Ken A.

Nice BR5 boiler, Loftie1966, that one was on the wish list for after the Standard No 2!  Actually, that one is more accurate for the preiod that I model!

Thanks for the tip regarding the firebox.

Okay, slight change of plan...  If I'm going to bash the loco, why not have a go at bashing a dawing?  So starting with C J Freezer's drawings of a Dean Single and an Atbara 4-4-0 and a few minutes' work produced the attached "drawing".  I am not looking to produce a dead-scale model just something that looks the part.  Besides the "Lord of the Isles" the firebox, cab and smoke box saddle will come from a Dapol "City of Truro" kit while the smokebox will come from a Dapol 61xx kit.  Add a lengith of 20 mm plastic tube for the boiler and I'll have a No 2 boilered Dean Single (I hope!)

Comments please?

Thanks, Clive.

Before I start to rebuild (bash) a very old Triang "Lord of the Isles" to the Parallel Number Two Standard boiler condition, I was wondering if anyone could supply me with a copy of a drawing?  It's a relatively simple modification and I have a couple of good photos of 3027 "Worcester" with a Number Two boiler but prefer to work from drawings.   And before the collectors stat to whinge - the model (which I obtained from ebay for less than £20) really is in very poor condition.

Hi,

Just a belated question on the topic of GWR Shunter's Trucks.  Does anyone know anything about the truck that was built for the Chelsea Basin LNW/GWR joint yard?  It was an M4 built under lot No. L798 around 1914/15 and was un-numbered until 1951.

I am particularly interested in this vehicle as  I model a GWR/LNWR joint line set in the Great War period.  So does anyone know anything about the livery or the lettering that it carried in its early days?

Does anyone know if any of the Midland Railway 3F's acquired belpair boilers before the grouping?

Does anyone know if Coopercraft is still in business/  The reason that I ask is that my wife placed an order with them well before Christmas (my Christmas present) and the payment was cleared.  However the kit never arrived and when she emauiled them there was no response.  So, has anyone had contact with them lately?  Are they still around?

All the best,

Ken

Does anyone know  if there are drawings of the Midland Railway's Battery Electric Loco available anywhere?

Hi, can anyone give me a realistic estimate of the proportion of GWR coaches that were running in Lake livery in the 1915/1916 period?  Specifically in the Blackcountry area.

 The interesting aspect of the 2-10-0+0-10-2 model is that the builder really has not grasped the essence of the Beyer-Garratt concept.

 

If we assume an identical engine unit to the 9F on each set of frames - and it would make no sense to have anything smaller on a loco this size - then to fully exploit these engines in continuous steaming near twice the grate area of the 9F is required, inevitably mechanically fired. That grate would be built out to the full width permitted by the loading gauge, with a vast ashpan underneath nearly down to rail level. This is a key element of the design, exploiting the advantage that accrues from the grate draughting not being compromised by the ash in the ashpan or any frames or mechanism. The barrel of this boiler would be shorter and larger in diameter, and untapered. 

 

I also suspect that Beyers would at least specify 2-8-2+2-8-2 in preference to the proposed layout, as one chassis is always running in reverse in the sense that coupled wheels are leading, and guidance of the fixed wheelbase element becomes rather important if any sort of speed is attained. Given how fleet the 9F was, the dynamics of a ten coupled leading arrangement might not make for easy riding shall we say.

I am intrigued by your 2-10-0+0-10-2 Riddles Garratt.  It shouldn't be too difficult to turn it into a 2-10-2+2-10-2 with a couple of Hornby 2 wheel trucks - this would solve the problem of the "driving wheels leading" problem that you mentioned and would produce something even more imposing.

This has given me a real idea...  All I need is an old Triang/Hornby M7 so that I can bash it into this little beastie that featured in the December 1947 issue of The Model Railway News:

Mikkel has suggested that I post a link to my project here, so here goes:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/2094-ken-attwoods-blog/

I'm planning, (and have actually started) a layout set in the Dudley area during the great war.  I am planning to include elements of LNWR, GWR and MR, although I do not have a great deal of sympathy for the latter.

All the best,

Ken.