Lord Flashheart

Hull and East Yorkshire buses at Sandtoft today. 

Rob

22 hours ago, russ p said:

 

If that was late 90s I must have seen it as I did quite a bit of work on D5061 about that time 

You very possibly did Russ,bloody shame too see D5061 now.

Rob

19 hours ago, russ p said:

 

Excellent Rob , they were rare even when new 

He's had it a long time,will be getting a good tidy up soon. 

Used to regularly drive it Guildford to Grosmont when we went up there,his dad owned 50027,at that time I had a Cavalier GSI replica, really should have got a pic of them together. 

Rob

23 hours ago, russ p said:

 

After hearing other ideas was thinking R19 they were actually great cars especially 16v 

My mate still has one,one of the very few 16v saloons still on the road. 

Rob

Very sorry to hear of your sad news  Dave,condolences to you and all your family. 

Rob

Excellent choice to do,hopefully they'll do an East Yorkshire, Rider York or one of these.

Another vote for a 1/43 model aswell. 

Rob

Trip out to the Wensleydale Railway on Sunday to see and ride 142078 back running,first runs in preservation, coincided nicely with a retro Ford show in Leyburn. 

Rob

11 hours ago, The Black Hat said:

 

Hello all, 

 

Ive managed to hi-jack the scanner at work and brought in some photos which I hope will be of use. Its nice to see many people taking interest in the Pacers that used to work in the north east. Like I've said, just about every journey I had at the time started on one, so I ended up having an affection for the little workhorses, never mind nodding donkeys. 

The whole choc and cream / skipper convo pushed me to get this done. Have been meaning to do it for a while to try and help Charlie with the project. Ive got some photos, of the units towards the end of sectorisation, these must be from about 95 ish onwards. I would have been about 12 and spending my pocket money on films and development at Boots. 
 

Heres one I remember well. 142026 was always a favourite as I am sure that this was the last one in Choc and Cream. The yellow doors on the original livery units never got repainted. These lasted until Northern Spirit took over the franchise and these units all in choc and cream or provincial were all the ones that went into 'NS'. The unit is above at Battersby, the usual exchange of tokens allowing a chance to jump off and grab a photo. 

I'm sure I remember reading 26 was to be done with yellow doors when the 142s by charlie were first announced. It would be perfect. Although he has chosen no. 20, which might be better changing to Tyne and Wear as that one was painted into that livery first. 

'26 again about to go for a run down the Coast at Newcastle. It was rare for me to get a chance to get to Newcastle as I usually cycled to Durham or got the train to Darlington. 

Speaking of Darlington...

 

142021 in the bay at Darlington on platform 2. Always a favourite spot as the units would happily bounce into the station on the jointed track in the bay. A sight that pretty much just changed only with the livery as the units worked the duties to Saltburn from Darlo for years. To be honest Tyne and Wear has always been my favourite livery (indulges in paint froth mode). It looked smart and bright for a little branch line unit. While others were admiring the HSTs, 91's or passing freight I was always waiting for the 142 to rev and then charge off on another run. It was always an iconic sound watching at the south of the station with a unit having been started up and then revving the engine to build up air pressure - one setting for the sound chip on on these please Charlie?

Hope these are of interest. Will try and add more later. 

 

Nice photos, love the one at Battersby, we used to holiday near Whitby regularly, hence my photos earlier, so like yourself I've always had a soft spot for them,never got to see a Skipper  on the branch though. Only Skipper I got on was 025 between Beverley and Hull in 1998,half day on Friday at college there,couldn't believe it when it rolled in under the roof!

Rob

On 04/04/2022 at 13:48, QuoitsPlayer said:

I went to school on them along the Esk Vslley line to Whitby in the mid 90s to early 2000s and we had a mix of Provincial, T&W, Skipper, Reggie Rail, and once memorably a Northern Spirit branded one. All the ones painted by BR had the same seat patterns on the covers but the colours changed to match the livery and for some reason yhe Skippers seemed to be more comfortable and generally better than the T&W ones for some reason.

Just how I remember them from that era.

142021 at Glaisdale and the other pair near Danby.

Rob

5 hours ago, charliepetty said:

At the current rate, Provincial or Skipper will be the first to sell out.

 

If you check the photo below, the N gauge model from Dapol re the roof is 100% wrong on their latest batch, before you ask, we are not doing an N Gauge one.

 

Be Nice in 0 Gauge though !!

