MJI

Air brushes.

There is a cheapy Iwata one, a Neo, well worth trying.

Or find rattle cans of DMU green!

Nice to see how you did the DMUs.

You know my technique for the non toilets centre cars!

As to suitable dealing BR blue era, I can have 101, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, with 115 and 127 centre cars in Tyseley 116s.

Go back in time and add GWR railcars and the Swindon Scottish Intercity stock, also the 123s.

I think there may be some more DMUs but need to research more.

I have found that DC Kits Derby cabs have inaccurate destination blinds, so better off using my home made ones.

Or just tape my mould in place and cast them!

Sources

101 BR Triang B811

101 BR DC with 2xDMBC 1xTBSL B821 (Hornby motor bogie)

110 not suitable Hornby

116 CF Lima C305 I think or C301

116/127 TS Lima

117 BR Lima B430

117 BR Lima B435

118 BR Lima B465

119 BR Worsely, Triang, Lima, MJT, LMS, Home produced Resin, Scratch, will get lowrider as an experiment. B59something

128 RG DC on Black Beetle

Jobs required are finish TS 116 power cars, rebuild repaint B430 as the cut and splice have split and the paint is poor, but ran out of GWR150 paint.

Then 120 will be next target. Then I will have enough DMUs except for another 101 in white blue.

3 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

 

 

 

I hope we all voted for one in the Wishlist Poll then (I did).

Not that bothered to be honest, after the 119 is finished 120 next and for that I will ask Worsley about the window sizes as 120 are not that deep. Soldering is easy, find suitable roofs (Triang are a good fit with my 119) then worry about under gear, hopefully Lima will get cheap again or it will be devise my own.

On 25/10/2019 at 20:16, Classsix T said:

Woh, friend, I don't believe I've known you so vexed. Which worries me. Seriously. 

You're no doubt acutely aware of how the PC market works now and that Epic Store is a thing? Like it or not? 

 

I'm not over the moon that apparently TOW dev Obsidian is owned by Microsoft, having vowed I'll never to give Mr. Gates any of my money, but I suppose I haven't a choice. 

 

C6T. 

Owned by Microsoft, available on Sony. But then there is a Sony owned game exclusive to XBox.

It seems that Microsoft have given up trying to beat Playstation and now just want to compete nicely. I think both are more concerned about such things as Stadia. Working together is not surprising, people forget that Sony is an excellent hardware company.

Sony have the right idea with software, own the studios, this was a lesson learnt from the Betamax era. So far this method won the BluRay HD-DVD battle, the PS Xbox battles normally go Sonys way, all due to software.

My Mark 1 bodgery consists of.

Triang based

2 BSK to TSO and NEA (BG) both Replica glazing and the NEA has Replica B4, the buffet in the NEA set is a Triang RMB detailed with Replica glazing, Replica Commonwealths off a BG (my era is B4 or BR1). Both have air brakes with the tanks and little cylinder.

1 BSK detailed as BSK W34666

1 BSK and 1.5 CK to TSO

5 done so far, 2 in my 2 A,B,C set behind an ETH Peak, 3 in my GWR150 set.

Not sure what to do with my remainder Lima and 3 early Mainline Mk1s.

Lima based

Lima RBR brass sided to RBR(RU) W19xx series

Lima BG to brass sided Bar

Lima BG to brass sided Booth (no use whatever for it but bought by accident)

Got lots of Arifix aircon conversions.

Swindon Cross Country

At least 1.

But I also want now a pre 126 set.

My 119 is coming along well, got all 3 underframes and just waiting on my rubber mould to set for the seats.

over 70 x 2 seat seconds, 6 x 2 seat and 6 x 1 seat firsts.

Got 3 masters of seconds and 1 each of firsts.

The roof dome was done by taking a mould of a Lima 116 converted roof.

Also the DC kits Derby fronts are inaccurate with the destination boxes, they are too high, so sticking with modified Lima on plastic bodied DMUs. Was annoying as I was going to convert a spare body to a Gloucester rail car (122).

My 119 has those new LMS DMU/Wagon buffers and they are very nice.

3 hours ago, rockershovel said:

They have actually been quite common in this tournament

 

https://www.rugbyworld.com/news/hail-return-rugby-world-cup-drop-goal-103529

Only watched a few matches, and the odd highlight

3 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Is it me, or do teams not realise the importance of the drop goal?

In the group games, yes the bonus point for 4 tries is an advantage,  but in the knockout stages it's all about the game scores.

 

A couple of drop goals is about the same as a try& conversion, and can soon rack the points up.

Last time I remember seeing one was in 2003 RWC final

A5, I remember reading about them years ago and thought they were nice looking locos.

21 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

As promised, some shots of Little Bytham's freight/goods locos............................

 

As always, I'll credit the origins of each.

 

Apologies for the visual distortions caused by the necessity of using a wide-angle lens.

