Fay Sets the Pace

Awesome news. Thank you, Hornby!

Now I can buy both "Fishbourne" and "Gipsyhill" the Terrier I would be really like next is a model of "Fishbourne" in later BR livery after its return to the mainland to work the Hayling Island branch as No. 32650. The ex-IoW Terriers retained their larger coal bunkers after their return. http://haylingbillyheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/!cid_4B5DFA08-EAC9-4577-825B-52535A15E8D3@cable_virginmedia-1024x690.jpg

So much for the cattle truck, let's start speculating as to the identity of the loco cab being painted in the bottom of the blog! Full fat SECR liveried Wainwright H ?

Sheena Easton made a pop video singing from the running plate of the Bluebell's Radial Tank. Now that would make for an original sound option! https://vimeo.com/27937593

I would rather have a C2X than a H2. One with the second dome to accommodate Lawson Billinton's boiler top feed apparatus, and lots of grime too :- http://www.davidheyscollection.com/00-0-a-rs-greenwood-C2X-oxted.jpg http://www.davidheyscollection.com/00-0-a-rs-greenwood-C58.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5718/21384787030_e11c2ce3e8_b.jpg

Hi Dave, Having brought both W24 'Calbourne' and W16 'Ventnor', can I ask if you are able to say whether Kernow will produce more Isle of Wight Adams O2s with different names/numbers in the future? Also, has DJM considered making the definitive OO Gauge Terrier? The Hornby model is very long in the tooth and the coal bunker is wrong for the engines modified whilst on the Isle of Wight.

The riveted seam on the right of Hormby's photo is still there in the Bluebell photo (below). It is partially hidden by the white cloth next to the tea mug, but can be seen to the left of the handle of the green power drill when you zoom in. http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/loco_news/10/263_cabroof_derekh_24jan10.jpg

ndg910's link includes a photo (link below) of the cab roof of the Wainwright H nos. 263 being painted at the Bluebell Railway in January 2010. To my mind it looks pretty convincing that the new model is the Wainwright H, which makes me very happy. http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/loco_news/10/263_cabroof_derekh_24jan10.jpg

Assuming that the picture shows a top down view of the back of the cab and coal bunker of a tank locomotive, then the two features that stand out are the raised lip along the back of the cab roof and the row of rivets either side of the metal seam in the cab roof, which, using the handly placed ruler, are about 1.10m from the back of the cab. This distance is almost the same as the trailing wheel diameter of the Wainwright H (of 3 ft 7 in). This picture (linked below) shows the only preserved Wainwright H, no. 263, with the raised roof lip and a roof seam the same distance from the back of the cab as the diameter of the trailing wheels, so I will go with the Wainwright H. But how and when will Hornby tell us for sure, though, Graham? https://nick86235.smugmug.com/Trains/2013/Spring-2013/i-cDBwKfN/0/XL/20130328_15-XL.jpg

The larger IoW coal bunker makes a nice variation for locomotives that returned to the mainland. W9 Fishbourne spent much of its time on the Hayling Island Branch as BR No. 32650 with the larger IoW bunker.

As a delighted owner of both No. 40 Brighton and Southern 2644, it is a pity that out of all the IoW Terriers (see table below), Dapol will be making a model of W9 Fishbourne, the Terrier with the shortest association with the Isle of Wight ( http://Dapol.co.uk/i...31#.Vg5KUvlViko ). Given the work put into the tooling for the extended IoW bunker, why not go the extra distance and make a model of one of the two Terriers preserved at Haven Street? Number/Name Also Known As Built On Isle of Wight Fate W9 75 Blackwall 1872 March 1899 - April 1926 Scrapped 1926 W10 Cowes 69 Peckham 1872 April 1900 - May 1936 Scrapped 1949 W9 Fishbourne 50 Whitechapel 1876 May 1930 - May 1936 Preserved as 61 Sutton by the Borough of Sutton W2, W8 Freshwater 46 Newington 1877 June 1913 - April 1949, June 1979+ Preserved (IoW Steam Railway) W11 Newport 40 Brighton 1878 January 1902 - February 1947, January 1973+ Preserved (IoW Steam Railway) W3, W13 Carisbrooke 77 Wonersh 1880 May 1927 - April 1949 Scrapped 1960 W4, W14 Bembridge 78 Knowle 1880 May 1929 - May 1936 Preserved by the Terrier Trust W12 Ventnor 84 Crowborough 1880 November 1903 - May 1936 Scrapped 1949

There are pictures of LBSCR No.68 'Clapham' as LSWR No. 735 with and without the condensing pipes here :- http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/personal/mike-nichols/LSWR_735_1.html http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/personal/mike-nichols/LSWR_735_2.html And also, LBSCR No.46 'Newington' as LSWR No. 734 (Now W8 Freshwater on the IoW Steam Railway) here :- http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/personal/mike-nichols/LSWR_734_2.html http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/personal/mike-nichols/LSWR_734_1.html

The picture is taken from the Hayling Island bay platform of Havant Station. You can find the white building with the arch behind the loco coal bunker on Google Streetview at 24 Waterloo Road, Havant.

Hyundai Victory, due into Singapore on August the 23rd. https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9637258

Smart idea to stagger the release of both 'Calbourne" and "Ventnor" by a month. I have them both on pre-order, along with the Dapol 'O' gauge Terrier and the OOWORKS LBSCR livery I3 - all of which, like buses, look to be arriving together.