Devo63

This is one loco I've always wanted to model. My father took a photo of No. 784 at Barry in 1948.

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I had both of the Airfix 1/72 scale Whirlwind models in the past. The original tooling dated back to 1958 and was in production until around about the mid 1970's. A complete new tool was created in 1978 which was a great improvement on the original model. 

Dave R. 

Hi Mike.

That luggage box is looking great in model form. I've been following your BG threads with great interest and been impressed with your methods of arranging the printing as a set of parts as opposed to trying to print in one piece. I've only just started trying to learn 3D drawing techniques and your description of the thought processes involved has given me the inspiration to try a bit harder. I still have to decide what type of 3D printer to buy. I've been dabbling with BG models since I bought a couple of Mike Sharman 'Firefly' kits about 40 years ago (1 each with 4 wheel & 6 wheel tenders) and plan to try and get them up and running with proper mechanisms sometime in the next 12 months. My previous methods of running involved a couple of home made, four wheel, power bogies fitted inside a six wheel first and a iron luggage van. Both motors lost the magic smoke that makes them work around the year 2000 and my 28mm test track was scapped about the same time.
 

Dave R.   

I sent an email to the website sometime last year (maybe earlier) regarding the entry for GWR 6007 'King William III'. The entry states that this locomotive was in service from 03/1928 until 09/1962. The original 6007 (from lot 243) was written off in an accident on 15th January 1936 and condemned in early March of the same year. Lot 309 (03/36) was for a replacement, new build, engine carrying the same name and number. It may have included some parts from the original build in its construction but how much is not recorded. 6007 would have only been 26 years old at the time of scrapping.

Dave R.

Very nice model. I've got a bit of a soft spot for the small wheeled, outside framed 4-4-0's and have a collection of 5 Bulldogs (one curved frame), 2 Dukes amd 1 Earl either currently running, under repair or still to be built. 

One of my Bulldogs (3345 Smeaton) is of a similar construction to your model. It is made from brass and nickel silver and came with a non working 7 pole motor (Romford Terrier?) which I am replacing with a modern Japanese version. When I bought it a few years ago I also thought I was getting a Keyser model but found that when I opened the box it was quite different. The outside frames are totally devoid of any rivet detail and the boiler bands are a bit heavy. The tender is similar to your model with a smooth sided finish but does appear to be slightly too wide. All the loco and tender frames were painted red but had the Garter type Great Western branding on the side.

Dave R.      

Can I borrow your eyes next time I paint some figures?   The last time I tried to paint any tartan was on an Airfix 54mm scale Black Watch figure and I was proud of the fact that it vaguely resembled the correct pattern.

As for the availability of tartan paint, you will find that supplies are hard to come by these days. The Australian inventor of this product (and various other useful inventions) was the famous Henry Hoke* who was proprietor of the Hoke's Tool Company. As well as the tartan paint he also made striped and polka dotted variants which could come in very handy at times. Search on youtube for the ABC documentary series "The Lost Tools Of Henry Hoke" to find out more about this incredible genius who was way ahead of his time.

* Look him up on Wikipedia

Dave R. 

Very nice build of a rare FAA type. I think this could inspire me to build up a few of my stashed 40's and 50's naval aircraft. Also your HMS Buttercup build has made me dig out my old Matchbox HMS Bluebell model with the thought of maybe finishing it off after all these years. I bought it when the kit first came out and only progressed as far as the hull and a few sub-assemblies before putting it into storage. I always intended to buy some after market detailing bits and bobs to tart it up a little. The photos on your Buttercup build show the sprues. It appears that Revell have updated the kit with extra parts. My version has a clear plastic cradle for the hull and seems to have less variation in the parts for different versions. 

Edit: I just noticed that your corvette kit is 1/144 scale while the one I have is the 1/72 version! I should pay closer attention to detail.

The Taff Vale Railway had three (one previously owned by the Aberdare Railway) of the B&GR Norris 4-2-0's in the mid 1840's and ran them for about three to six years. They retained their original B&G names of 'Moorsom', 'Gloucester' and 'Columbia'.

Dave R. 

Hi Mikkel,

 I'm glad to see you up and running after the big move. I've been following your ups and downs on the blog and have always been amazed at the detail of your work (and being able to contribute in a small way with my tea chest suggestion).

I went through a change of residence about two years ago to move in with and look after my elderly parents. I have gone the other way from just having a small shunting plank to being able to start construction on a 13' x 6'6" twin track 'roundy' with a separate GWR branch line terminus above the main line on one side. 

Hope to see more of your wonderful and skillful modelling in the years to come.

Dave R.

Just started reading this while waiting for the glue to set on a Cambrian kit - English China Clays #676. 

To quote Marvin the Martian: "Where's the Kaboom? There's supposed to be an Earth shattering Kaboom!"