johnhutnick

I am in the US. I went to 365Games and bought a Hornby Achilles for GBP 68.68, including shipping to me.

For everyone's interest, I had the following in a message from the LNER Society. Below is the list of A3’s that never had the corridor tender with spoked wheels 2747 Coronach 2748 Colorado 2751 Humorist 2595 Trigo 2596 Manna 2597 Gainsborough 2598 Blenheim 2599 Book Law 2795 Call Boy 2797 Cicero 2500 Windsor Lad 2502 Hyperion 2503 Firduassi 2504 Sandwich 2505 Cameronian 2507 Singapore You have to be careful with any of the rest because the tenders were only attached when they were on the Non-Stop Flying Scotsman allocation Full details are in Yeadon’s Register of LNER locomotives Volume 1. After reviewing what I can find online, my conclusion is that for me, I will use PAPYRUS, figuring that would be the second most famous A3 after Scotsman, based on the 1935 speed run. There is a Locos in Profile print showing this loco with a spoked corridor tender. Also, in gettyimages.com I found the original LNER photo showing PAPYRUS in this configuration. Also, I checked a Sunset 3-rail Scotsman that I have, and it uses solid tender wheels. And amusingly, American English uses spelled instead of spelt.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have been doing further research. The Sunset model has a corridor tender, as you may see in the Ebay listing photos. From what I read, LNER made 10 corridor tenders: http://www.doncasterworksrecords.org.uk/Part-28.html This shows corridor tenders built in 1926 allocated to 2743-2752. Then it lists actual engine numbers 4472/76, 2573/80/46/69/56 and 2743-45. I figured that there must be some LNER experts here who can tell me what loco numbers/names actually used a corridor tender. The SS model has spoked tender wheels, which is earlier.

If you check US Ebay completed listings, this is what I bought: item number 154023179744, Sunset 2-Rail British Gresley Flying Scotsman Steam Engine F/P O-SCALE. It was listed as needing work. Writing to the Seller, the gearbox, etc. is original. I figured that for the price, I could fix it. Regarding the comment from micklner, the tender wheels are green. For me in the US, this is of little concern. I would appreciate it if someone could suggest what would be a popular name.

I am in the US. Based on the discussions here, I would not purchase the Heljan Scotsman. I do not want pieces breaking off. I have acquired a Sunset models 2-rail brass A3 unlettered. Does anyone have an opinion on these? What would be the most popular loco name to use other than Flying Scotsman?

Regarding the platform supports, I would suggest for any future work to drill all the holes at once in a piece of thin ply or heavy black styrene, fasten in place with 5 minute epoxy, not superglue, and then place the whole thing on the railway and cover.

Plan of Bekra Models layout, from their site. Do you have some flex? Build a 3 foot wide oval, run some trains and see how it goes. For me, the 2 foot leg could be filled with yard tracks and a turntable with the loco collection.

I am fairly sure that this is not American, since it was labeled British Coarse Scale. To me, it looks like some sort of chassis engineered to fit under a particular body. Somewhere out there is someone who will look at this, and immediately say "oh, that is by so-and-so for ..." The motor casting has JFJ , A50, nr. 320.

Can anyone here identify what these chassis parts are from? The driver axles are connected by spur gears in the frame. There is a loco trailing bogie and 2 tender bogies. I am not aware of 4-6-2 locos with bogie tenders. Excuse me if I ever put this up here before.

I am in the US, so my viewpoint may be different that many here who are more expert than me. Google "Swansea harbor trust locomotive photos". You will find many other photos that look like this. Now some will say that this is not the same model as the Hornby Peckett. Or say that these were only at Swansea. They can complain here and not buy it. I would think that a lot of modellers would be happy to buy one. Great Western sells.

Thanks. I bought one GWR Barclay. Now why wouldn't Hornby offer Great Western?

Can anyone please tell me if the Peckett has been offered in GWR. I may not have seen all the liveries.

Please view the following regarding what can fit in a small space with Ace 3-rail. It is also worth viewing other videos by "TheNorthscot" as sources of ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7BbR-9ZGiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilxITOa0im4&list=PLQ0KFh2EzSa7Z_a4qZzyk9hgtl0eF_KEz&index=35&t=0s

Looking at the Centenary Collection steam, am I the only one who thinks the prices are high for what they are? If Hornby wants to do "collectables", how about reproductions of the O gauge tinplate No. 2 Special 4-4-0's? Of course there is no market for these, no one will buy them, etc. Tell this to Ace Trains. Happy New Year and Orthodox Christmas to all.

I first saw Headhunters Barber Shop and Railway Museum, Enniskillen, on the BBC Monkman & Seagull Genius Guide to Britain program(to be rebroadcast in January). The museum has an O scale model railway, shown in the program. There is also a youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVNCOjdBPo. Does anyone have additional videos, photos, or other information on this model railway that they can share? Happy New Year to all - John Hutnick

I have enjoyed this discussion. Attached is a photo of an O gauge Barry slip that I built with #3 frogs, code 100 FB. This is in an article that I wrote in the current Gauge O Guild Gazette. Regards to all -- John Hutnick

I also just found a further Youtube video with 7.5" curves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWG4t68wBcU

You may wish to view four Youtube videos posted by Richard Higgins about OO minimum radius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSYyOab97HE

Since the subject of structures and engine sheds have been brought up, I am attaching a copy of a loco shed that I built based on a contemporary Lionel plastic kit. It is long enough for a typical 4-6-0, with a Jubilee shown. This was a GOG Gazette article. John Hutnick

My name is John Hutnick and I am in the US. This may not be the place to ask, but would anyone have plans for a Skye Bogie that they could pass on? I keep having an odd idea to try and scratchbuild one in 7mm as a long term project, Thanks for any help. johnhutnick@gmail.com

Please search Martin Wood brick paper on RMWeb as an alternative, In the UK at 1.50GBP per sheet. martin.s.wood@gmail.com Say that John Hutnick from the US sent you.

You may have a different turnout. Prior to the current Peco curved turnouts, there were ST-242/243 turnouts, which have a sharper radius than the current ST-244/245. If you do a Google search under the 242/243 numbers, looking at images, you can at least see these and visually compare to what you have. There is no template. The best you can do is to print a photo and see how one looks next to what you have. Some may complain that this or that loco did not work with these. For your purposes, they should be OK. Like anything else, you buy on Ebay. John Hutnick

I would consider a ten light temporary lighting string from a major home store, using 60w equivalent daylight LED bulbs. John Hutnick

For all of the complaining about Hornby tank locos, consider how many 2-4-2's and 2-6-4's that Lionel sold which had no basis in reality. John Hutnick