Limpley Stoker
-
Posts
2,013 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Gallery
Events
Exhibition Layout Details
Store
Posts posted by Limpley Stoker
-
-
My last signal's position caused a bit of a stir, hopefully my next will be better received. Any thoughts please.
Are you trying to confuse the spam drivers learning the route ?
As I said before , be careful where you 'place your posts' : you're safer on this thread !
Mike
-
Was that The Archers Sunday programme ? I thought Phil had Pegged it. No mention of red cows though.
-
Has Mr Roper just broken wind or is it his bad back from all that portering? Could it be the sight of one of those new fangled Southern Railway three legged machines that has upset his composure ?
-
.
.
.
.
The rockers have stolen your number plate- and all your lights and squirrel tails!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
1
-
-
I'm just worrying about those lupins which still look in fine bloom - does Mr Roper know the Ugborough show is next week?
-
"Persons in charge of locomotives are warned against attempting passage of the bridge without the consent of the county surveyor.
By order of the County Justice"
THAT Lydia !
-
Further to Graham's comment's Mike's Pull & Push bible will show you that there were three similar Driving Trailers built on second-hand frames but : -
1) two used former 'Ironclad chassis so had truss-rod underfames on very different bogies and were a foot shorter ....
2) had fully-panelled driving / brake compartments ....
3) had a totally different arrangement of passenger compartments ............... a MAJOR cut 'n' shut job would be required to produce these from a Hornby oroginal !
Thank you for that - major surgery is not on my agenda, but perhaps somebody might fill that niche with a RTR model of a driving trailer- based on any of the pregrouping panelled stock.
Mike
-
1
-
-
Some of the loose coaches were latervPull Push fitted and ending up in number of Pull Push sets as replacement coaches as trailer cars rather then driving cars.I believe there were two diagram 31 and six diagram 97s so converted.
Thank you for that information, I will shelve my plans for ruining a perfectly good model !
Mike
-
First it was the colour of my Devonshire cattle and they also do say a prairie rarely offends but obviously my home starter signal does....
It all depends on where you place your posts !
-
It would be worth looking at An Illustrated History of Southern Pull-Push Stock by Mike King to see if any of the Hornby brakes can be converted to a driving car. In the absence of any Southern pull-push sets that predate the Maunsell pull-push sets it would be worth having a go and I would be interested to see the outcome. British Railways did remove the lavatories when they converted the Maunsell coaches into pull-push sets.
The 8 compartment brake 3rd could be converted then, having no lavatories - I will have to get the book which hopefully has some illustrations and drawings.
-
When this was uploaded to the old RMweb in 2009 showing Northstar Design brass coaches, who would have thought they would one day be available from a plastic RTR ,manufacturer...
Is this a push -pull set ?-- and if so are any of the Hornby brakes suitable for conversion to a driving car ?
-
Umm - aren't they all?
Fair point- but it was on !
-
A view back t'other way now its properly installed .
Lovely.. A signal worth stopping for!
-
Back to the scenic detailing and over the next few months I plan to install some more authentic signals.One such is this up home starter that was nearly right under the overbridge.This uses MSE products and a Modelu finial.
Cute doll......
-
After seeing all these excellent pics of the USA dock tank in 1947, in a couple of years we could be seeing a Swindon 1500 class, no domes, lovely valve gear that couldn't possibly offend. Has any RTR manufacturer put it on ther to-do list?
-
Great model, all the details are there: 3 domes, lots of squared corners and an outsize cab. I think the BR version in lined malachite is the best looking.
Perhaps I should have a rethink on the USA Tanks ... Hmmm, powerful, functional, utilitarian ... but still ugly. A Q1 looks positively pretty in comparison.
It's Southern-ish, but I'll happily cope without one.
I don't know whether you'd weather one........
-
If the Finchings see that they will swoon and the RAF chap will have to administer first aid. Unsure if the swoon will be because of amazement or pure horror.
B. Obama.
Or the Yanks who haven't gone home.....
-
1968, now that was a really good year.... Got me going again. First visit to the 'Dart Valley Railway' following graduation- B&B at The Trout at Staverton, but wait- the year is 1947- what's overpaid oversexed and over here..........?
-
It's probably one of those American dock tanks with all its giblets showing........
-
I'm glad you're liking the oil tankers as something special is in the pipeline (!) to pull them soon.
Could it be an oil-burning Hall ?
-
Cheers Phil.
We've got all the castles on the list, including Leeds, plus Canterbury Cathedral. Also planning on the RHD and maybe the KESR. We will be using the trains too, where we can.
Hadn't heard about the Atom Bomb factory, will seek more info. Walking and bird watching..... depends on the boss.
As for sleepy Cornwall... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-37016913
If you are visiting the South coast you could also squeeze in a visit to Rye, especially if you are an E.S. Benson fan. Lovely cobbled streets, small fishing harbour and the ancient Mermaid Inn for lunch.
-
Correct. And very good it was too. I did not consume any sausages, as that would have been rude, but we did enjoy the view before and after the meal.
From where I was sat, I could just see the mouth of Parsons Tunnel, very distant across the bay, but you could only see trains along that part of the Sea Wall when the sun had come round and was shining on the rear cab.
Here's the view across the bay from a location just a bit further up the road from the tea rooms:
I sneaked a few shots of the cliff railway as well, which I'd not seen before:
That takes me back to the mid- fifties : Platform 1, Paddington, the Torbay Express to my auntie's in Torquay, packed lunches on endless cliff walks, usually in drizzle, and up and down that cliff railway- I haven't seen it since. The journeys there and back were the best bits, though!
-
1
-
-
Small1669 30182 backing onto set 43.jpgO2 30182 backing onto set 43 after running round at Cill.
Chris
I had to do a double take - that coach looks really well run in! The model figure is very realistic too.
Thanks for sharing
Mike
-
I was wondering if anybody has been brave enough to weather these exquisite coaches or to fade the Crimson of the BR version to a redder shade, as I remember it....?
-
1
-
A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.
in Layout topics
Posted