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"I'd say that the model-making and the painting with regard to those Scots was completely complementary. A compliment to the highest possible standards."

 

Congratulations on getting complementary and complimentary in the same sentence, both used correctly. It is probably the only time it has happened in the English speaking world this year!

 

In view of this you are let off the 20 lines for a singular verb used with "the model making and the painting" as the subject.

 

And I too prefer my models weathered, not pristine. In my case it doesn't really matter as I doubt if they have any resale value anyway.

 

On the subject of selling EM models, a few years ago a collection from a deceased member was put on sale at Expo EM (I bought one for a very reasonable sum), They had almost all gone by the time the show opened.

 

Jonathan

Pretty good to get both in two sentences.......

My Dad and I saw the first Peco Wonderful Wagon kits at the MRC show at the Central Hall, Westminster in the mid 50's when they were introduced.  At this time, many goods were in short supply so it was a while before he was able to buy two - Hickling and C & G Ayres -  yellow, and green/yellow at a time when wagons were grey or brown. 

They were expensive at 7/6 (37.5p!) when HD and Trix were charging in the region of 4/9 for an open wagon but brought a new level or realism compared with tinplate, and also introduced pin-point bearings as well as the (soggy) springing.  The printed, embossed sides eliminated the need for painting and several of the wagons were also available in "weathered" condition, a long time before this was widely adopted and discussed in the model press.

Over the years, I have managed to collect most designs courtesy of Ebay and occasionally run a "heritage" train, though the running qualities of the nylon wheels are not great.  The last time I looked at a Peco catalogue, the only complete kits still offered were the tank wagons but the last series of printed sides and chassis were still marketed separately.

Tony, you certainly go back a long way building and photographing locomotive models.

 

I was tidying up the loft the other day and found a box of 1991/2 "Railway Modeller" mags. Your models / photos are everywhere !!!. Interesting are your kit built locos for "Leighford" a Wolverhampton MRC layout.

 

One article was very interesting. Photographed, but not built by you was a ex LNER P1 2-8-2 in imagined BR livery. It looked the business, built using an old extended Tri-ang Princess metal chassis (as the wheelbase was deemed correct) and cut up Tri-ang flying Scotsman loco body. Remember that one ?

 

Brit15

I seem to remember an issue of "Model Railway Enthusiast" which had, as a cover picture, 2 P2s  one in BR Green and the other in BR blue.

I have a P1 from a Crownlines conversion kit and have always wondered how they might have performed on a GC Windcutter.

As reported elsewhere, my earliest electric trains were by Trix.  (My Dad was always into electrical novelty and i think the idea of running two trains on the same track made up for the lack of realism).  There used to be a model shop of sorts on York Road, which had the Trix model of a Metropolitan electric loco in the window.  Whenever we'd been into London (eg the MRC Central Hall exhibition) he used to stop the car and look longingly at it in the window but could never afford to buy it.

Which is my only justification for buying the Heljan model (as my railway is vaguely ECML} and a real beauty it is too.  Dad would have loved it.

Maybe...... if the electrification from Finsbury Park to Highgate had been completed, LT would have been transferred some in for freight working?

G'day all

 

I am reading with interest as I still have the Mailcoach/Kirk Silver Jubilee set to construct.

 

Earlswood nob

Likewise!  I wonder how many others are still awaiting build?

Every time I try and photograph a side which has been grained with my oil technique, the photographs never do it justice, and it always looks far better in the flesh.

 

Having said that, a scan on the other hand represents it quite well:

GNR Teak.jpg

Any updates on these models - underfames, etc?

Hopefully there are as I'm still waiting for mine down in deepest darkest Kent... said the impatient small boy within..! ;-) It would be nice if there were despatch e-mails sent out but hey-ho.

 

I have a question after studying the photos kindly posted by gr.king - I have had Bachmann locos before where the tender coal was a removable casting, is this the case with the C1? I imagine not as the coal surrounds the water filler but I'm just curious that's all. I'm eyeing up the possibility of using real coal...

 

Nick

Also still waiting in brussel sprout country in Bedfordshire!  251/3251 will have run through my village some thousands of times - wish i had a Tardis, though I did see her and 990 run through Harringay West on the Plant Centenarian. 

Come to think of it, a Tardis would ,make a great model railway room - small footprint in the house or garden but offering lots of space inside.  There's a challenge for a commission build.....