mogman1969

an outside slip could be useful too

got to be said that box tank is an absolute delight , id be certainly interested in a 4' gauge job ! were you planning on using an existing chassis for that ?

12 hours ago, bradfordbuffer said:

Just don't ask what angle! 

with the look of them im more than happy to tweak my trackplan to make them fit !

just a quick note to Wayne , having read thru and studied the photographs of your kits i must say they look truly the mutts nuts . 

ease of constuct and a very reasonable price are winners !

are outside slips on your radar ?

36 minutes ago, Wheatley said:

For that price I'll happily repaint it myself. 

 

Or should I put the money towards 1/3 of a SECR 5 plank open ? Nah !!

agreed 100%

On 30/10/2020 at 02:43, 33C said:

I seem to get a lot of B12's come through my hands, probably more than Princesses lately, so ,as threatened earlier, here are my conversions, done over the last 10 years....L.N.W.R./L.M.S. Claughton, Caledonian 908 class, G.E.R. S69, G.C.R. B2, L.N.E.R. C1, L.S.W.R. T9 Paddlebox and L.N.W.R. "Prince of Wales" class.

that paddle box is drop dead gorgeous

a good shop ,full of all the items a modeller would need , a nice bunch of guys helpful and friendly and they are happy to do mail order

On 11/07/2019 at 19:48, No Decorum said:

Everyone knows you’re a man of taste. Perhaps its time will come if the GT3 project comes to fruition. Perhaps a prompt will come from a different direction with all the requests for early AC electrics. Design a tooling that could produce a Class 80 and 18100 and suddenly people will want 18000 too.

 

Won’t they? Especially when they hear another turbine sound project?

No Decorum , you hit the nail on the head . i have no intrest in anything west of marylebone but an early electric ...... ticks alot of quirky boxes . 

just a quick note Gordon , iv enjoyed the journey of ET . your trackwork is a joy to behold , have you had any further thoughts on the scenic side ? 

On 16/01/2020 at 16:15, Flying Pig said:

 

You won't be buying the all new Fowler 7F with working inside motion and axlebox glow then?

axle box glow ....... that wins the internet for me today lol

On 11/08/2019 at 15:38, Mikkel said:

Well, it's on Wikipideia so it must be true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge

 

 

oh it must be true then ... .. .

On 03/04/2019 at 17:18, BrushType4 said:

more pictures.

superb .......

i spent many years refining my old model railway clubs library . after i moved away it was sold to finance the clubs move . so all for the good i guess but what a loss .... ... .. .couldn't replace it now !

On 21/07/2019 at 20:58, scots region said:

Its fascinating and a more than a little upsetting, that in a few years there will be more alive people who remember steam through preservation than remember the operational period.  

sorry to say i was born 7 years after steam finished on the old GE .....im 50 this year ... .. .

On 31/03/2017 at 11:47, KNP said:

With all that's going on I see one of the locals is getting away to relax......Not sure if he's playing golf or flying pigeons or selling watches.

Anyway sir - have a nice time and no doubt it will all be sorted when you get back!

its not the ABC murderer is it !!!

On 13/04/2018 at 10:13, GeraldH said:

No prizes for guessing the origin of this one, although the height has been reduced somewhat.

 

Think Hornby missed a trick here , if the overall shape had been correct they could have sold even more ....

just wondered if you had come across any new information  . i was in charge of the wmrc records for many years . somewhere the club has a large black folder containing all i was able to find out  from interviews with some of the older members most now passed alas . my vote is henry greenly first postulated the idea of ho and the wmrc lads built it

On 30/05/2019 at 12:25, Ravenser said:

 

No - HO was invented by the members of Wimbledon MRC

care to tell us more ?

Excellent news about the points , will any profit be used for other projects ?

Or the owner really really wanted a pre grouping style tender engine .

 

How about this as a Pugbash, converting an Austerity saddle tank into a tender engine?

It has already been done in 1:1 scale as a RTR pugbashing modification with the saddle tank converted to tender loco 2890 which was on branch line duty at GCR Ruddington near Nottingham on Sunday, a charming little modification job. Is it possible to do a 4mm version of this with the new DJ Austerity J94 saddle tank?

 

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First converted from an engine that had been used for combustion experiments it had a single level footplate and had a very square look. Later it was changed again to have a slight step down in the front footplate which gives a more pleasing look.

 

In a serious note does this indicate that the stock of heritage loco's are wearing out and now it's easier to build from new or re-purpose more recent stuff like the austerity? I also cite the case of the

Oh i give up...

 

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dont thats rather good . how does the profile of the coach compare to thompson coaches ?

See I'm now at the 'pre-tooling' stage....

doing a proper job

 

Back in the BRassic period ..... Wonderfull description !

Sounds like the best place to be!

 

Can you get a work bench in the shower?

 The intention had been a DMU based layout but after just two or three of the MTK kits had been built, the focus changed somewhat for the sake of our coach builder's sanity.

yep that sounds like mtk lol