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I am after any drawings available for the Port of Par twins. I know Judy was built 1937 and Alfred was built 1953(?) I think it was so there are some little differences. This isn't a problem. Drawings for either or both would be much appreciated

I am looking at scratch building these in the near future and any help, measurements etc would be helpful.

Cheers

Blowing the bit of dust off this thread.

Does anyone know whether anyone did a kit in 7mm of the 10" Barclays?

6 exist to this day. I would dearly love to make a model of my own Barclay but I fear it might have to be a bit of a scratch build job to do it.

Gordon,

I can try and take a range of photographs of Birchenwood No.4 if you would like? I am a fireman at Ribble Steam Railway and we have the first one built there. It is called Courageous after one of the dock tanks.

We did have Princess on hire for a gala and I got chance to fire that too. They are lovely machines to work on however there were subtle differences between the two. One was a Bagnall modification however I am not sure about the second.

The first modification was regards to the back of the cab. Princess has a hatch between the rear windows. This was so the regulator rod could be removed straight out without removing the cab! The second modification was Princess has a sun roof. Very handy as they are hot machines to work even on cold days!

I was on Courageous yesterday and it was rather warm to say the least!

Here she was when I lit her up in the morning

Alas I model in 7mm. If there was ever a kit I'd be very tempted for one

Brack that is a gorgous model indeed. I have been tempted to look at doing a 15" Gauge line using the drawings from the 7mm NG booklet for some of the engines. I am thinking that it really would be a case of honing my rough skills before attempting something like that. I used to volunteer on the Ratty many many years ago and so it'll always have a special place in my heart even if it is rare I get to go there even just for a ride out.

I take it the Telford one will be the Guildex show? Really looking forward to seeing it there if I don't get chance to see it at Kendal or York. I'm not that far from Kendal. 

Excellent stuff Bob and look forward to seeing it in the "flesh".

I, too, have that book and am hoping that one day, when my garage is devoid of its current contents to do a section of either the main line or Ffarquhar branch but setting it in the 1920s-1930s. I enjoy what Corbs has done and the back story to his models. I agree that they are dark and I like it for that reason.

I like the idea of pushing back the timeline that Rev Awdry created as many things seemed a little late for me however he and his brother put a lot of effort into trying to give the Island that sense of realism. It makes me wonder what didn't manage to make it into that book as there was a lot of material cut out before the publishers would go with it.

The traffic you have mentioned gives plenty of scope for running a variety of trains in amongst the passenger and I do think that the Fletcher Jennings choice makes sense given the close proximity to the Island. Never realised how small a boiler was on the A Class mineral engines! They do look a little commical but I love oddities and unique locomotives myself and would agree to them being a good choice for the branch line trains. Certainly would relegate the Coffeepots to shunting and lesser dutes too. Some lovely ideas there.

Love seeing the photos Bob and the work you have put in is a delight to see. Are you planning on exhibiting it still?

I have been playing catch up in terms of trying to read the various topics and threads here on RMWeb. I don't get on very often, probably because I am stuck with regards to my modelling aspirations as I don't have room (There is a valid reason for this at the moment). What I did find interesting Neil is that you have a garage that is 10' by 10' 6".

This is a great interest to me of what you will fit in as my attic is the same dimensions over the extension. There was a layout in there when I viewed the house and so my mind was working overtime!
I look forward to seeing the updates as and when you put them up. I have thoroughly enjoyed viewing the photos and what you have been up to on the project. Love the names you have used for the locomotives. I'd definitely say very appropriate and fitting! As for the Coffeepots... Got to be an interesting modelling subjects. I'd be interested if anyone ever did a kit for a standard gauge version.
 

30 minutes ago, Aire Head said:

Reading the image you have attached The Suderian could terminate at Barrow as it mentions through Coaches to Euston etc so it's possible that these are attached to a different train at Barrow? 

 

Or the through coaches are attached to a different train at Manchester given that Sodor seems to be linked to Manchester anyhow. Barrow a possibility as the story of Gordon Goes Foreign it is meant to be Barrow depicted in the illustrations. However that might be just one of the un-named expresses that continue onwards.

Textiles are covered in the book Island of Sodor and it mentions that there are textile mills on the Island so maybe one of the export traffic off the island?

