jamieb

1 hour ago, cctransuk said:

 

So - hypothetically at present - do distance selling regulations allow us to return the model for a refund - in full or in part?

 

CJI.

You can only get a  50% refund on the half that's incorrect 😁

1 hour ago, Ruston said:

What's this? Plans for a RTR loco, suitable for working with chaldrons? I'll just leave this Lambton Hudswell Clarke here for your perusal.

 

I want one,and I want it NOW! 

53 minutes ago, Halvarras said:

 

Interesting thought, since KMRC have just sold out of their 1361s......

There were 11 of the 1361/1366 combined.....there were more of the 1392 class!

GWR ex CMR 1392 class 🤫

6 minutes ago, Islesy said:

I prefer something from the orchard 😉 #justsaying

Orchard? Apple green? Hmm,who had that colour locomotives in the Durham area?

I know very little about the Fell,except that I do not like these doctored Fell 

However even to me,the fact that each side has the numbers in a different position screams out, without going into nuances of grill positions etc

On 26/09/2022 at 22:14, Islesy said:

The nearest you’ll come to a similar waggon are the Chaldron-esque types of the Carlisle and Maryport Railway.

The Haw Bank Tramway near Skipton and Embsay had some chaldron type wagons ,one of which survived,rather worse for wear,until the early 1950s ,so definitely got a bit further than the North East 

Should anyone be interested,this is my completed model,just awaiting various bits of signage and plonking on the layout 

I have deviated from the original in the following ways 

The brick base has been replaced by stone to match the rest of the buildings on the layout 

The paper doors have been replaced with real wooden doors scribed from plywood 

Platform has a rear wall added on the sloping part 

The inside has been strengthened with 2 wooden frames just inside the door entrances 

The platform side door slides but the loading side doors are fixed in the open position,and I made a wooden framework for them as the bottom of the doors are now below platform level 

Guttering downpipes have been added from suitable sized rod.The gutters are the weakest part of the kit and if I was building it again,I would replace them with some kind of plastic or brass channel,card isn't really a suitable medium.

Woodwork is in NE regional colours and the tangerine signage when it arrives should stand out nicely 

I don't know if there was an actual prototype for the Scalescenes design but in some respects it reminds of the Haggerleases goods shed which still exists in County Durham ,as seen in the last photo 

Thanks for looking 

I now have these thanks to John (Brossard) 👍

Hi John

Yes that's the one, I was looking at your build earlier funnily enough 

I have replaced a few parts myself but there's a few bits on the sheet that I'm not sure how they fit ,mostly around the doors 

Hi all

I've just dug out my prints from years ago to build the scalescenes freebie goods shed,however I can't find the instruction sheet (maybe I didn't print it) and the original file is on a computer that I no longer have access to 

It's the original planked version I have,not the concrete one that is on their website today.Does anyone have a copy of the instructions they can send me please ?

Replica railways do a pair for £1.95 if you don't mind making up a kit (3 parts only)

6 hours ago, choo1choo said:

 

 

France and Leghorn for me. Can't afford any others.....boohooboo.

 

 

Craig.

I can't afford any of them :(

Ironically,the 47 hauling the Dalesman today has broken down on the return journey and the reserve engine has taken over! Would have been so funny if they'd had to call a steam engine from Carnforth to assist

You can't go far wrong with the 3 part Great Western Branch line Modelling series by Stephen Williams 

There's a set of all three on eBay at the moment for £30

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295105619552?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338923635&customid=ea3-GB&toolid=10050

5 minutes ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:

I got the information from The Railway Herald website. It shows all the railtours that are happening each day.

 

It said that it would be diesel hauled to one point then steam would take over for the run on the S&C.

 

Unfortunately I suspect my update yesterday from WCR is more likely to be accurate,which is a shame as the tickets were a wedding gift for my son and daughter-in-law 

2 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:

Update: It looks like the steam ban has ended not only 76079 is working from Grosmont to Whitby,  West Coast Railway Company are using steam power on The Dalesman railtour tomorrow. 

 

I don't know about The Jacobite though, there's no times for it on RTT.

Where do you get that info from? I've got tickets for the Dalesman tomorrow and I was informed this morning it would be diesel 

Try Hornby X6341, Tornado tender wheels from peters spares

I just use bare axles with no wheelsets attached.The etched slots are tight enough to prevent slop.That way the gauge becomes irrelevant 

5 minutes ago, Lacathedrale said:

@jamieb my local village is Lindfield, I'm just around the corner. I had considered some interpretation of events where the BML had ended up going through Lindfield, and the Ouse Valley Railway plan was implemented in reverse to connect up to Haywards Heath to Uckfield, etc. - but I couldn't make it work from a logical perspective, as mentioned earlier in the thread the LBSCR didn't really 'do' termini that weren't on the coast. If you have any thoughts on how a double track, passenger-only terminus could fit into the premise I would be all ears.

 

 

 

@RailroadRich

As you know Lindfield,you'll be well aware of the expression 'money talks'! They might have been a bit NIMBY to begin with but would have soon realised the inconvenience of having to go via HH to reach London.

There would have been no need for a through line,just a direct connection to London,whether via the BML or via Ardingley and East Grinstead 

How about either Lindfield or Cuckfield? Both could be short branches off the Brighton main line with direct trains to London.

Historically,neither village wanted the railway running through them so the line was built through no man's land between the two and the town of Hayward's Heath sprung up around the railway 

I once wrote a scenario as to how the rail network of Wales may look today if the Cambrian had been absorbed by the LNWR before becoming part of the GWR at the grouping.I shall try and find it 

However,going back to the original question,what the railways served in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries was very different to where they are needed now For instance any lines serving big mining areas would be now serving much quieter less populated parts of the country.

New towns ,and populous suburbs of existing towns,would not have needed the same rail service 200 years ago that they do today 

The country has evolved,many people and industries have been displaced,so any rail network would have to adapt with it,which is pretty much what has happened 

As an aside,as a kid back in the mid 70s I used to play in the Shepherd Neame  brewery! Health and safety not being what it is now,and fences easily climbed.....

The handrails on the balcony were a total pain I ended up using trackpins  for the uprights and soldering the handrail to it .My second example won't have a walkway

The paintscheme is authentic, when the North East region took over the ex LMS lines in West Riding they repainted them in their regional colours of blue and white.Bolton Abbey is an example where pictures are available on-line.Another ,although further afield is the box at Snaith West where the ex L&Y box was replaced by a MR box (presumably in LMS days) and became part of the North Eastern region in BR days 

The model isn't quite finished,awaiting nameplates and weathering Also has a fully detailed interior,none of which can be seen! 

I've recently built one of these for my embryonic layout and with the benefit of hindsight,I would definitely paint the individual parts before assembly.I have a second example to build and that's what I intend to do