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  1. NeilHB
    Yes they are rather nice - I missed out on one of the later Vulcan built locos (very similar in looks to a MR 3F tank) on eBay earlier this year - only ever seen two come up for sale and they are also rare as hens teeth/rocking horse droppings - never seen one of the FJ kits for sale, but that's not for a lack of trying! Ooh excellent, I shall await your cunning plan with interest
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    Lovely - do you have a price for them please? Neil
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    When I saw you at Telford last year you had samples of the Furness 4-wheel coaches (diag.18 etc. I think - Victoria from the Thomas books!) - are these available yet please?
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    Nice photos Andy! Also stick me down for a lot of Baxter, or William Findley/Townend Hook (I have a soft spot for products of messers Fletcher Jennings...!). I think that David Andrews/Gladiator used to produce kits of the FJ locos used on the Severn & Wye Railway many years ago - I wonder if any of the castings from them could be used (assuming that the parts are still available of course).
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    It's a case of knowing where to find them on eBay - I think I struck lucky when I got mine with one complete kit and then a second lot with two part kits - voila enough for two tramcars! If anyone has a couple more lots going begging I'll gladly take them off their hands
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    Don't fall off your chairs in shock - I've made more progress on the tramway coach! Bar steps the coach is now pretty much complete, I just need to figure out a way to make the steps so that they don't end looking massively oversized like they did on the previous version. Apologies for yet another shot of the A1 but I do have to say I think she is probably my favourite loco out of all mine - I have a bit of soft spot for them thanks to the Rev. Awdry and 'Stepney'...No.3 waits to depart from EW with a short passenger train - Driver Jones is doing a spot of oiling round and checking over before departure...
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    Tree-mendous success - I made a tree! Copper wire and raffia tape and lots of patience. Still not finished with the bark yet as I was loosing the will to live by this point. It's not too bad for a first attempt...I've decided it's a young Sudrian Ash (as they don't exist so no-one can tell me it doesn't look right) and it scales out at approx 20-25' high. Progress on the ex-LSWR van - it's gained a floor and partitions between the guards, small goods and passenger compartments. Couple of crates and some milk churns placed in there to see what it looks like. Knapford & Elsbridge tramway coach - it's finally on its wheels. I've also cut down the end profiles by quite a bit as I realised it looked a little odd - now has more of a flatter roof profile and looks better for it. The roof came from a piece of roofing section that is sold by the Modelling Goods stand of the 7mmNGA - finally found a use for it. What (in my head anyway) looks like a typical post-1912 Elsbridge branch line train - ex Knapford & Elsbridge stock and a Wellsworth & Suddery loco...
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    That's a cracking little model Dave - just the right sort of loco for the layout!
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    Rebecca looks good. I like the prototype, and you've managed to capture its quirky charm perfectly - nice one!
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    You can never have too many brake vans Dave! I think I need to add some more to the Elsbridge Wharf fleet as I've only got 5...
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    Thanks Dave, must admit I have a bit of a soft spot for oddities like the brakevan!
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    Over a month and not much progress to report. Crazy couple of weeks at weeks (and still more craziness to come...) combined with a bad spell with IBS etc. meant I've not had much energy to do anything other than work and sleep. I managed to do a bit this afternoon, mainly moving a couple of projects slightly closer to completion: The ex LSWR 1872 brake has moved on slightly, with new buffers (the others were way too long and meant I couldn't couple it to anything else - oops!) and droplight frames in the passenger compartment. Door handles also added courtesy of some very nicely machined examples from the 7mmNGA. This side has the window frame in the dropped position, for a bit of variety, plus the open door in the guards/luggage compartment. I think a couple of milk churns and crates would look nice in the doorway here. The other side of the ex LSWR 1872 brake. Livery wise some sort of mucky brown colour I think would be appropriate. The other project moved on slightly was the brake 3rd built around a Peco Toad chassis and roof. I finally got round to adding the other end of the coach, plus buffers etc.! It's amazing how small the LSWR Brake is next to the Brake 3rd and the Terrier; however standing it next to the W&U luggage van and W&U tramcar, it's not much bigger: Hopefully it won't be over another month before I make more progress.
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    I rather like the look of this! I shall follow with interest.
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    James/Edwardian - email gratefully received - many many thanks!
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    Simon, only just spotted the render for the J70 - looks good! Is there any chance of making it available to buy on Shapeways please? I have a soft spot for Great Eastern trams and a 7mm J70 would be a lovely addition to my fleet. (Plus it'll look good with my W&U tramcar if I ever get round to finishing it...)
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    Thanks Andy, much appreciated.
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    Edwardian, forgive my intrusion, but do you happen to know which magazine issue the Iain Rice drawing of the GER T7 came from please? I've been looking for it for ages but no luck sadly. They are rather fine looking locos and I think a 7mm scale one would look right at home on Elsbridge Wharf... Will look forward to your 4mm progress - all looking very good so far!
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    What a fascinating little prototype! Well done Martin for finding it - must admit I am quite taken with it and am now wondering if I can find a use for one on Elsbridge Wharf...I note that Slaters produce a 2'6" driving wheel intended for a Ruston & Hornsby loco, however this is 4-hole; judging from the cropped photo you posted it appears the prototype had solid disc wheels - Slaters also produce a 2'3" disc wheel (with crankpin boss - intended for a County Donegal rail car so 3'/21mm gauge) but this would obviously require the purchase of their standard gauge axles. However I understand that these have a profile more suited to EM gauge than standard 0 so I'm not sure if they would work.
