Ben Alder

Looking good - will follow this with interest. Do you know of the wooden kit of this building? They also do a growing range of HR structures as well. https://www.popupdesigns.co.uk/shop/railway-scale-models/rail-oo-gauge-broomhill-station/

I've built several HR and CR proposed and what ifs, and I have probably posted pics along the way here, but don't keep constant track of this thread - too much to see on the forum if any modelling is to be done - but it would be good to see more actual builds appear. I have done a series of what if Standards and shown them a couple of months ago or so, and they have a mix of unused numbers, with my takes on the LMS Four using later Black Five numbering. As an example, here is a smaller wheeled Pacific. More or less finished but stalled in order to finish off a batch of HR Small Bens - real locos so no place for them here....

The LMS had proposals for a lighter 4-6-0 for the rural Scottish lines, which was stymied by the success of the Five and civil engineering upgrading, and I presumed that the Four build went ahead and that if the 2-6-2 Coleman worked on became a reality, a smaller MT version would have followed. It was in some aspects a play around with spare parts to see what emerged, and I'm pleased enough with it to have it running around on my layout. Here is the outline for the never built 4-6-0.

Plenty of images of the two lines here....Click on the pics to open the albums.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154618596620?hash=item23fffc8d0c:g:MMkAAOSw6BlgVHQq

I've got a screenshot of it somewhere - I'll dig it out of my files.

Very interesting - what issue was it in, please.

They are a step change from Code 100 that so many seem to still use but the improvement in appearance is worth it. Need a bit more care,but track has lingered far behind all other improvements in 00 these last decades and it is good to see some innovation here.

Took a look at it tonight - a Fairbairn tank lurks around as they were used in 1946, quite successfully, and the wheelbase is a bit less, but opinion suggests that a larger wheelbase might be more realistic. Might be that another go at this is on the cards.

Covered in E S Cox's book with a diagram. Basically what emerged as the 75xxx. Plenty of Class 2's around there already.

Yes, a leftover from the Barry box and a last minute whim, which I quite like, and the comments here have been informative, thank you. The 2-6-2 is new territory for me and I was constrained by the realistic length I could manage from the melding of two Stanier five boilers and the wheelbase of the mogul. A suggestion of a Fairbairn tank chassis was examined but further to the comments after, I think the longer wheelbase is OK. I may rexamine this again in the future with a shortened Clan boiler as I know the trailing bogie is a bit lacking, but TBH, broadside views are cruel and when running its shortcomings aren't so obvious.

Little video from Pop Up today showing some of Iain's latest work. It is a FB link - did a quick look on You Tube but couldn't find a direct one - no doubt it is there somewhere... https://www.facebook.com/popupdesignscards

Two LMS might have beens on their final trials - a 2-6-2 for lighter lines, a la Tom Coleman's plans, and a variant on the proposed Class Four with Ivatt tinkerings applied.

Do Hornby use coreless motors?

No doubt, in plastic at least, but here is what Hornby managed with their Drummond tender. And Bachmann's offering on their C class. Both in a different league to what is present on the 812, which does not begin to meet what is the norm for current releases.

I see the motor is a coreless one. These seem to have had mixed reactions - are any other recent Bachmann locos so fitted, and how are their running abilities? The cab doors were almost always in the open position, as seen in this crop,and presumably can be done so.

I had it change format on me but went to themes at the bottom of the page and clicked until I found the one I wanted.

Kitwood have stopped doing 4mm turntables - he is too busy with the range he already has.

Something like this ....

What a useful product! Wish I had come across it a bit earlier....Filed away for reference.

Quick heads up to say Nucast have just released this loco. Page 8

He's still at it, over on Western Thunder, turning out coaches for his latest layout set up- back to 00 again , for the moment.

Superb!

As the pedant who raised the tender issue recently, I can only comment on my own circumstance. Despite an initial interest, I decided that the cost of the loco was too high and I would rather Hornby had tackled it as their recent 0-6-0 chassis have been superb runners, along with the quality of body mouldings. I have been waiting for decades for RTR pre group ScR locos in vain so resorted to a mix of kit builds and RTR conversions, including a DJH 812 and two 700 conversions which give a fairly accurate representation of this type, so am aware of the characteristics of this class of engine, but haven't been following its extended gestation here at all closely. It was only out of curiosity that I watched the video to see how it turned out that brought its apparent shortcomings to my attention. As a result I have skimmed through this thread and found very little visual progress compared to some other models planned releases which might have triggered awareness of any problems. No Decorum raised the thick cab handrails last year in a post but seemingly got no response to this. The press are perhaps not the best to rely on for checking WIP for various reasons, but several other models have benefited from the group knowledge here, and it seems a pity that some more input from the commissioner here might have flagged up any shortcomings in the tooling. Horses for courses, it seems - for some it is a deal breaker; others will be happy running it around as a pretty engine, and the blue livery is stunning, but to my mind it has a look of the old Triang 3F with its thick cab mouldings and solid tender flares, and doesn't compare favourably to other recent similar types as currently seen. Perhaps seeing one in the flesh might change some opinions, but it does seem that this is a bit of a curates egg as it stands.

Yes, he has been supplying Peco with transfers for the Parkside range. Also, I can only add that I have four or five transfer orders from him these last eighteen months, and apart from a two month or so delay on part of the first order in the early days of lockdown when he was unable to get supplies, all the others have been fulfilled promptly and entirely.