrington & Eye:

Mikkel are you considering going over to EM/P4? That and black loco frames, Crimson Lake carriages and grey wagons with 25" lettering; it's all too much. My brother is currently converting a RTR OO chassis to fit a whitemetal body and I find the half round bearings held in by a keeper plate a very strange concept. I've been P4 for as long as I can remember and have not been tempted by any RTR conversions thus far though many must find it a good route into those scales.

I'd be temped to bush them maybe using pointed axle wagon bearings if they fit.

The holes on those Hornby J15 rods look massive! AG crankpins are 1.5mm; I think Ultrascale are the same. I not aware that the S4Society do conversion sheets though articles do appear in the magazine and forum. This is probably because received wisdom is to compensate everything. Peter

Early panniers were flush riveted but note distinctive rivets on the front. Kidderminster shed circa 1914:

I had presumed that the ends of "Permanent Way" breaks were red because they spent a lot of time stationery on the line whilst the road was being repaired and thus they needed to be more visible to oncoming traffic. I have also assumed that a Ballast train, such as the one which ran from Llandovery to Abergavenny via Craven Arms, could have included a standard break van.

There are other notable authorities on the LNWR such as Philip Millard, Richard Foster etc. Jol, Sorry to hear about all your problems and I trust that 2021 will treat you much better. I am interested in the 6 wheel break van under pinings. Have you gone for a cleminson arrangement or a floating centre axle a la Bill Bedford, or something else. All the best Regards Peter PS: I too am in the process of building an LRM small jumbo/Whitworth having started with the 1800 gal tender. Luckily the compounds had mostly gone by the time of my line