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Slightly O/T but perhaps a worthwhile warning I have found after 6 months or so, things stuck with Poundland superglue become unstuck again, it bonds well in the short term but degrades quickly. Rhys

Cropped from the Stirling single thread

You should receive one, contains the usual date, time stamp, billing and delivery address and an order reference among other details. It would be unusual if you don't get one eventually! Rhys

I have loved reading this blog, plenty of inspiration for when my peckett turns up! I'm not sure I could put up with it pristine but I couldn't bear to see it filthy either so to see how you've achieved this finish is marvellous! It's impossible to describe how good that looks, I can only hope mine comes out a fraction as well

Hi guys Thanks for your replies, particularly interesting about the 45ft panels, I was aware of 60ft and 30ft but 45ft was completely new to me. I have seen a video from about 1960ish showing the laying of 30ft panels so that continuously welded rail lengths can be laid in their place, similar to what The Signal Engineer described. I'm still curious as to whether anything like this would have ended up on revenue wagons such as my bolsters. Perhaps as old removed panels off to scrap? Thanks again Rhys

That's where mine was, now duly ordered!

Just spent a short time reading this interesting thread and thought I'd resurrect it. I've recently been given a couple of Bachmann bogie bolster C & A wagons which have (approximately) 40ft track panels on it. I'm sure that 40ft track panels were, at best, unusual and more likely entirely works of fiction but is there any truth in bolster Cs or As being for such traffic? Say on 30ft track panels? Is it possible they would be paired with some ballast hoppers and a ballast plough? Thanks Rhys

I couldn't resist so Here is Beachy Head, London bound on an RCTS railtour. Detail pack and real coal added as well as having the coal space weathered. Headcode is based on a photo of the real 32424

That tarmac looks lovely! I know it's not the effect you're going for but the white dust makes me think of China clay spilt on the track around clay dries

Two LBSC classes at once and it's still not enough ;)All jokes aside, if the Umber H1 doesn't sell they're unlikely to see a market for the H2 so let's get behind the H1! Rhys

I think the layout is looking great! I must say I really like the car park, makes me feel like I'm standing in a heritage railway car park! What range are the cars from? I don't think Oxford have a VW Polo or Peugeot 206 in their range? Is the Mini the Bachmann one?

Their rail range is quite small and recent however I can't argue that they have been in t the UK market as a whole for a good deal longer. I think that Rapido has the manufacturing experience and certainly the proven quality to make a good start even if the prototype isn't necessarily a sure hit. In a good spirited way Chris, I hope you're wrong

I don't wish to sound like I'm being difficult but surely that's quite a downcast view to take? Oxford rail entered the UK market not all that long ago, with a loco I wouldn't have called a home run and we can all agree it wasn't executed as well as it could have been. They persevered though and are building up their range (the flaws of the Dean goods and Mk3s aside) What makes it more difficult for Rapido? They have proven they can manufacture to a higher quality and have arguably as much experience in the UK market.

Were there major variations in the class? I was originally only going to get the H1 in umber but the black H2 looks so lovely I don't think I can resist it!I'm thinking I might remember to 32425 Trevose Head (purely because of the Cornish Connection) if it and 32424 are the same.

I'm sure there's a subsection of Rule 1 somewhere that says there was 3rd rail

Taking into account everything contributed so far I'm thinking that reverting to a 2-6-2 is the way to go, I agree further lengthening the boiler is out of the question and there simply isn't the room to move up the bogie (I tried) I'm still not sure exactly how powerful it would be but rule one still says it was a class 6. Can only give one rating Gibbo but I'd like to say that was also friendly and informative! Very interesting about how loco weight distribution works and how they're balanced!

The boiler is the same diameter but it's a full ring longer with a distinctly bigger Firebox, as to the difference that would make I'll leave to someone else to tell me. You're right Corbs, the bogie is a little too far back, not only is the weight distribution in the wrong place but it's giving me a headache regarding the tender coupling! I'm reluctant to lengthen the Firebox more but perhaps a small increase in the Firebox and move the bogie forward a little will balance the looks and realism a little! What I can't fix will get a generous amount of rule 1 haha!

Hi Gibbo Thanks, it's funny you should mention the Clan as that's similar to how I considered it. I was thinking a class 6 goods loco to allow the Clans to be focused onto passenger workings. The V2 was certainly in mind when I originally dreamt this up! I agree, just have to track one down, I have one behind my 9F but that's firmly staying put haha! I really liked your loco, it was seeing that on here inspired me to share mine. That's interesting RedGem as I'd originally thought of it as a freight biased mixed traffic loco but perhaps not if they weren't so well suited, is your experience on tanks tenders or both? Perhaps as a tender loco it would be better?

Ok, so cab and boiler are from a mainline STD 4. Boiler front ring, smokebox, chassis and front running plate are all from a Bachmann STD 4 tank. Rear truck frames are two Hornby brittania rear frames chopped and stuck together around the existing Bachmann bogie. Finally the upper Firebox is from a GBL 8F while the lower sides and wide bottom are all from a GBL Princess. My original intention was to use the mainline STD 4 body to produce a BR STD 2-6-2 but I couldn't justify a narrow Firebox prarie against the existing STD 4 and 5 so I lengthened the boiler and gave it a wide Firebox. It appears to have a slight American hint to it but thats no bad thing as the stds drew from best practice around the world. I think perhaps it could have been a low class 6 but I've no idea. Still lots left to do but the main things are finish the running plate, source clackvalves, a double chimney and screws for the crankpins

What with the recent discussion of non-standard BR standards, I thought it might be time to share my own time waster. I've not done any research into it's power or put much effort into justifying it, I had some spare parts and too much time on my hands. I imagine it being mixed traffic but ultimately used mostly on fast fitted freight. Just for fun the only part that's not off a spare br standard model is the Firebox, the rest genuinely is standard parts! Mainly just a little project though, the BR STD 2-6-4, 5/6mt?F? I haven't got a tender yet but I would like to use a BR1F or BR1H

I don't gave any special skills or equipment, it's just practice,I started with cheap older wagons and played around until I found what worked for me. I was told pretty early too that "it's not what you put on, it's what you take off" Anything I put on the model is haphazard, it doesn't matter how it goes on because the detail is in how it comes off and what's left behind.Thanks Rhys