 

 

LB's five 9Fs. From left to right: Kitmaster/Comet/Crownline/Alexander. Built, painted and weathered by my elder son Tom when he was 15 (with a bit of help from me carving off the handrails and making the valve gear), 23 years ago: DJH, built by Roy Jackson, painted/weathered by Geoff Kent: Bachmann 9F, modified/detailed, weathered by me: Model Loco, built by me, painted and weathered by Geoff Haynes: DJH, builder unknown, painted by Larry Goddard, detailed by me and weathered by Geoff Haynes. 

 

 

The three LB Austerities. Clockwise: two DJH examples, built/painted/weathered by Tony Geary (a privilege to have such lovely, natural locos on my trainset): DJH, built, painted and weathered by me.

 

 

 

Five of LB's O2s (a sixth, an O2/2, is currently being borrowed by Geoff Haynes as a guide for a Heljan conversion for a customer). Top, then left to right: PDK O2/4, built and painted by me, weathered by Tom Wright: Nu-Cast O2/3, built, painted and weathered by me (very old): ACE (?) O2/2, built and painted by me, weathered by Tim Shackleton: Heljan O2/3, modified/detailed/renumbered by me, weathered by Geoff Haynes: Nu-Cast O2/1, started by Rob Kinsey, completed and painted by me, weathered by Geoff Haynes. 

 

 

Little Bytham's Robinson 2-8-0 family. Top, then left to right: Little Engines O4/1, builder unknown, mechanically rebuilt, detailed, painted and weathered by me: K's O4/2, built and painted by Rob Kinsey, weathered by me: Little Engines O4/3, built, painted and weathered by Tony Geary: Little Engines O4/7, built and painted by Rob Kinsey, weathered by me: O1; scratch-built, painted and weathered by me: Hornby O1, detailed, renumbered and weathered by me: K's O4/3, built, painted and weathered by me (very, very old): O4/8; part-scratch-built, painted and weathered by me. 

 

It's interesting to see how few RTR locos are in the collection. My choice, of course, and those that remain are destined to be sold-on because I never use them

 

A great user of ex-LNER 2-8-0s was the late, great Roy Jackson..............

 

 

What looks to be a Nu-Cast O2/1. That's me waving, to the right, by the way (though my school blazer was black, nor red)! 

 

 

And what looks to be a modified Bachmann O4/1 (though where the missing bits of the front number have gone, I've no idea!). 

 

Speaking of the great man, some bits and pieces of his have started to be sold on behalf of his family (nothing off Retford, as yet). 

 

 

 

I've acquired this, for the princely sum of £40.00! It was Roy's property, but not his work. It was built in EM from an ABS kit, and ran (if at all) like a bag of rusty spanners, powered by a creaky XO4. I've converted it to OO (heresy!), and with its Mashima motor and High Level gearbox it now runs beautifully. Why the bodywork is in such a state, I don't know, but I'll strip it, detail it and repaint it. 

You probably remember my thoughts on some RTR notably the Heljan 02.

They are more yours than a kit made and painted by someone else. When you are involved with the design and prototype testing you partly made it.

If I was in your position I would be proud of it.

18 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Paul

 

The problem seems to be to do with the couplings not lining up straight when the coach comes out of a curve not allowing the bogie to realign itself. They seem to be catching somewhere under the body. Turn it upside down and nothing seems wrong.

 

As for the steps they may soon meet with a pair of cutters.

Soft pencil on the rubbing edges should help, or as mentioned here a graphite lubricant.

20 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Martin 

 

The shallow windows have plastic card in the lower half. 

You just put that in and reposted them didn't you?

29 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Martin

 

It is a Griddle Car diagram 30. It is made up of off cuts from other projects.

Just had a look.

That was the thing the windows are still full depth.

Are they getting shrunk soon?

Looks like a job for multiple RMBs.

19 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

 

No idea what you are on about Tony.

What is that?

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

Hmm, have avoided writing this up until now as I can't currently find my reference, but was it not the case that the Q7 pulled it's own train AND pushed that of the 28xx and the 28 in question that had run out of steam on those afore mentioned exchanges?  I'm sure I have it in a book somwhere!

 

Nevertheless I'm a big 9F fan.  There is a quote in Gerry Fienne's book 'I Tried to Run a Railway' about a 9F doing over 90 with him in the train as General Manager of the Eastern Region IIRC.

I have heard about a stalled 66 on a bank being rescued by a following 60 with its own train.

4 minutes ago, Signaller69 said:

Thanks, very interesting, I hadn't seen that page before.

We used to call him Mark, was a year older than me.

Was also in the school railway club and was a school friend.

9 hours ago, 26power said:

Just in case you are not aware of this webpage: https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/grcwandcement.htm

 

Have not yet read it myself but it looks like it could be useful.  Don't remember now where I found a link to it!

That site is run by the son of my old woodwork teacher.

I have a pile of photos and...............

a pile of photobucket errors.

