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eBay sometimes has its uses... just seen a 1947 image featuring a Hawksworth brake 3rd in full chocolate and cream livery - now there's some justification!
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I do like the N class; there's something very graceful yet compact about them. Are you planning on re-livering it Rob? I think malachite was the order of the day by 1947. Any plans to run a nice four-car set of Maunsells on an inter-regional working too? I still regret not picking up a limited edition wartime black N class when Modelzone were throwing them out for £60 a throw in their dying days... they fetch a pretty penny on eBay now! Cheers, CoY
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Thanks Rob. There's just something about the Collett Goods - I think it's because they look like nothing else in the GWR loco stable, especially by the 1930's/1940's. I think I'm also right in saying it was probably the penultimate 0-6-0 design in Britain after the Q1? It's a shame there's only 3205 left as it never gets up north and so subsequently I haven't copped it yet. Still I've got two of my own to ogle at in front of a 1:76 mixed freight! Cheers, CoY
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Perhaps a 2251 on the branch B-set? If you can justify a mogul... Cheers, CoY
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Couple of ColourRail images here: http://www.colour-rail.com/Preview.ashx?Cat=6&Ref=90021 http://www.colour-rail.com/Preview.ashx?Cat=6&Ref=GW80 http://www.colour-rail.com/Preview.ashx?Cat=6&Ref=15657 Cheers, CoY
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Probably the best buy I've ever made from eBay. A rake of three GWR Colletts, all of which have to be Comet kits, given the weight of them. All for the princely sum of £35 for the lot including postage! I've needed some bow-ended corridor thirds for an age, and with no soldering skills to speak of, I was always going to have to buy some kit-built complete examples! They are beutifully painted, lined, and have interior detailing such as pictures on the compartment walls, but as you can see, they all need their bogies looking at, and one or two buffers and corridor connectors aren't fit for purpose. Still, will make for a nice winter detailing project! C54 C54 D95 l/h Cheers, CoY
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Pretty disappointed that 6 GWR Kitbuilt 70 footers have disappeared from eBay as quickly as they were listed. The seller obviously received a surreptitious offer for the job lot via pm - that's not cricket!
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Fear not, dear Brent-ers, for I come carrying un-copyrighted pictures of castles (a castle!). These were taken by my good self at the NYMR's excellent western steam gala the weekend before last. The resolution is not as good as it could have been but alas, I am currently between digital cameras and my smartphone had to suffice. Not often you see Swindonian top link express and the king of heavy freight side by side in North Yorkshire... And whilst she may be a long way away from home, 1501 looks right at home with the NYMR's newly overhauled Express Dairies milk tank wagon - allegedly the only authentic Express Dairies wagon left in preservation. Cheers, CoY
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Here we are. Wartime black Collett Goods with ROD tender. Smokebox numberplate still to be removed, but it gives you a good flavour of the thing. This was my first guinea pig for this treatment as many box shifters were practically giving these away last year in the early BR livery so I had to snap one up. I think it looks quite handsome in this livery and will sit in well amongst my heavy freight section of green 28/38xx's, ROD's, 56xx's and of course the 42xx & 72xx's! The manufacturers have released wartime liveried locos for the rest of the big 4 in the past but unfortunately they seem to neglect Swindon beasts. I guess if you want something doing you have to do it yourself! Cheers, CoY
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I will admit to being a little lazy/hesitant over the best method of removing the smokebox numberplate and have thus not done it yet! A file may well be needed but I've not attempted it before. I won't fit window blanking plates as I'm assuming they removed them in time for the long, hot summer of 1947. Pictures will appear perhaps after Downton Abbey or if not tomorrow evening sometime (all rear 3/4 shots to sidestep the matter of the smokebox!) Thanks for now, CoY
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Rob, excellent shots as always, but the appearance of the venerable Collett Goods has piqued my interest; have you ever considered backdating a BR black western loco into wartime black? I've recently done just that with a Collett Goods with ROD tender and it is something different - not that I would ever call middle chrome green monotonous of course! I might apply this treatment to a Hall or a 2800 next - our perhaps one of the big two might surprise us with a curve ball livery choice next year? Cheers, CoY
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Super day at the NYMR Steam Gala yesterday. Eclectic motive power in the form of B1's, Black 5's, Q6's, A4's, 28XX's and Castles! I may also have had a surreptitious brake van ride up the bank to Goathland...
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I am delighted to report that the Hornby Castle has ARRIVED! Sorry for the quality of the photos - my better camera wasn't to hand. Compared to two Glastonbury Abbey's that I purchased and had to return, this model has everything where it needs to be and looks the business. It looks like 'Refined' are really starting to know their stuff. Also, we still have sprung buffers, and not a moulded handrail in sight. The only thing I will be a little critical of is the quality of the printing on the nameplate, it is not 100% crisp, I feel. Anyway, I'm delighted, especially after a two and a half year wait! Now where are my Hawksworths in ersatz GWR livery? Cheers, CoY
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How is your Comet C54 coming along Rob? That 'M set' should look smashing when it's done. Also, are you intending to re-livery Tintagel Castle to 1947 condition? I am probably to embark on that endeavour very soon: I've almost given up on Wellington ever arriving. (Good job history didn't see a role reversal with Blucher, or we'd likely all still be under a French yoke!) CoY
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321487426188?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Erm... http://www.buffersmodelrailways.com/products/exclusives/locomotives-150/Bachmann-32-003h-hall-class-4-6-0-gwr-green-5900-hinderton-hall-buffers-exclusive-limited-edition-of-100/item
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Just to echo Mike Riley's comments before I stick an order in; which livery is it to be on 1364? Pre-1934 'Great Western', or post 1942 'GWR'? Cheers, CoY
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Edit - I have taken down my comment as a precaution, after taking adb968008's point below. I apologise for my flippant disclosure of some mere conjecture that I had heard. Mod - Feel free to edit subsequent posts in this thread that have quoted my original comment. CoY
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There is something to be said for finding bargains over the last week or two - is it the holiday season, or perhaps too many unwise bets made over England's World Cup performance? As an example of this, I picked up a mint boxed Hornby LMS Stanier Corridor 3rd for £17 including postage last week. These are currently like hens teeth from the main retailers, and generally go for £30-£45 on eBay. It wasn't that badly listed either - even though this particular coach sometimes gets mistaken for the older tooling equivalent. Still, I'm chuffed!
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I see the arrival date for the GWR Castle Wellington has again been put back within the last day or so from 7th July to 7th August - at least according to Model Railways Direct. I'm more amused than annoyed by this eternal slippage now. Perhaps I'll raid my kitty and get another Star in the meantime... CoY
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So that's 2 Glastonbury Abbey's received, and 2 turkeys sent back. Never knew Churchward was partial to pick n' mixing his buffer shanks! What's going on, Margate?
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Just taken delivery of a Glastonbury Abbey, and it looks like it's been in someone's rucksack at the festival! Grrr.
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Seeing as The Stationmaster has so deftly answered your first and second queries, I shall tackle the third. The final pre-nationalisation livery of the Hall saw G - Crest - W on the tender. Probably their most attractive livery, I think, and also one that is frustratingly rare in rtr form thus far; only Bachmann's Modified Hall has sported it in recent memory I believe. CoY
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Absolutely nothing wrong with the fantastic 2800/2884's, and I don't think the Castle is that bad either - though I believe some had issues with paintwork frosting, and a number of the GWR version possessed an incorrect BR smokebox door mounted number plate.
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Found a mint Tintagel Castle at a Hornby concession today for a very reasonable price. What else have Margate still got lying around in the stockroom?
