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Look what arrived in the post this morning - an original Eames' Foden steam wagon kit ! Yes, I know it's post-1923, but like the 1950s not ending until 1963, etc, I think Homer can nod it through onto this forum.

She was born in Styvchale and her mum still lived there until last year when she came to live with us [see the  above story of the disappearing railway shed ! ]. Me, I'm Cumbrian and thought Coventry was a suburb of Birmingham until quite recently. Mind you, I thought Bristol was in South Wales until a friend went to university there...

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Hi Nigel

Mrs-CKPR-to-be is also a...

Having a brew at the Ludlow show - my favourite layouts are 'Bricklayers Arms 1845 / Coventry 1839' by Chris Cox ['5&9 Models'] & Tom Nicholls and 'Minories' made using only 1950s models & materials. Both examples of inspirational modelling in their different ways and both challenge me to pay much more attention to my actual modelling - I think that precision & consistency are the basis of that elusive atmosphere that I'm always seeking.

I delivered the surplus books and some HO logging camp models to the Bishops Castle Rly society stand who have already sold some of them.

To my mind, Brixham is thee GWR station, with Charlford a close second (the latter having much to do with the range of buildings in the classic Prototype Kits of the 1970s).

Sadly, it looks like being all part of his re-election strategy, sorry, plan to seize power.

I'll be donating a stack of railway books to the Bishops Castle Rly. Society at the Ludlow show this Saturday. There's the last of my North Wales railway books, vol 1 of Ahron's and a lot of 1960s US logging railroad books.

6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Surely five planks? The bottom bit is the floor!

 

Cupboard door as well.

 

 

Jason

Which means that it is definitely the Ian Kirk / Westykit Hurst Nelson PO wagon (told you I needed to go to Specsavers).

5 hours ago, melmerby said:

With only 6 planks?🙂

Need to go to Specsavers...

A - If white metal probably a David Geen early GWR wooden 'Mink A'

C - if plastic, then it's possibly an early Cambrian kit for a MR gunpowder van

E - Slaters 7 plank RCH open wagon

I've undertaken a rather stressful re-organisation of the study-cum-railway room and the floor to ceiling IKEA Kallax unit has gone to be replaced by a more practical arrangement. This means that Mealsgate can be more easily turned around and should fit along the end wall, which will make working on the other side much easier. 

22 minutes ago, Edwardian said:

 

"The men and women responsible for this undertaking became known as the Deviationists"

 

Link 

Splitters ! Literally going round and round in circles in the wrong direction - Long live the WHR/NWNGR !

8 hours ago, Chris F said:

I would've sworn that was Molly Sugden.

Don't be taken in by the Situation Comedy Deviationists, comrade - I mean, who are you going to believe ? Me or your own eyes and ears ?!

As always, the answer to the current crisis besetting the parish council can be found in the works of Marx - "I never forget a face, but I am willing to make an exception in your case !"

I used to use Polyfilla (evil stuff in my book) to smooth out mod-roc but recently tried DAS,which worked really well. It's much easier to work with as it has more structural integrity than Polyfilla or plaster and is more pleasant  to handle both wet and dry. It's also cheap as chips from The Works or similar.

11 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

Over-generous, long-term social benefit payments have bred a sector of society with no incentive to get off their a*ses!

 

That's no way to talk about pensioners...and imagine the impact on the hobby if 90% of us were drafted into national service !

10 hours ago, uax6 said:

 

Compulsory national service in a Gov dept perhaps? 

 

Like working in your parent's constituency or parliamentary office for free and mummy or daddy then  claiming £60k expenses to cover your alleged salary ?!

3D printing, marra, 3D printing.

On 22/05/2024 at 21:03, SteamAle said:

 

Was looking for something completely different but came across this and thought of you: -

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co220744/jacket-maryport-carlisle-railway-jacket

Philip

@SteamAle Phil, how about the CRA getting in touch with the chap from "On Historical Lines" who works on recreating old railway uniforms and having some reproductions run up for wearing  at Solrail ?! 😀

I am, of course, joking...or am I ?

I say, that's rather dapper isn't ?! 

I think that we're in Philip K Dick territory here rather than the Edwardian IoW ! I'm certainly not criticising anyone's ability to use a bow pen, not least as I can't use one myself. I just think that to take the example of lining, if you are using a pen, brush & paint to line a model locomotive, you are engaged in essentially the same activity as an Edwardian locomotive painter, albeit on a much smaller scale. If like me,  your lining pen skills are poor to non-existent, then obviously you would use lining transfers, etc  as I do to hopefully good effect. I use the word 'effect' advisedly as it will be a simulacrum of actual lining, whether the latter is 1:76.2 or 1:1 scale. All of our modelling is about creating 3-D simulacra (who was it who said that they made models because they couldn't paint ?!) and my original observation was essentially about how we can engage with and understand the long-long worlds that so fascinate us...worlds that are lost "like tears in the rain".

Call me old-fashioned but I just don't think that the pre-grouping or early grouping  liveries can be virtually recreated using digital 'tools'  but need to be actually painted by people with skills, not just information - it's the fundamental difference between digital and analogue reproduction that we pretend doesn't exist.

In other news, it sounds like Hornby are employing the Sirius Cybernetics Corporations marketing department...

https://youtu.be/nYsng5_5h3g?si=kpz7sXZCLG4GWZVO

Had a stressful day what with clinical work and an ongoing council tax issue so it was a lovely surprise to open the latest Cumbrian Railway Association mailing and see mentions in "Lakes Express" for both Mike's 'Carlisle Citadel' and 'Mealsgate' - thanks Phil @SteamAle! 

I think it's a G&SWR brake van as produced by the old Model Wagon Co.  

I've always thought that the Airfix booking hall was based on a GWR standard design from the early 20th century.