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Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
It certainly applies to MY toy trains,Brian! And a Happy New Year to you, too. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
The Darstaed bogie tankers included the Pratt's one, and Dave Upton's February 2019 Just The Ticket newsletter included a picture of the prototype in (as you stated) what looks like a buff-with-red-stripe livery, as was the Darstaed model. But I concur that it looks splendid in green. I seem to recall from a book on oil tank wagons, that Pratt's in fact had only one bogie tank wagon, and that wagon became the one and only pre-war Esso bogie tank wagon, so technically (subject, of course, to Rule 1) those two wagons can't appear in the same train... Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
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Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
You were asking about springs for Hornby clockwork locos. There is a supplier listed in the HRCA spares directory. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
By "indoors", he probably meant in the conservatory, with a nice stone floor. No doubt he also assumed you would have a couple of footmen at the ready to put out any fires... Gordon -
Amanda's 7mm Stuff - A 1366T takes shape - and runs!
GRASinBothell replied to a topic in 7mm+ modelling
Jim Russell's Illustrated History of GW Coaches, Volume 1 (published in 1972) has a couple of pictures (Figs 172 and 173) of a clerestory brake third, coupled to a milk tank wagon on the Hemyock branch "twenty five years ago", so around 1947. Assuming BR didn't immediately retire it, you're close enough... Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I guess that makes up for the lack of lower quadrant signals, then! Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
The lack of LQ signals could be explained by it being an ex-Southern line that has been transferred to BR(W) control (like the LSWR lines in Devon and Cornwall, and the Somerset & Dorset), thus excusing the mixing in of a few of your Southern locos in BR colours, assuming they just hadn't been transferred out yet... Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Of course, "full-on ex-GWR mood" probably requires some lower-quadrant signals... Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Since we've moved over to King Arthurs, I thought I'd share one of Sir Galahad on the Ace Trains 25th Anniversary Special train. The two people closest to the camera are, of course, Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, apparently showing more interest in a Hornby loco than the King Arthur... They are also from Andrew Stadden. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Given your avatar, I've wondered why we haven't seen this set of figures on Birlstone or Paltry Circus station... https://www.acstadden.co.uk/product-page/ehol-early-holiday Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
If you're after a more "coarse scale" version of the reporting numbers, the Ace Castle came with a set of combination headboards/reporting numbers for the Bristolian, Torbay Express, Cornish Riviera Express and one other. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
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Possibly a bit late to be making suggestions, but you could do something like Redbrook incline, if you don't want to be constrained to having the bridge level. Gordon
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A disused forest tramroad, with stone sleepers? Gordon
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Skytrex do a couple - presumably in resin. https://www.ogauge.co.uk/63-canal-wharf-and-dock-side You might also be able to find some card kits - maybe Alphagraphix? I found a couple of canal boats at the Vale of Rheidol Railway shop by searching for them. https://shop.rheidolrailway.co.uk/collections/card-kits?page=5 Gordon
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Bodiam Station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway
GRASinBothell replied to FulhamTim's topic in 7mm+ modelling
The Army Cadet Force at school was more like a large-scale version of playing with toy soldiers - an excuse to run around the countryside carrying rifles and firing blanks... No real fears - just an opportunity to play soldiers! Gordon -
Bodiam Station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway
GRASinBothell replied to FulhamTim's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I recall a day spent at either Bodiam or Northiam station in the mid-1960s, when I was in the Army Cadet Force at school. The railway was, er, in hibernation at the time, and the exercise was to defend the station against some imaginary invaders, so we spent the day sitting there with rifles at the ready, or visiting a nearby hostelry! Gordon -
I had a look at my Duncan Models ones. The pack includes several swimming, and even one that is just the tail, leaving the viewer to assume it's head down, finding something good to eat... Gordon
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Try Duncan Models. http://www.duncanmodels.co.uk/price_list_figures_and_animals.htm I have swans and ducks from them, as well as seagulls (including a couple in flight, that I attached to piano wire). Gordon
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Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I have a couple of those WJ Vintage/Raylo/ETS Terriers, and they pull a set of 4 Darstaed six-wheelers, with no problem, so I'd echo Nearholmer's words. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Given the long-running disagreement between Allen and Andries, I very much doubt if any Ace products since about 2008 would have been subcontracted to Darstaed. I suspect it is just a case of Ace specifying a body size to fit a standard Ace chassis. I suppose the tooling ETS uses could allow for different sizes. I have wondered about those suburban carriages in the sets, given that the tooling from the C1s was lost to Ace when the split between Allen and Andries occurred. Of course, Ace has produced the Met/LT coaches since then, which is possibly the source of the design/tooling for the suburban coaches, with different artwork. Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Static would be the best answer I could come up with, Brian! I also have an Ace Celebration that doesn't get much use - there are way too many others now to give it track room! Actually, I've just got one more - one of the WJ Vintage (i.e. ETS) Austerity tank locos in post-war Army livery - I've just been running it with a train of "essential" military supplies (i.e. all my beer wagons!). Gordon -
Deliberately Old-Fashioned 0 Scale - Chapter 1
GRASinBothell replied to Nearholmer's topic in 7mm+ modelling
Interesting that you mention the Ace wagon as sharing the same tooling, however I have found that the Ace coal wagon is rather meatier than the others (I found myself tempted by the one from the Somerset coal field!). So, I went upstairs, and did a little measuring. The body of the Ace coal wagon is 125 mm (long) x 57 mm (wide) x 35 mm (tall), whereas the Bassett-Lowke and WJ Vintage coal wagons measure 115 mm (long) x 55 mm (wide) x 32 mm (tall). I rather wonder whether Ace wagons do, in fact, share the same tooling... Gordon -
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER OR USE PLASTIC CHAIRS MADE BY W&H?
GRASinBothell replied to TEAMYAKIMA's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I have a W&H catalogue with what looks like a print code on the back cover of 4M/4.93. So, possibly April 1993? The only chairs in the O gauge section are Peco ones (in brown plastic), so obviously not the ones you have. In fact, the list of Cavendish (the W&H house brand, I think) products in the O gauge section is less than a dozen, so clearly already on the way out. I think you'll have to go further back to find them. Gordon