Clagsniffer

J10967 looks an interesting formation, what looks like four 1st class coaches? Was this normal?

Yet another great set of pictures.

Stunning!!! Don’t know what else to say really! Apart from that I wish I’d ordered some British Steel wagons!!

Looking forward to these!

Will the wagons be delivered by the weekend???? I do hope so, really looking forward to these!!!

Me and the wife enjoyed our first weekend trip away in our caravan, our two boys loved it too.

I bought some of the figures as mentioned above, they look naff straight out of the packet, but once they’re ‘seated’ and seen from normal viewing distances they look ok.

just don’t zoom in 

57 minutes ago, SHMD said:

 

A water pistol is better against cats - they know whats' hit them!

 

 

Kev.

The .22 is for the rats not the cats. I have two cocker spaniels to deal with the cats 

Of the four gardens in the vicinity of mine, three of them have cats. Unfortunately the only thing they do in my garden is sh!t everywhere .

Might have to dust off the .22

At the weekend I kept thinking I was seeing something in the corner of my eye. So I set my trail camera up and sure enough confirmed my suspicions.......

Evidently they’re living under my decking. So that’s going to be fun to deal with. 

More pretty visitors to my buddleia’s today....

Ordered one of these yesterday at 14:21, arrived in the post today!

Top class service from Kernow. Also top class model, really pleased with the finish.

Cheers.

I do have a britpop playlist on Spotify, it’s mostly Suede, Cast and Pulp. 

Anyone remember this? Bloody brilliant.

Absolutely love the shot of the Deltic in the snow, just oozes atmosphere. I always enjoy looking at snowy railway pictures, there’s just something about them.

Thanks David.

Disgusting. I absolutely hate graffiti, I just don’t get it.

Another good set of pictures David.

The single clean coach in the C18546 HST rake sticks out a mile, I wonder why it’s not dirty like the rest of the train? Could the coach have been inserted to replace a defective one maybe?

Seems there’s a kit for this building now.....

https://railwaylaserlines.co.uk/product/rll642ph-cardiff-canton-pump-house-oo-gauge-laser-cut-kit/

Just had email from Hattons confirming the latest batch are due in stock sometime in August.

Keyser soze is a pretend cripple.

Here’s one of my Cocker friends Brian getting ready for a day at the beach!

Had to walk them 11 miles to tire them out lol.

Really enjoyed the pictures the last couple of days. My wife is originally from Loughborough and never really paid much attention to railways until she met me, she had never even been on the Great Central! We now live in Newcastle so enjoyed the pictures around the station. So some nice connections.

Thanks, as always, for taking the time to upload for our enjoyment.

28 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said:

I think that most of the 16 tonners taken into the engineer’s fleet would have been rebodied examples so would be without top flaps.  If you’re  lucky, you might find an exception to this, but the majority wouldn’t have top flaps.

That makes sense, I might flog the tipplers I have and get some without the top flaps.

15 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

 

The ZKV based on the former tippler didn't need the slots, having been designed for 26t loads, against the 16.5t of the ex-Minfit ZHV. It could be that the Bachmann model is based on a rare example that had been re-painted, and given the wrong TOPS code.

 

I have some Parkside kits of the iron ore tippler that I have repurposed as ZKV’s, I also some of the new Hornby stone tipplers that I will use as unfitted ZKO’s.

At this point I think I have more engineers stock that anything else, I find the subject interesting given the variety of wagon types used.

Thanks for the replies chaps.

Hi everyone, I’m looking create a rake of ZHV spoil wagons, complete with slots in the bodies, and have a couple of questions.

1) I have a few Bachmann 16 tonners with top flap doors, Ref: 37-226F. I’ve searched the net and browsed Mr Bartlett’s excellent site and can’t see any of this type as a ZHV with body slots. Were there any? Or did only the wagons without top flaps get used?

2) was there any set size or placement of the slots? All I can tell from the pictures I’ve seen as it appears pretty much in the middle of the body panel either side of the side door.

3) I also have some of the Bachmann olive green ZHV tipplers. I can’t seem to find any pictures online of them in this livery? If there was any in this livery, would they have had the slots cut in too?

Look forward to hearing any replies. 
 

Rich.

Yes I’ve just received the email also. This is great news, really looking forward to these!

My buddleia’s have just started to flower in my garden this last week, finally managed to get a picture of a visitor.......

Any news as to when the website will be up and running? 
 

Thanks.