BlueLightning

39 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

... allegedly.

There's no allegedly, the Hornby 4 wheel carriages are based on LBSC Stroudley couaches, and 6 wheelers are based on LBSC Billingtons, odd choices for generic coaches, but that's only if you think they were always planned to be generic

Gary

1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said:

Tried using the search function, but it never seems to work well for me on my mobile, so apologies if this has been covered. 
 

Is there an option to buy a DCC sound decoder for a DC Titfield Thunderbolt train set? Looking at the Rapido website, I can only find a Lion option, which I assume is not the same. 
 

I was bought a DC version and would like to upgrade it. 
 

Thanks,

 

Roy 

You have a DM

Gary

I have a few things, including the cattle van to test print, a rather large custom order slowed down my ability to do test prints, but that is done, and I now have an extra printer just for test prints, so as long as it goes well I am hoping to have them out in less than a week.

So might be worth holing off on the order.

Absolutely loving the look of your horsebox so far though! Thanks for sharing!

Gary

1 hour ago, Nick C said:

Probably the only item of Stroudley rolling stock to gain BR livery, S3370, the Isle of Wight horsebox, rarely moved from a siding at Yarmouth for the last few years.

 

Does anyone know of any photos of the other side to confirm whether the lettering was in the same place?

Looks fantastic! I always love seeing the the kits built up and painted out in the wild, unfortunately I don't think I have a photo of that particular one at all, never mind the other side.

Gary

Good to see you back Bob,

I've been suffering from the mojo loss recently, have tried to get back into modelling a couple of times, but it hasn't stuck.

It's nice to see some pictures from Cambrian Street again!

Gary

Glad they have arrived. Hopefully nothing got damaged in the post. Let me know if it did so I can sort out replacements.

Gary

10 minutes ago, Lacathedrale said:

my thought is that my layout could be reasonably backdated to the mid-Stroudley period

Your layout would look great full of IEG and 4 wheelers, never mind any scarcity of umber locos

1 hour ago, Lacathedrale said:

Am I correct in assuming the IEG liveried E1's are fictional? They were introduced post-1874 when Goods Green was introduced, and would have been in umber in post-1920 when lined black was abolished? If not, when would they slot into the timeline?

Some were originally IEG as they were put onto passenger services during the loco shortage, all had been painted into goods green by the early 1890s (I'll have to dig out a book to find the actual date)

 

50 minutes ago, stephennicholson said:

Do we know whether E1s were exclusively repainted into Black from 1905 and Umber, for Goods, was only used at the tail end of LBSC (mid 1921 according to the HRMRS Southern Style).

correct, black from 1905, and umber from 1921

Gary

21 hours ago, stephennicholson said:

At the Rapido stand at Warley, the possibility of these going ahead with another commissioner was mentioned, although the one with tooling changes was deemed as less likely (not sure which one that was).

Both the Train Times ones were to have a base under the whistle that none of the other models had, if a bit of tooling is being dropped I expect it is this.

The base under the whistle can be seen here

If someone else did pick them up, they'd have an order from me for sure.

Gary

3 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

It was the performance of the I3 that opened the LNWR's eyes to the befits of superheating. However it seems odd that the Precursor needed three tender refills  (15 tons) whereas the I3 managed it on one bunker full of coal (3.25 tons). That would have meant that the Precursor was consuming about 125lbs of coal per mile, five times that of the I3 and something even the strongest fireman might  have found difficult to do for 135 or so miles to do.

 

I sense a bit of partisan LBSCR b*llsh*t

I have gone and dug out Bradley to double check, he is apparently referring to both coal and water, and on a round trip, so a total of 264 miles, the I3 managed Brighton - Rugby - Brighton without taking on coal or water, although this was apparently a worry for the LBSC originally and they carried milk churns loaded with water and sacks of coal to refill the loco if needed on the first few runs, and clearly it was close as he states the I3 as using 3 tons 6 cwt of coal in total on the round trip.

He also gives stats for fuel used per mile, with the I3 using 27.4lb of coal per mile, and 22.4 gallons of water, and the Precursor using 41.2lb of coal per mile and 36.6 gallons of water. These figures were apparently noted by Marsh in his report to the directors of both companies at the end of the trials.
 

There is some other anecdotal stuff about how hard the engines were worked during the trips, but nothing to back that up. He states that crews worked the locos as hard as they could with Titan "arriving at Brighton with it's smokebox glowing red" meanwhile the LBSC drivers were told off for speeding and not slowing down for junctions.

Another point to note is that the LBSC took number 23 out of service before the trials and had engineers from Schmidt (manufacturers of the superheater) visit Brighton to fine tune the engine to get the best possible performance out of the superheater. Another I3 did one run to Rugby and back and performed slightly worse that 23, but not by much, 28.1lb of coal per mile and 22.7 gallons of water.

Gary

Assuming it was the same photo I have, a Precursor 4-4-0 number 7 Titan originally published in The Locomotive Magazine in Jan 1910.

From what I have read elsewhere, though I cannot recall the source right now (May also be Bradley as per the next paragraph that I know is), the LNWR were so impressed with the I3 that ran the alternate service during this time that they borrowed it for a few days to study why it was so efficient compared to their engine and the findings they made from this were incorporated into the George the Fifth class engines.