 

Charlie

O gauge class 142,yes please!.

Rob

Slowly working my way through my copy,excellent book, will certainly be getting the next volume on their industry history. 

Rob

Will be there as part of the Boston Frodsham team.

Rob

21 hours ago, micknich2003 said:

Hessle Quarry and an unidentified Austerity, heading a load of chalk destined for Wilmington cement works c1966.

That's a superb photo Mick,of the four tracks there,which are the two still there?.

Rob

Something different in for MOT today. 

Rob

Great photos of the Pacers Dave,thank you for posting them. 

Rob

10 hours ago, MarkC said:

Sounds good, Rob. RHB is a nice station to model. There's a FB Group for the S&W too - lots more photos & info there.

Thanks Mark,yes I'm on the S&W fb page, some fantastic photos on there,we've got a 101 and 108 DMUs on the go,love to have the 124 at sometime. 

Rob

8 hours ago, russ p said:

The last train has made a detour to rural North Norfolk,  those scrap men are obviously looking for quite a lot of scrap

I bought an 03 at Doncaster on Saturday so got busy last  night 

 

 

Very nice Russ,I'm about to start doing  D2151 in green,our club, Hessle MRG ,is starting on doing RHB in o gauge ,some very useful photos in this thread.

Rob 

15 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Well, Bullet bitten in the Servant's wing of F-Unit Towers....

My Teddy Bear is in bits, and cab removed for remedial works, especially the 'wrong' door. Above the handles have been removed, and pencil lines taken across the door for location marks.

Below, the new lower recessed part has been drilled & filed out, backed with thin plasticard. The upper handle plate is another small bit of plasticard, and the original handles glued back in place. Original holes filled in with putty.

The roundel has also been removed with 1200-grit wet'n'dry paper, used very wet!!

 

I found one of the connecting rod retaining screws on the jackshaft counterweight was working loose, & has had to be tightened up. A bit more lube on the worm & gears has also helped smooth the running as well.

 

Looking good,I shall be doing the  same with mine  as and when I get round to it.

Rob

3 hours ago, boxbrownie said:

The KA was the only vehicle in the range that was not given cavity rustproofing at the factory body in white stage.

 

It was primarily a cheap car and was expected not to be used as much as it did….or as popular.

 

The Fiesta/Puma were rustproofed at BiW, unfortunately the Puma had unique panels which were not given the testing they should have and it lead to missing areas (usually down to lack of vent gaps to enable dip coverage) of protection.

 

In particular the lower A pillar area and plenum chamber on the KA were the really bad spots, but it took a good few years to become apparent…..a lot more than a FIAT or especially Lancia 

The KA can and did rust pretty much everywhere, I welded a rear sill on a 5 year old one, shame they were like that as they handled quite good and were a doddle to work on.

Rob

6 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Eastleigh....

 

Nice pic,the pair of 2 door mk1 Escorts are probably worth as much as everything else in that car park now,choice for me would be the mk2 Cavalier SRI.

Rob

Mine arrived yesterday, fantastic model,runs and sounds perfect straight out the box,must admit I'm not keen on the cab colour so will be repainting it,also noted is the lamps should be body colour aswell as the thin sole bar.

Another item but not easy rectified is,with the long bonnet to the right, the cab door handles are on the wrong side of the door.

As a big fan of the 14s non of this has put me off getting another sometime,its much better than building another DJH kit.

Rob

50044 at Beverley, I think this is the first visit of 50s on the Hull to Scarborough line.

Rob

And a pic to show the result. 

Rob

9 hours ago, 37114 said:

I will be interested in seeing the MM1 built, I am aware of the Heljan issues and have quite a critical eye on class 37s; I thought long and hard before I bought my Heljan 37 and looked at the MM1 model at the time but came to the conclusion that the Heljan model with some work is OK and in Blue the issues are not that noticeable and didn't justify the price difference to the cost of fully building the MM1 version which I also think has a couple of issues, particularly at the cantrail area.

The other option you have is to put a MM1 bodyshell on a Heljan chassis, my dad did this as he didn't like the look of the Heljan one,also added in were various bogie and underframe details.

Email Laurie at MM1 and he'll send you the parts list and you can then see what you'll need.

Rob

Four of us from Hessle MRG paid a visit yesterday, its absolutely stunning to see,the quality of the modelling is top notch,we caught up with Simon who was happy to stop for a quick natter and answer a few questions. 

Anyone considering going I can fully recommend it.

Rob