Gibbo675

2 hours ago, Barry Ten said:

Tidy job there, Gibbo - and I like the use of the Class 73 bogies; they certainly look right enough to me.

 

I don't think there''s any loss of character in retaining the Tri-ang ends; they still look like a Blue Pullman.

 

Two questions - have you powered it with the Lima bogies, and did you scratchbuild the kitchen car roof details? I haven't

found any real clear shots of the roof area, and it seems cheating to get my Bachmann one out of its box just to copy

what's there!

Hi Barry,

I acquied two class 73's and there are two Lima power bogies each in the front end of the power cars with the pick up bogie under the passenger end, the outer ends of the kitchen cars are spare pick up bogies I got form a show one time.

The roof details are scratch made, from plasticard bits and bobs copied from a Mk1 kitchen vents.

Gibbo.

Hi Barry,

Excellent work with your Triang based cut and shuttery. I have done similar to some old Triang models to produce an original Blue Pullman, I didn't go to the extent of replacing the cabs though. The rear section of the power cars have had part of a first class parlour car grafted onto them and the kitchen cars are made from the other end of the parlour car and parts of the guards section of the power car about the double doors, the first class parlour cars are unaltered.

As you mention the underframe details have been altered variously using bits of underframe details suitably repositioned and with the odd scratch built bit here and there.

For windows I used Finescale's flush-glaze, the toilet and kitchen windows were abraded with fine wet and dry and also the edges of the window apertures were painted black which gives the representation of the window rubbers.

The bogies are altered Hornby Mk2 for the parlour and inner end of the kitchen cars with Lima class 73 bogies for the power cars and outer ends of the kitchen cars.

Paint is Railmatch and the transfers are HMRS.

Gibbo.

17 hours ago, Knuckles said:

Forum....conversation.

 

Nail head hit. 

 

Yep.

Hi Knuckles,

Here is the etymology of the word forum:

forum (n.)

mid-15c., "place of assembly in ancient Rome," from Latin forum "marketplace, open space, public place," apparently akin to foris, foras "out of doors, outside," from PIE root *dhwer- "door, doorway." Sense of "assembly, place for public discussion" first recorded 1680s.

It would seem that you are quite correct in your criticism of the like button in so far as it does indeed retard discourse !

Gibbo.

Hi Knuckles,

I like not only what you have written but also how you have written it.

Are you aware of this particular video that explains quite well how all this PC nonsense started ?

Enjoy,

Gibbo.

Hi Knuckles,

Your video is most well observed. The whole of the internet is nothing more than an electronic book burning exercise connected to the reduction of free speech. I note you clarified your use of the word retard to this regard thus keeping those that are "hard of thinking" happy.

As you describe the way in which you craft your posts with written descriptions and illustrative photographs, you remind me of the effort I put into my own posts for the same reasons, only to get six "Likes" and two "Craftsmanship/clever". Should anyone actually post a comment or question it is far more interesting and shews that someone has actually read and found your work genuinely interesting.

Gibbo.

Hi Andy,

I have a similar problem in 4mm scale !

Here are some of my AC electrics built from Dapol produced Trix body shells that I got in the 1990's,

Class 81

Class 84

Class 85

Gibbo.

This is my first post since joining this evening so here goes.

1. What type of railway locomotive would you be - steam or modern diesel-electric traction?       Steam
2. What company would it be for?    L&Y
3. How big or small would the engine (you) be?   Medium
4. What wheel arrangement woudl you have?  4-6-0
5. What gauge would you run on - standard gauge, narrow gauge or miniature gauge?    Standard
6. What would your purpose be - express passenger, heavy freight, mixed-traffic (branch-line traffic or main-line traffic) or shunting?   Mixed traffic
7. For the steam enthusiast: would the engine (you) have a tender or tanks?   Tender
8. For the diesel enthusiast: would the engine (you) be big (Co-Co, 1Co-Co1 or A1A) or small (Bo-Bo, single-bogie, 0-6-0 or 0-4-0)?
9. Which is your favourite railway company you’d like to be a proud part of?   L&Y
10. After years of service, what would your fate be after withdrawal (scrapped or preserved - if preserved, would it be static display or restored to running service)?    Scrapped

The reason this link caught my eye was because when in my teens a group of us used to refer to girls by the type of steam loco that they might assimilate toward, beware a Beyer Garrett !!!