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For those who care, here she is

Sad to see such an institution in the hobby cease to be, I’m sure there are as many of us on here who began with a Thomas set as there are those who began with a Flying Scotsman. That being said, the entire range was looking very tired and hadn’t had anything new for many many years. Devious Diesel and the two other 08 characters were extremely old triang models from the 60s with a face. Here’s hoping that Bachmann picks up the slack and we have RTR 009 Skarloey Railway engines soon. However I wouldn’t hold your breath for bona fide Talyllyn models - from what I understand of the licenses that Bachmann has in the US the toolings are copyrighted by TTTEand can’t be modified or used by Bachmann to represent anything else

Got my Little Barford example last night and immediately out came the fibreglass pencil, gloss varnish and transfers. She’s now an NCB engine

My NCB Black engine was ordered on Monday and was in my hands last night. Was so happy with it that Little Barford is already on its way to me. Top model, top service, couldn’t be happier

I’d like to make it perfectly plain that my comments following are not directed at any one person’s posts but as a general comment on the situations mentioned in this thread: The vast majority of women that I’ve met have been most appreciative of good work and good layouts. However, they have also found the vast majority of efforts to accommodate them to be somewhat overzealous and ultimately unnecessary. We have a hobby here which is ready made for anyone to join in. Quite literally anyone can pick up a Hornby train set and get stuck in with whatever they want in whatever way they want. Indeed, my female friends who have come to me with exhibitions were only put out when someone was trying to be ‘nice to the ladies’ and did something inadvertently patronising (although this forms a quite phenomenal minority). Most women really don’t WANT to be encouraged into a particular hobby, And model railway-ing along with wargaming are the only two communities which are open and relaxed enough to invite all comers without making anyone feel patronised or left out. We’re a big tent people, room for all

Standard of layouts was exceptional and I’m very happy to have seen them all. However I must confess to being slightly underwhelmed by the trade side of things, there was no real hunting to be done - every stand had roughly the same things at the same prices with no real difference between them - the selection of products on offer also seemed to have shrunk quite considerably as well. Was worthy of the price of entry, but considering the trip needed to get to Ally Pally from Birmingham maybe it’s not something I’ll be desperate to repeat

As a little aside, does anyone have any pictures of Talyllyn and Dolgoch in their original cabless forms? I rather fancy giving that a go, but I can only find a side in etching from the fletcher-Jennings catalogue which isn’t enough really :S

Blimey, that’s rather steep isn’t it?? Thank you for that, but unfortunately I rather suspect it’s a tad innacuracte for RHDR Pacifics. The track gauge would enforce a true scale of approximately 1:4, but the engines themselves (for engineering purposes) are built much closer to a scale of 1:3. By the looks of things that drawing would give a lovely scale pacific with the same proportions as the flying Scotsman, but not of Green Goddess and her fellow engines Nonetheless, thank you to everyone here for your input. I have six greenly books on their way to me so hopefully there will be something in those

I’ve already had a look at what they have for sale. If I can’t find anything I may ask them to have a look at what they have in their archives

And a new addition to the range: WHR Beddegelert. Engine is as hollow as possible to allow for the widest possible range of chassis to be used.a far simpler build for me than ‘Gowrie’, but I’m still very pleased with the final result. Once again though, it may be more accurate to describe the engine as a scratch build aid. direct link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/3SPM3V7GB/009-whr-loco-beddegelert?optionId=65058068 likely to be my last 009 engine for a little while - I have lots of ideas, but they all need some work and are focussed on other scales. Keep your eyes peeled though

Thank you that’s a start

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Right, as I've now got the wherewithall to make my own things in 3D printing, I'm looking to add more things to my repetoire. There are a number of kits i've got on the go which will be filtering down in the next few months, but I'd really like to have a pop at some RHDR stuff. This seemed the best place to ask: Are there any scale drawins of RHDR stock out there? I can work from photogrpahs, but I'd prefer to have drawings as they tend to better all round really. Anyone know of any sources?

