nzpaul

To add to the resurrection of old models topic, here's Captain Cuttle from the hulk of a Triang Hornby Flying Scotsman. The wheels, valve gear and bogie are spares from the 2005 era Hornby A3. The tender is a Graeme King resin body on a Hornby chassis. To install the modern wheels I had to drill the axle holes and fit 4mm brass tube bushes and treat the gear similarly. The Cartazzi truck is repurposed from an old Bachmann V2, although fixed in position and not waggly. It remains fitted with the MRRC 5 pole motor it came with which is still very strong. Railmatch or Precision paints are no longer obtainable in NZ so it's painted with Tamiya XF5 which is fairly close to Precision Doncaster green once varnished. This was very much a budget conscious build and at the time cost less that £40, I doubt it would cost much more now. To be honest, it's a bit of a mongrel, but I quite enjoy making something useful out of scraps. Paul

I'll take a stab, frames are for a B1. Paul

If a part built C9 like that arrived on my doorstep I think I'd find it irresistible. Worth a go I'd say. Paul

Graeme, I can't recall any instance where you, or anybody, should call you foolish or insane. Mad perhaps, but in a "unusually determined to build a locomotive from little more than the contents of a rubbish bin, driven my the mechanism of a former robot barbie" kind of way. Whereby mad translates to quiet admiration or you lateral thinking and model making skill. Thanks Tony. Introducing myself to you and Wrights Writes by pointing out what I believed was an error was undoubtedly heavy handed and I was aware that I could be setting myself up to be made an example of. I'm thankful that didn't happen. Paul

Hello again Tony One thing that made me nervous about writing the first post was the chance that, despite a number of photos backing up my claim, there could be many more that I haven't seen proving me wrong. Coming across as a fool on this thread is a less than appealing thought. Overriding that, if the information turns out to be useful and you decide that it's worth the effort to change the guides, it would be much easier to do it now before it gets painted. I'm not sure if I've succeeded, but the intention was to be helpful. Paul

Yes, that's exactly the part I was on about. I'm sorry I can't provide dates of who used what and when, but it would appear that the two types of guides were used almost indiscriminately, and I've found examples of A4's fitted with both types at opposite ends of the same cylinder. This image is cropped from the original photo that got me started in the first place, 60032 Gannet on the Elizabethan in late BR guise. All it proves is that on the day the photo was taken, it was fitted with the later style valve guides on the right hand cylinder. I think Tony has put the subject to bed with his reply to my original post, perhaps best left to dissolve into history as it will do quite quickly on this thread. Paul

Hello Tony, and readers of WW. I've followed WW for some time but until now didn't believe that I had anything useful to contribute to the conversation. After consultation with a couple of LNER forum collogues, I've been assured that I'm doing the right thing in bringing this to your attention. The Proscale A4 with Comet chassis from a few pages back has valve guide crossheads of the type found on A3s. I think the type fitted should be the later, less elegant type common on V2s. A small detail but older type do look a little odd on an A4. I sincerely hope I haven't ruined your day, and apologies if this has already been covered or rectified. Paul