One of the things that impressed the LNWR the most was that the I3 could do the full run from Brighton to Rugby without needed to refuel, while the Precursor had to refuel twice on the journey. (Source: The Locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway by D L Bradley)

Gary

2 hours ago, Skinnylinny said:

it has now been sent off to @BlueLightning for a first test print

It has been added to the to-do list, there are a few test prints to do this week, hopefully some new releases next weekend, we shall see how much time I get!

Gary

23 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

Hornby have done various well-known railway buildings such as Settle & Carlisle stations; presumably these are to scale?

No idea about the Hornby ones, but my Bachmann Sheffield Park building is to the correct scale

Although reading this thread over the last couple of days has me looking at my Skaledale houses and thinking they are too small, and quite obviously so, but I'm not going to measure them to find out how much, I'm not 3D printing scale replacements!

Gary

Hi Chris,

I always give them a spray with Halford's Plastic primer before painting. Although I have done it without before, but I do think you get better results with primer.

Gary

Thank you for you purchase, I'm glad you are pleased with the service

2 hours ago, Nick C said:

does the surface need any preparation before priming?

Theoretically no, it has a wash in some isopropyl alcohol before leaving me, but a quick wash with some soapy water if there is any left over residue wouldn't hurt.

Gary

1 hour ago, Skinnylinny said:

As far as the livery, I believe they would have run in mahogany, although @BlueLightning is better placed than me to advise!

Correct!

4 hours ago, ChrisN said:

I am afraid I will lose the bits.

I can always send on some replacements if you do.

 

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

the horsebox from Gary on order

and it went in the post today, hopefully it doesn't take to long to make it to Denmark

Gary

35 minutes ago, ChrisN said:

 

 

I thought I had only three, but one was stuck to the inside of the horsebox.

 

Just saying.

 

See, putting the kits into individual bags was my idea to try and prevent this, hopefully it at least minimises it.

Gary

1 hour ago, Pete Haitch said:

Thanks Gary, that is good news as by the time I had taken the horse box out of the pouch I was already down to three buffers! Pete.

Linny and I have come to an agreement for selling the buffers as a separate item, they'll be up on the website soon, in a bulk pack so you'll have some spares to replace that one (and I'll try and remember when I see your name in the orders to stick an extra one in as well)

Gary

Glad you are happy with them, nice to see them in a rake.

42 minutes ago, Pete Haitch said:

Are the buffers included with the horsebox available as a separate Item?

I'm sure we can arrange something, I'll have a word with Linny and sort something out.

Gary

12 hours ago, 03060 said:

I've only just come across this project and thread but having just bought 3 IOW Terriers in the last week with a couple more in the pipeline I'm on the lookout for something prototypical for them to haul and shunt .... I'll be looking forward to the order book opening if it hasn't already.

 

Regards,

Ian.

No order book yet, I had the second samples, there was an issue to sort out, so I never sent them to be decorated, am currently awaiting 3rd samples, it's only a small change to be made, so I am confident that these will be the final version of the van and I will be able to get these decorated, and open the order book, a move I don't want to make until I know I am happy with the end product.

Gary

43 minutes ago, Pete Haitch said:

Hi Linny, 

 

Many thanks. I'll keep an eye on the @BlueLightning / Oak Hill Works website and order some if they appear.

 

Pete.

If/When they turn up I'll post about it on the Oak Hill Works thread, so following that should save you spending too much time having to check. I'd best be off now, got a horse box and a carriage truck to print!

Gary
 

6 hours ago, AVS1998 said:

@BlueLightning you're a bad influence, I've only gone and mocked up a drawing for a Baltic Nelson following our conversation the other night. 

Glad to hear it! I do love a Baltic!

Gary

I've got some new kits just appeared on the website, and I've written a blog post with a quick overview of them all!

https://www.oakhillworks.co.uk/january-new-kit-releases/
 

Don't forget my January sale is still on, so there's 10% off everything, including these new kits!

Gary

 

Ruston 44DS

Ruston 44DS Heinz version

Platform Details

LSWR Carriage Truck

LCDR Open Wagon

LSWR Horse Box

LBSCR Horse Box

3 hours ago, ChrisN said:

 

Gary,

As you have as many as the LB&SCR I hope that they are all renamed and numbered.  😄

 

Slowly working my way though them, they will be different class members where possible, the biggest question at the moment is do I continue my repaint into IWC crimson, or do I just buy the Hornby one now that it will be crimson anyway.

2 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

I must introduce you to my pal Mr C, who is loco superintendent on the Spa Valley Line by day, but by night transforms into one of Britain’s foremost experts on, and collectors of properly ancient 0 gauge (and a few other scales of properly ancient stuff too). He is alleged to have a Terrier Addiction, owning innumerable coarse-0 ones, but I think he would be comforted by the extent of your fleet.

Sounds like a fascinating chap, I do find a charm in the deliberately old fashioned 0 gauge models, not that I'd have room for any! I do have a modern 0 gauge terrier on top of that collection (literally, it wont fit in the display case so it's on top of it!) and a few wagons, one day I might put some track down somewhere and give it a run.

I fear however any actual meeting of Terrier addicts would just result in the purchase of more terriers.

Gary