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Blackstone Workbench 2.0
Dana Ashdown replied to AVS1998's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
I've simplified things to three sets: local/stopping, semi-fast, and express. To which I can add a through set if appropriate. As to accuracy, for my Great Western needs circa 1907: Ratio four-wheelers form the local/stopping; Tri-ang clerestories make up the semi-fast service; and Hornby corridor clerestories are used for the express. The clerestories have been/are being modified to suit, but nothing fancy. I also have some stock suitable for 1914 and 1930, but I've decided to concentrate on getting 1907 finished. A Kernow GWR steam motor would be nice too, when they become available. As to the SE&CR circa 1914, I have some Ratio GWR four-wheeler kits that I plan to modify for a local set; I have a Bachmann birdcage set for the semi-fast and express; and I also have four Ratio LN&WR kits to do for a through train. At some point, I might try rebuilding some Tri-ang clerestories into boat train stock. Naturally it would help if I had a layout to run them on, but that will be done eventually. -
Blackstone Workbench 2.0
Dana Ashdown replied to AVS1998's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
Those are a lot to build... clearly you're thinking about keeping busy into retirement!😉 If you had to scale back on the numbers, which sets do you see as the most important? And which sets are the easiest to complete? I ask, because there is a risk of starting too many projects at once, and never getting anything finished as a consequence. I think this is why estate sales often have boxes of unfinished kits. Too many kits, too little time. I won't even mention the cost. (Oops. Sorry, I promised not to mention that.) -
Traeth Mawr -Building Mr Price's house , (mostly)
Dana Ashdown replied to ChrisN's topic in The Railways of Wales
That was my mother's job when her parents were out. She would sit at the top of the cellar stairs and count the bags. -
And trains, for that matter.😄
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Can you please post examples.
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They may not be entirely fictional, as Rocket had to be provided with a tender made from an existing wagon. And the goods wagons are just reworking of the Rocket tender. That said, I think the goods wagons are too expensive. One day I'll trying making one myself, after which I might have a change of heart on Hornby's price.
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Traeth Mawr -Building Mr Price's house , (mostly)
Dana Ashdown replied to ChrisN's topic in The Railways of Wales
How about Ruby? -
From The Locomotive magazine, 1913, a picture of the up Cornish Riviera Limited Express at Acton. The main part of the train consists of five 70-foot Toplights, with a Dreadnought dining car, together with what appear to be three brake composites (slip carriages?) at the rear. Depending on when the phot was actually taken, the livery could be all brown or all crimson lake, or perhaps a combination of the two. Question: When was North Star renumbered?
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Outside and a Double- framed locomotives
Dana Ashdown replied to Bandicoot's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
That sounds interesting. -
Outside and a Double- framed locomotives
Dana Ashdown replied to Bandicoot's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
Shocking, but I forgive you. -
Outside and a Double- framed locomotives
Dana Ashdown replied to Bandicoot's topic in Pre-Grouping - Modelling & Prototype
Only if you're modelling the 1930s and beyond. Even the Dukedog is a later creation from a Duke and a Bulldog. I think we need genuinely Victorian engines! And some early Edwardian ones. -
Very nice to see! Was the train made up of five Toplight coaches in the train when it left Plymouth? I counted five, but I'm not sure.
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Edwardian mischief - Modelu & Andrew Stadden figures
Dana Ashdown commented on Mikkel's blog entry in The Farthing layouts
Mikkel, your figures are wonderfully done... as always! (BTW, did you notice that the carriages in the photos at Henley and St. Pancras don't appear to have any lining? We know its there, somewhere, but it just doesn't seem to show up.) -
Traeth Mawr -Building Mr Price's house , (mostly)
Dana Ashdown replied to ChrisN's topic in The Railways of Wales
Would medium or dark grey be better in this situation? Something dark enough to be black once the kitchen is closed in, but light enough to show all the detailed work you've put into it. Either that, or a small LED inside the firebox, to give the dull red glow of burning coal. Congratulations on making 200. And you don't look a day over 125!😉 -
My Great Western carriages are unlined. Im afraid that if I tried lining them, they'd be ruined. However, the lining is often invisible in photographs so I don't think I'm missing too much in some cases. Its mainly the single colour coaches that the absence of lining is more noticeable. For example, all brown or all crimson lake.
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Headlamp Codes - Quick Ref sheets
Dana Ashdown replied to Harlequin's topic in GWR Rolling Stock: model and prototype
Very well done. Thank you! -
I replaced the wheels with ones of the correct diameter, so there is no longer any pick-up from the trailing pony truck. I thought of putting some kind of pick-up to the wheel on the right side, as originally designed, bought thought the better of it. I do notice that with some of my old engines that haven't run in a long time, they do seem to get better after a light oiling and some running in. But not all. Not having a layout doesn't help.