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Very nice! You've put the TDA 3D model I knocked up to good use! Just need a 1:148 Westerleigh to go with it now!

Cheers,

Jack

They look great Jo!

Well worth the time taken to rub them down, I'm really looking forward to the Murco livery one!

When you're finished can I be cheeky and have photo to go in my Shapeways store?

Cheers,

Jack

Overall a very nice model and miles ahead of the Farish option!

Nitpicking - 013 is a loco I have studied a fair bit seeing as it's the only one in BR days to stray into Cornwall (where I model). Firstly it should have the full bufferbeam cowling, the cowling should also be black not yellow. The darker grey on the body side should be level with the black on the windows, and the yellow on the nose should be level with the black too; Perhaps this is haste in the masking, or perhaps the cab shape (as mentioned above, doesn't seem quite right) doesn't fit the paintwork like the prototype. The colour of the grey looks a little green to me, but that could be lighting or the white balance of the camera. Also as mentioned above the shoulder grills are incorrect being a later modification.

That said, I'm sure I'll still buy one ;-)

Cheers,

Jack

Shame it's lost it's deep red livery - but at least it's retained the name.

 

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Cheers,

Mick

All these shiney red Tugs are making everything EWS look positively drab! I can't wait for the first rake of coal hoppers to get a lick of the DB Red!

Cheers,

Jack

That looks great! It's amazing how similar the wagons are in cross-section, up to about 2/3s of the height!

Not sure whether that trip we made to Peak Forest was a good idea, no doubt your wallet is cringing!

Cheers,

Jack

The converter wagon looks nice, is it based on a prototype at Laira?

For the Golf windows you could try keeping the light gray at the top and create a gradient down to almost black at the bottom, then glaze with some gloss varnish it should look more natural.

I'm looking forward to operating!

Cheers,

Jack

Thanks for the interest guys!

 

I thought the Golf might be of interest!

I get to miss the whole event thanks to a combination of Showcase and work...oh what a shame. Still fancy a photo of 43186 mind, purely as a record of course B)

 

Cheers Pete, well Jack's Escort is the right colour, and I do have the artwork. Or is it closer to DRS blue....

 

jo

Closer to DRS brown at the moment! With the creamy coloured birds muck on top I could find my Escort being required for Northern Belle!

Cheers,

Jack

Very nice! Especially the stock in the little Pway scene!

Make that Golf around 148 times the size and I'll swap it for my Escort!

Can't wait to operate it at Showcase, a) because it'll be a good laugh and B) it means I can avoid any participation in the Reptilian Jubilee!

Cheers,

Jack

Looks an interesting project, good job in East Somerset Models I was too distracted by the imminent pub visit or I may have purchased something Heljan and O gauge...

It's going to be tricky moving the steps on the bogie, I look forward to see how you tackle that. As well as rebuilding the cab, that's gotta be a more difficult job than John Merrick's plastic surgeon has!

Cheers,

Jack

In Dutch livery times, unfitted freights did not run.

So if you had a couple of vac braked spoil wagons on a work site and an air braked ballast train, of perhaps 15 Seacows, was departing they'd have run two seperate trains rather than have the couple of spoil wagons effectively running as unfitted on the back of the air braked train?

I've seen photographs of Speedlink trains, with one or two vac braked wagons running as unfitted at the rear, I was wondering what the requirements were with regards to brake forced required per unfitted wagon and what the other procedures are when operating a train as such?

Kindest Regards,

Jack

How much brakeforce would several loaded Seacows generate? Would it be possible to have, for example; 37 + 6 Secows + Shark + 4 Dogfish (unfitted)?

Would the 37, Seacows and Shark generate enough brakeforce to enable the Dogfish to run as "unfitted" at the rear?

Wow! They're excellent Ernie!

Time to make a brew (or 3) and make good use of the Flickr slide show function!

I really appriciate you taking the time to make them available to all,

Many thanks,

Jack

Ah thanks Jo.I didn't think there was anything left in Swindon other than the scrap trains, I shall look out for that as i live in Swindon now .

It often runs as a very short train, a 66 with 3 - 4 wagons is common. Neat little working to photograph, yet I am always in the wrong place at the right time and the right place at the wrong time!

Cheers,

Jack

Hi,

 

Thanks for that, guess I will wait for some Bachmann polybulks then,

I'm not a OO modeller but I keep seeing reference to the Bachmann Polybulks as "Bulk Grain Bogie Hopper" and that they are correct period-wise "1971-1994", this to me implies that they will be hatched top ones rather than swing top. I could well be wrong as I'm an N man so I don't pay very close attention to things twice the size!

Though if you are after a clay related train then I'm sure you could justify Dapol (not so)Silver Bullets, as these worked t'up north from Cornwall in the period, I think the last train was in July 1995, so a Loadhaul Grid could have ended up on them if the Transrail tractors came off in the Midlands for some reason, this is assuming you're not modelling Cornwall, as Martyn says a 56 isn't the sort of traction which turned up in Cornwall. That said during 1990 56013 made her way to Cornwall for a very very brief time, so a Coal Sector 56013 on a rake of CDAs would prototypical for a 1990 layout.

Cheers,

Jack

It's really effective in the dark with the lights on, it has a very distinctive silhouette! Great job Jo!

Looking forward to seeing this Jo - hopefully will be sober enough after Maiden to drag myself to Stormex on Sat.

I saw the Irons last night in Cardiff, they're in top form as always

Cheers,

Jack

Not a different spelling but "Patney and Chirton" station on the Berks/Hants line was originally called "Patney Bridge" but after confusion regarding "Putney Bridge" station in London it was changed to "Patney and Chirton".

'Super 60'?

 

Don't make me laugh!!

 

Look what they did with 37670 - Just because its got a fresh coat of paint doesnt mean its had an F exam!!!! :mocking_mini:

 

Ever heard of POTOS?

 

I love 60's but cant forsee how long they can romp on for!

Although 011 is just an external improvement the selected locomotives will be properly refurbished not just painted, 3 million pounds spent with the aim of a 15 year life extension will consist of more than just a paint job. Don't forget most 37s are over double the age of the 60s, I'm sure 60s can carry on another 15 years.

Regards,

Jack

Great news on the 60s but still a maximum of 21 'Super 60s' is nowhere near the once 100 stong fleet .What will they do with the other 79?

I guess rather than selecting the best 21 tugs they'll probably choose the best body and frame and then find the best bogies and internals from any number of 60s. Once they have refurbed them I guess the others will be striped of parts and cut.

Regards,

Jack

Well done eldavo, it was the layout I rated highest and clearly I wasn't in the minority!

20" x 11" sounds a good idea to me, I'm in favour!

Regards,

Jack

I like this for reasons Jo well knows!

Regards,

Jack

If only we were in Deutschland..........

Regards,

Jack