Steam freights I do like the following

9F especially, have a print done by the late owner of one, but my favourite was in green.

28xx, just a good early design I knew a few owners of an early one.

8F, an improved 28xx like the Black 5 is an improved Hall.

I live not too far from SVR so have had numerous trips behind 2857 and 8233/48773.

Diesel wise 56s are my favourites but 60s are best.

5 minutes ago, t-b-g said:

I love it when people state that something is "the best".

 

All locos have their good points and not so good ones. If they are strong, well built and reliable, they may have high initial build costs. Or require more high quality workshop care.

 

The ROD to the GCR design was built on the cheap and designed to last a few years. Put a loco like that on the GWR and expect GWR crews and fitters to work with them and it is no wonder they were relegated to secondary duties. Offer a GCR crew taking a coal train over Woodhead a choice of a 28XX or a GCR Robinson 2-8-0 and I wonder which they would choose and which hey would get better results with. A crew will always get better performances from the locos they know well and have lots of experience of. Inflict a "foreigner" on them and it is rare that they really like them and adopt them as part of their own fleet.

 

There is no "best". It is like playing the card game "Top Trumps". Each loco will score highly in some things and less highly in others.

Unless only one of type. Hence my assertion about 28xx as there were no other 2-8-0s at the time

7 minutes ago, Headstock said:

 

It's not like railway modelers to be specific, It's a fair point though. I'm happy to go with the 8K for all time champ.

Mine is Swindon built as well, 9F.

1 hour ago, Headstock said:

 

The Robinson 8K (LNER O4)  2-8-0 was the best heavy freight locomotive in the country. As for the 28xx, good though it was, it was soundly thrashed on test against by the awesome might of the NER T3 (LNER Q7)

Not in 1903-5 though when the first 28xx was built

16 hours ago, Classsix T said:

Oops!

 

https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/google-stadia-shipments-may-not-arrive-on-launch-day-even-for-founders-edition-pre-orders/

 

It's not a Kotaku link, so shutyerface. 

 

We've not mentioned Stadia much (if at all) in t'Lounge. What's your take friends?

I'm of the opinion it's attempting the possibility of cloud server data offloading, which on the face of it sounds pretty cool, especially given our recent discourse of file sizes etc. But given the grief I alone have had lately securing a stable Internet (in a G7 country), I fear the vagaries of data delivery will mean poor initial take-up for all but those with a rock solid connection to the Web.

 

We have discussed elimination of physical media previously, PC playing Loungers stating most if not all of their games are downloaded. But once done, the data is yours, right, you can play offline? 

 

So Stadia is Netflix, but games? 

Pay an initial cost for controller and dongle and a subscription fee...ok gotcha. 

 

No internet, tough. 

Like only a fraction of the games available, tough. 

Exclusives, meh.

 

There's also some scoffing in some quarters at what Google is promising as server lag avoiding pre-emptive gameplay. Basically the server will calculate any controller input you might possibly make and deliver the subsequent outcome to your screen. At 60fps.

Okey dokey. I'd be interested in how that pans out.

 

I don't doubt the idea is sound, but like so many great ideas before it, wonder if the world is currently prepared for it. 

 

C6T. 

I think it will bomb.

Why would a PC "master race" gamer want one?

Why would someone with PS XBox or Nintendo want one?

I see no market.

I do like the Airfix ones, I have a lot of them.

7 hours ago, The Johnster said:

The 28xx was a very good loco indeed and probably as good as any heavy long haul freight loco in the country when it was introduced.  But there was IMHO an opportunity lost with the later 2884s to improve it by incorporating plate frames in line with the Hawksworth 10xx Counties and 6959 Modified Halls. and Hawkworth might have beneficially tried the County boiler, derived from the Stanier 8Fs built at Swindon during the war, on top of the 28xx underpinnings.

 

That said, the WR was reluctant to accept the Riddles 9F when it was first introduced and wanted more 28xx.  Similarly they wanted more Castles instead of the Britannias and more 5101 prairies instead of the Swindon designed Riddles 3MT tank.  In the case of the prairies they may have had a point, as the 3MTs used a very similar boiler, a domed version of the Swindon no.2, on a loco of broadly the same size, but the 3MT's smaller cylinders made it a less powerful loco.  BR classified the GW prairies, large and small, as 4MT.

When first built the 28xx was the best freight engine in the country.

However it never really changed.

They look good as well

My main DMU routes were from Gloucester to Worcester & Birmingham or Swindon.

The fast run was to Swindon and the needle was well past 70.

Done  a few South Wales routes, AFAIR all 116 with corridors, rode on a last year of 116 with 2 power cars and they were power shifting it rather than the 4 second change 3 second rule.

I also remember being on a Tyseley 116 and getting annoyed at the long bench at the end of the car. And also the extra seats in the middle of the trailer. Definately prefered 117 and 118.

Very sad how little 116 118 119 120 preserved.