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Henley-on-Thames - GWR in the 1930's
David Bigcheeseplant replied to Neal Ball's topic in Layout topics
In the latest MRJ there are a couple of short articles on Paul Karau's model of Henley one of the entrances to the station and the other on the platforms with a couple of very nice photos of the model. Many years ago, I laser cut the window frames for Paul for his model of Henley signal box, and these were in very thin paper, these were the earlier windows rather than the later replacement five pane type. David -
Henley-on-Thames - GWR in the 1930's
David Bigcheeseplant replied to Neal Ball's topic in Layout topics
I am a bit late to this but the vast majority of GWR type 5 signal boxes were built in blue brick, I would say as least 95% of the ones I have checked, and this is all over the Great Western system from London to Cornwall, I expect the blue bricks gave more strength, although the type 7 boxes which came later were in red brick. David -
Finding 1861 Census details
David Bigcheeseplant replied to David Bigcheeseplant's topic in UK Prototype Questions
Many thanks for all the info, I probably need to get to the National Archives I was the a long time ago when it was called the Public Record Office. I remember last time I had to be focused and not get dragged down some other rabbit hole that looked interesting. -
Finding 1861 Census details
David Bigcheeseplant replied to David Bigcheeseplant's topic in UK Prototype Questions
That's really useful, Railway Terrace directly by the old station has not one person listed which is railway employee, so Railway Place seems the area maybe some of the employees lived. Could you look who is listed at the Railway Tavern and the Prince of Wales pub. -
How do I go about looking for details on the 1861 census, I would like to find out who was the station master and other railway workers at High Wycombe in 1861 and where they lived. When I put it into Google is send me to various commercial web sites like ancestry, as I don't know names yet I want to search on addresses can this be done? David
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I decided to pop the design in to the 3D printer and this what came out plus a coat of red primer. I will design a simple brass fold up chassis plus bits to add on for the polished brass bits. David
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GWR locomotive nameplate lettering
David Bigcheeseplant replied to David Bigcheeseplant's topic in UK Prototype Questions
I found an old issue of Great Western Way with the lettering, So took a photo imported it to Fusion where I drew each letter I needed before putting them on the loco. I have noticed on some of the Fire fly class when they altered the spring hangers they drilled straight through the letters to fit it! -
GWR locomotive nameplate lettering
David Bigcheeseplant replied to David Bigcheeseplant's topic in UK Prototype Questions
I have the latest edition and it was not in there, I am sure I have an earlier edition somewhere, just a case of finding it now. -
I am looking for the font for GWR locomotive lettering, I am sure I have seen it in a book but cant find it which one. Can someone point me in the right direction or post an image. David
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Broad Gauge Coaches
David Bigcheeseplant replied to David Bigcheeseplant's topic in 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CAD & CNC
I don't I would imagine there would be some kind of class shown on the doors, maybe company insignia, nothing seems too obvious on the photos I have seen. -
including a virtual model - a first for MRJ? I have done a bit more work on the model since I submitted to MRJ such as adding loco, coaches and signals. I can export any part of what you see in the image and either 3D print or laser cut. When I spoke to Paul Karau he did say that the layout can be seen in its finished state before I have constructed it.
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3D-printed Broad Gauge Carriage, Part IV
David Bigcheeseplant commented on MikeOxon's blog entry in MikeOxon's Broad Gauge Blog
I have dawn up the composite which I may try and print later and see what comes out. Do you know how the brake gear gear was arranged. -
Having drawn up my Gooch 4-4-0 bogie class I thought I would draw up the coaches to go with it, I know Mike Oxon has been doing similar things. I drew up the first coach using parametric dimensions so my just clicking and changing the info in a table I could adjust the length height wheelbase and compartments, rather than redrawing each coach from scratch. The coaches are a 1851 standard composite at 26 foot length, a first, second and third from revised standard design 1854. The second and third have a length of 27'9" while the first has a length of 24'5" I would be interested if I have missed anything.
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3D-printed Broad Gauge Carriage, Part IV
David Bigcheeseplant commented on MikeOxon's blog entry in MikeOxon's Broad Gauge Blog
I have probably got as far as I need to on the 1854 first class coach it now has the steps and other details. at this period I don't think there were brakes. -
3D-printed Broad Gauge Carriage, Part IV
David Bigcheeseplant commented on MikeOxon's blog entry in MikeOxon's Broad Gauge Blog
You were lucky to find an older post that still has its illustrations. I also made some divided 1st class compartments with central partitions. I got the info from your Broadsheet article on coaches, I noticed in the photos that the 1st and second class compartments had different sizes of quarterlights and improvement on third class that had none! I can do the different sizes in my option menu. One thing I am trying to figure out is the number of compartments on each type of coach, the third, second and composite were all the same length, the first being shorter with just four compartments. Another thing that is different to later coaches is that the doors can have hinges on the right or left.