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    Little bit more progress on coaching stock: First up the Knapford and Elsbridge tramcar - I've stripped off the existing beading and replaced with micro strip in an attempt to change the appearance slightly (that and covering up the join between the two sections as well). Next up is the Wisbech & Upwell tramcar - after many months of no progress I've managed to get the other solebar on and the step ends. Temporarily balanced on the wheels it makes a nice sight with No.7 and the luggage van! Hopefully this will be the impetus to get this project finished...
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    Lovely stuff as usual guys! Very glad I have mine pre-ordered (No.4 on the list!) - can't wait to get my hands on it!
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    Martin, indeed they are.
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    Another month and not much progress, however a day off work today saw construction begin on one of a pair of tramcars intended for EW. The resin bodied tramcar seen in previous photos has been demoted to housing the stationmasters chickens at Elsbridge - a fate I'd envisioned for it to explain it not running in later time periods...it just got there sooner rather than later. The new pair represent those built when the line converted to steam power, and are being built from a coupe of Testors/Hawks San Francisco cable car kits as originally written about by Giles Barnabe in the July 1993 issue of Scale Model Trains. His example uses the enclosed portions of the body from two kits to create a seven windowed example. I'm using the parts from three kits to create a pair of 6 windowed examples. I may finish the second one as a brake coach, not sure yet. The kits are long out of production but turn up from time to time on eBay (which was where I snagged my examples from). As can be seen its still quite small, just not as dainty as the resin ex horse tram. Running on Slaters spoked lowmac wheels; I still need to add a further partition to divide the interior into 1st and 3rd classes, plus seating etc. As can be seen, the original sides are quite low so have been raised with a 4mm strip of 40thou plasticard, with the floor being cut from more of the same. Ends are from 20thou (I think) - if I think about it properly I'll probably add another layer from 10thou inside with a rebate for the glazing. Chassis is from evergreen strip - 60thou x 188thou.
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    Event Name: 7mm Narrow Gauge Association AGM & Exhibition Classification: Exhibition Address: Burton upon Trent Town Hall,King Edward Place,Burton upon Trent,Staffs.DE14 2EB Day 1: 11/06/2016 Opening times Day 1: 10.30am - 4.30pm Prices: Adults - £57mmNGA Members - £3Partners and Children - Free Disability access: Yes Car parking: No Website: www.7mmnga.org.uk Organising body: 7mm Narrow Gauge Association and Trent Valley Area Group Organiser: Neil Blair07825 156248 exhibition@7mmnga.org.uk The Exhibition and AGM are the premier exhibition in 7mm O Scale narrow gauge modelling featuring layouts, demonstrations, competitions and specialist traders; and will take place on Saturday 11th June 2016, from 10.30am – 4.30pm, in Burton upon Trent Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, Staffs. DE14 2EB. Please note that there is limited on street parking but there are other pay and display car parks located nearby. Please respect our neighbours if parking in the residential area. The venue is only a few hundred yards from Burton Station on the Derby Birmingham line. There is a licenced bar on site and refreshments will be available. The following layouts, traders and demonstrators have been confirmed: Layouts Lambton & Verdane Regis Tramway Co. Lambton Town Terminus 0-16.5 Stuart Marshall Twa Dale Estates 0-14 Duncan Croser Portpyn 1:34 Christopher Payne Crowsnest Wharf 0-16.5 Trevor Hughes Talyllyn Railway 1865 12mm 5.5mm scale Tim Tincknell Portwenn 0-16.5 Peter Selby Reclaim 0-16.5 Steve Lamb Carreg Lwyd Wharf 0-16.5 Roy Fair Karolina Falls 0n30 David Bailey Butterfly Lane 0n30 Nigel Tansley Port Wynnstay 0-16.5 Phil Traxson Bridport Town 0-16.5 David Taylor Maehyn Ynfy Railway 0-16.5, Alex Bingley Demonstrators Model Buildings and Scenics David Wright. Chassis Building Brian Cameron Model Buildings Bob Dawson 3D Printed Locomotives and Rolling Stock Alex Bingley Traders 7mmNGA Association Sales 7mmNGA Second Hand Sales 7mmNGA Publication Sales EDM Models. Port Wynnstay Models. S&D Models. Locos N Stuff. Andrew Neale Books. Minimum Gauge Models. Grainge and Hodder Baseboards Slimrails. Mercian Models. James Corsi Blackham Transfers A1 Models Petite Properties PLM Cast-a-ways Blackdog Models Avalon Line
  24. NeilHB
    Thanks John - I can see what you mean with the sweep of the station and overall roof. Hopefully it will end up like that when I've built it. Thanks Dave. Definitely food for thought there - for the majority of the time period that EW is set a pair of 4-wheel tramcars will suffice for the passengers, so hopefully there won't be too much issue with length of platform and space for running round. I need to build the tramcars and finish off the coffee pot then I can work out length of headshunt/ run round loop etc.
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    Thanks Dave - drawn in a quiet moment on my lunch break at work this afternoon - only just realised now that there are definite shades of Wantage in there... Incidentally, the Rev. Awdry states in his 'bible' about Sodor that the first Sir Topham Hatt, who was engineer to the Knapford and Elsbridge Railway, was apprenticed at Swindon works prior to coming to Sodor - so entirely plausible that he could have been influenced by Wantage after all!
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