Fair Oak Junction

This is some extreme thread drift 🤣

Well, I think the bloaters look good.

Beautiful spinner, but also I love the mogul in the background! 👌

Wow, that is looking marvellous! 👌

Wonderful shots!

That is great news! It'll be the first mag I've bought in years but worth it just for that.

10 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

Was the GWR set in use? They had some problems because they aren't slam door - you have to actually turn the handle. People arent used to it so doors got left open and last year they were withdrawn but I don't know if that's been resolved.

It was in use yes. I watched Erlestoke breeze down Eardington Bank with the set on Saturday, which was nice to see.

Quite possibly yes, plus some earlier liveries require incredibly intricate details that would likely require specialists to do.

But if it can be done, I feel it should.

44 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

In my case being taken as a child to see both steam and diesel trains, it’s not a preference for BR liveries per say, rather a preference for authenticity - a preserved loco should only be painted in a livery consistent with its current state. So rebuilt Bullied Pacifics should only be in BR liveries etc.

Oh I agree 100%, I'm not a fan of the rebuilt light pacific being in SR livery. But there are many many MANY locos in preservation currently in BR livery that could accurately be in earlier liveries. The new build Brighton Atlantic is a good example. The condition it's been done in means it can't accurately carry LBSCR livery sadly, but it could carry SR livery which would be preferable over the BR lined black they've chosen to do it in. Thankfully the Patriot Project members voted for LMS Crimson as the first livery.

13 hours ago, RobAllen said:

It feels quite rare to see LMS liveried locos these days as they all seem to come out with a British Railways logo on them. (The Black 5 at the NYMR being the exception that proves the rule.)

Yes, it's shame that BR livery still has such a strangle hold in the preservation world. I understand people who grew up with it wanting it, but for many of us born long after the steam era it represents the dark times. I'd take grouping and pre-grouping liveries any day over BR.

3 hours ago, RobAllen said:

I'm actually very happy with the photo I took too. Not often you see the Stove-R out either.

Oh that's a marvellous shot!

I've just got back from Eardington where I managed to spot Erlestoke Manor, Hagley Hall, Fenchurch, and the Mogul. The Mogul was the highlight and the main reason I went, although she was pulling the LNER Teak set that Hagley had taken up just previously.

39 minutes ago, Andy Keane said:

Off to West Somerset later this week. Does anyone have a favourite station on the heritage line there? Not sure what will be in steam.

Watchet, definitely. Very nicely situated station right by the harbour, boat museum right next to it, lovely walk along the harbour front, and just along there is the Watchet Museum which has lots of nice stuff including a model of the West Somerset Mineral Railway.

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

What's on the panniers list?

Plot world domination

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A fantastic initiative, well done once again Accurascale!

That's excellent news, so pleased to know the range will live on.

That's great, really shows off so many of the wonderful details. And the various bits of vegetation are so effective!

Marvellous, and always nice to see a bit of Hymek action 👍

Nice to see the Malachite Nelson finally break cover FOUR YEARS after being announced!! 🤣

Hornby apparently emulating how Bachmann used to be 😉

There is nothing wrong with being proud of what you have achieved. If you can stand back, look at your modelling and think "that looks really good" then you've succeeded!
And yes the scenic/background "join" is marvellously done, works perfectly 👌

50 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said:

Railcar rumbling and please tell me there’s a pannier. Lurking somewhere near.

They're in the trees man, they're in the trees!

....sorry, Vietnam flashbacks 😱

There is a photo of it here on Facebook (should be viewable for people without an account): https://www.facebook.com/100064138146122/posts/2990806390988634/

23 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Was it not Henry Booth, Secretary of the L&M, who devised the first primitive screw coupling precisely to eliminate that effect?

Yep, although not until about 1837 so for the early part of the L&MR chains are still more correct AFAIK.

12 minutes ago, drt7uk said:

I'll have a root around and see if I have an old necklace chain I can convert instead !

I'd say you are better off doing that anyway. The Hornby chain couplings are a nice feature, but don't allow for any play between the stock. A rake feels very rigid.

I'm certainly going to be using actual chains between mine so it gives the "pick up" effect as the train moves off.

They look absolutely fantastic, and hopefully will go some way to allaying people's worries about the fit of the removable roof panels. They look perfectly well fitted on these! 👍