Limpley Stoker
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Just realised that I should have made some sort of comment about soft, warm crumpet, usually but not necessarily in the evening. However I missed that opportunity so I'll shut up.
Ar$e
Afternoon delight?
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Ooh, nostalgia time. We used to toast them on a one-bar electric fire, which was propped up on its back in our student flat.
L. Fansafe-Tee.
I wonder if Mr Warburton has any he could share? I don't think he has been scared away by those new-fangled signals so he should still be there.
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Another of Andy's shots taken at that end.This shews BGmam's (Grahame's) lych gate to good effect whilst photoshop is not needed for a change to hide my junk.
There's a real spacious feel to this shot- the backscene seems to be so very distant!
The skill in your scenery is in that we don't notice it- it's so naturally coloured that nothing sticks out- apart from the Western!
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Seen before but I'm sure he won't mind, another of Mr York's magical work.
That foliage is so realistic. At least that particular loco won't start a lineside fire!
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Well done - clever fellah. And all the best to the offspring and offspring-inlaw (or whatever the'yre called nowadays).
I call the in-laws ' bolt-ons'
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Was renumbering straightforward in 1946? 1430 was allocated to Bath Road, Bristol in 1948, and I have found an image of 4830 in 1937 : could this be the same engine?
It's a bit weird here, SWMBO has been playing the mournful sounds of Leonard Cohen continually!
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Hate to to a nit-picker but I shall anyway!
You have to be careful with 48xx/14xx locos, did they carry the number with the insignia for starters. The 48xx were renumbered in 1946, so carrying anything other than GWR/BR insignia would be unlikely after that date.
Did the loco have a topfeed?
Was it auto fitted?
Most of this can be achieved by following a photo of your prototype loco, now have they corrected the most obvious visual failings of the original Airfix model namely the smokebox door and chimney?
By the way 4807 seems to have spent most of its life at Reading. 1402 was a Gloucester engine.
I shall be renumbering this, as I said. I need to find a photo of one shedded at Westbury- though I suspect none were!
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My wheel obsession : I like the dimpled axle ends but don't like the spoke profile at the hub or the wide rims. It spoils the illusion.[/quote
It was so easy to replace the Airfix wheels with these old MGW versions, though the rear wheels are still Airfix. Obviously it needs renumbering but, hey, no gap. I wonder if DJM wheels are as amenable to surgery.
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The weathered Hatton's 14/48xx is now available to see, thanks to Mr York's photos.This is the wartime black version.
My wheel obsession : I like the dimpled axle ends but don't like the spoke profile at the hub or the wide rims. It spoils the illusion.
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Not doing the SVR this year for the first time in over 20 years.I'll miss seeing treats like these at Bewdley witha gorgeous bracket signal and a saddle tank 813 in the yard.The front is painted black !
I'll start going again if and when I get grandchildren !
Courtesy of Gareth Price.
Annoyingly both my grandsons much prefer going to see tractors and combine harvesters. I blame all the superb 1:20 Bruder models they collect.
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Clearly not a Pannier. Keep up old fruit.
Nod
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You can see it's pony truck in the olive grove....
I think I should just stick to Nodding..........
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Not sure about the shade of green though. Was it painted by Hornby?
You can see it's pony truck in the olive grove....
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Good morning
I confess to having a bit of an obsession with locomotive wheels. While Hornby produce nice dimpled axle ends on their drivers Bachmann do not, so I have tried using a 1/8 inch punch (Amazon) to produce axle end covers for them The hard part is trying to get a dimple impressed precisely at the centre and the disc centred on the wheel as you can see!
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I do hope you're not using 50p pieces to make moulds in plasticine, which you then fill with water and freeze, then put the resulting ice 50ps in the meter, so gaining free electricity and leaving the meter reader scratching his head as to why there is no money in the box, just a small rust spot...
Best done while the freezer is still working.
I wonder if would work on parking meters.
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A lesson learnt, follow the instructions or you end up with a ridiculously large dollar and a coach roof that's 1mm too high
IMG_0452.JPGHave you got any 12 wheelers Rob
High tea available soon.
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Excellent pictures - thanks for posting . This proves E1x2=Z=WAn assortment of Exeter St. David's bankers from Dad's archive
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OK:
That will do nicely, but I'm a little concerned about the asymmetrical fenestration of the first floor. Is it a scalescenes stone texture?
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It's chillier in the railway room now so I'm less inclined to visit with the camera.Anything you want in particular LS ?
Anything Grangey and lots of scenery please! But not if your lens is going to steam up like my glasses do in my garage'.
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Those excellent new signals seem to have stopped the trains going through Brent. No wonder the Finching sisters were worried about them!
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Wubbleyou Tanks worked the Incline in 1963 just before they fell to pieces and before the enemy took over and destroyed the SR Western Division.
Ar$e
Did you have to ask Lucy about that?
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Like muchly.
Well, if I ever feel the need to move my planned layout running sessions forward 8 months to March 1936, it will be one of these I will be hacking up to represent the Ashburton branch engine's 'as built' condition, not Kernow's, which represents a lot of extra money just to perform the same surgery on a different patient.
Thank you Edwardian-
This 14xx still runs with its original Airfix chassis, but with the driving wheels replaced - it runs surprisingly well.
My current project is a Mainline Dean goods for which I am constructing a High Level chassis, which has been difficult. For this it's worth reading Nickwood (of Much Murkle fame) on his project "Dean Goods-High Level Chassis"
I started this long before Oxford Rail offered theirs, but I have no regrets. I remember the advice from a German Rail modeller when I worked over there for a year-- never complete the model or the magic wil disappear. I fear I have taken this to the extreme!
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A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.
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A baker called Mr Warburton
Created a crumpet, I'm certain
He'd win a bet
For the largest you'd get.
As a winner he kept his shirt on