Truly awesome. It is great to see the finished layout and I think it'll give the impetus to a few people to have a go at something small and detailed.

Just lovely... Now see if I can convince my wife to let me have a coffee table..

Thank you for the link to this thread Dava!

Have loved reading this thread indeed and seeing your trackplan. Very nice indeed. I do like the lighting as I do think it adds an extra dimension to a layout. 

While I agree about the ingenuity, and there’s some great modelling here, I think the problem is where to draw the line. If you made inch thick 8x8 boards you could put six in the box that unpacked to make a fairly large layout (for example).

Very true but there wouldn't be much in the way of buildings etc on the boards so would look a bit plain perhaps?

Unless someone decided upon T scale!

Depends on how you look at it.

If nothing is said about using the roof then what does it matter?

It still fits inside the box.

From my point of view (someone who views models with appreciation of time and effort put in) I like to see how people have solved puzzles and challenges.

I sometimes struggle to think "outside the box" when it comes to some solutions, so seeing the cake box challenge models is great. Same with the Ferrero Roche diorama challenge of the past.

Maybe the judges might stipulate next year that the lid is left untouched?

I'd call it ingenuity. Ultimately I always have held the belief that model railways are a compromise with space and we all do our best to fit as much in as possible at times.

That's half the fun and challenge

Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.

Always something interesting to see with micro layouts and the challenge of making something that entertains too.

Thoroughly enjoying reading the updates and how you have made some of the buildings. Always interesting reading about other light railway type layouts and how they have achieved so much in the space that they have

Sorry to be a pain. Can I ask what the overall dimensions of the layout is?

I have an attic space in which I am trying to come up with an acceptable track plan... One which might be end to end with a 16.5/0 on the other side of the attic.

In the first pictures I like the look of the track plan and the shed.

This looks brilliant....Wondering if my wife and daughters would let me have that coffee table now?

I went last year and could easily have spent a small fortune... My wife still thinks I did!!! It was my first time going to Telford and will be there on Sunday this year. I will be driving down from Cumbria and I do believe it is worth the effort for what there is to see on offer.

Cheers Quarryscapes.

I have been following him on Face(ache)book too and he is very good indeed with his videos. I just haven't been able to really sit and get stuck in at the moment. My time seems to be already finely divided at the moment between work, family and volunteering (inc. a 12" to 1' loco under restoration).

I'll go back to it at some point and try and pick up where I left off. I would like to look at doing a little bit of 3D printing myself at some point.

Just to keep alive on this forum, have you acquired any MGM kits yet?

Peter

I am playing catch up on the forum as I don't visit as often as I would like but 09 is certainly wetting my appetite. Is there a lot out there in 09?

I will Google MGM shortly but I imagine the first thing that will appear is the film company!

Bit of a Celtic thing this. Ex Caledonian pugs also fitted with wooden tenders and of course the J67/9s on the Lauder branch permanently coupled to proper tenders.

My model is just a standard Barclay, if there is such an animal. It has a full cab back sheet, internal coal bunkers and no vac brake or carriage heating.

Thanks for posting

I don't think there is quite such a thing as a Standard Barclay. After all the years in use they have probably been altered to suit owner and working environment. I think that is why they are so appealing, no two look quite alike, though basic dimensions like wheel sizes, centres between wheels etc would be the same.

Alas I cannot help you with the injector photos. I was hoping to find the correct size and pattern of injectors for mine but haven't managed it yet. Maybe one day

Some interesting thoughts on here and it has been interesting to read all the comments.

I have to admit that I have Fusion360 on my computer but I cannot get to grips with it and I am sure I am doing something simple wrong!!

I haven't tried Sketchup yet even though I have it downloaded. Maybe I should give it a go. I know a couple of people who use it quite regularly with great results and I have a boiler done through Sketchup. It looks good and a spot on scale replication. But if someone could point out it maybe a mm or so over or undersize when the loco whips past then I'd call BS on that one!!

I couldn't get my head round Blender at all and have avoided it like the plague. It seemed too over complicated for what I would like to do. Fusion looked similar to what I had to use during my apprenticeship but I can't quite get my head round how to extrude things correctly.... For now I have given up on sitting in front of a computer scratching my head and getting frustrated.

I have watched a couple of tutorials by a chap called Lars Christensen and they have been good but it was a while ago.