Playing devils advocate for a moment, would anyone have been annoyed if the wagon or the track pins had been damaged in transit because not enough bubble wrap was used? This is definitely one of those ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ scenarios

To actually answer your question (seems to have been rather missed lol), it looks like a regular old tarp form the cab to the tender to me, they were common throughout all ages of steam loco. its not actually a tender cab at all

Having finally got my hands on the bits and pieces that I needed, I’m delighted to be able to show you all the fruits of my efforts when they have been produced ‘in the flesh’ so to speak. First of all there is ’Gowrie’. A kit that I am extremely proud of (it’s considerably better than my original ‘River Irt’ kit) and comes straight out of the box ready to put on a chassis: The main weight of the body actually rests forward of the centre line, over the main driving wheels. As such, at least for my purposes, the engine will be fine as an 0-6-0 mechanically with a dummy rear bogie which won’t actually contact the rails. This kit has been designed to be as adaptable as possible, and is probably best described as an aide to scratch building rather than a fully fledged complete model kit. Still, it should be able to work on a variety of chassis. https://www.shapeways.com/product/XETTH5CCA/whr-fairlie-locomotive-gowrie?optionId=64511550 I’m also extremely happy with the bits for Rheneas that I have finally been able to add on now: Adding a few bits and pieces on to turn the engine into a realistic model. In this case, she’s going to be a freelance NCB industrial engine, although everything I’ve made is based on Dolgoch on the TR and should be a fair representation. The bits illustrated here are all from the file below: https://www.shapeways.com/product/PM8KNEV2X/rheneas-to-dolgoch-conversion-set-009?optionId=64461295 But there are plenty more bits and pieces on my shop which could well fit a whole variety of locomotives. Well that’s it for this update, I thought you might well appreciate actually seeing some of the bits and pieces before you buy. As always, thank you all for your kind words and for buying these bits in such great numbers, I’m truly thankful to you all. If anyone has any questions, please PM me and I’ll be only too happy to answer. By the way, if my modelling is of any interest I should be setting up a workbench thread soon which should detail my somewhat humble modelling efforts

Hi there, thanks for your kind words. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t spotted the LED legs at all in real life, but a bit of black paint certainly won’t do any harm. As for passengers, I’m going to have a look around and see what’s available. The Bachman ones are okay, but I’m really not to enamoured of them for some reason

Just managed to get my hands on an SR liveried observation coach. I’ll be lighting that one up soon as well . I expect it to involve a lot more chopping and surgery on the lights than the brake did. Another word of praise here for Model Railways Direct - two orders each arrived the day after I ordered them . Top marks.

Does anyone know of suitable passengers to fit in the carriage? I’d rather not pay the outrageous prices that the scenecraft passengers command

Hello All, Well, for a long time I've been looking to begin work on a 009 layout and thanks to a generous offer from a friend to host it in her garage as long as she gets to build it with me it looks like that could be on for this year (finally!). However, as her beloved mini is currently occupying the space earmarked for the layout, I'm focussing on stock for the time being, hence this topic. I've always been something of a fan of gimmicks and so I thought I'd take on the challenge of adding lights to the two L&B trains that I plan to run on the layout (one in SR green and another as a fictional BR version of the L&B). For this i settled on the Train Tech motion senstive lights. There were a number of reasons why I felt that this was an ideal choice, which I'll go in to in a moment. The Kit This illustrates the contents of the kit I chose, which replicates the warm glow of steam era lighting in the main main coach body as well as create a flickering oil lamp effect for a tail lamp. The kit requires no pickups as it is powered by an on board battery (making it useful here owing to the trouble routing wires through the PECO coaches and indeed their wholly plastic running gear). As seen above, the kit comes with everything needed to install with no soldering required - a PCB with all of the main lights already mounted, a coin battery and two flickering LEDs for mounting in the rear of the guards compartment. Various other combinations of steam era or modern lighting can be found with effects (modern door lights, third rail arcing, solid & flashing tail lamps and even sound) which makes this a versatile product line. The section of the PCB near the battery holder contains a small microchip and motion detector which can sense movement - this means that the onboard battery is conserved as the lights will turn off after a certain period (four minutes by my timings) and won't turn on again until it senses that the train is in motion. Crucially for myself, the kit can be shortened in length without losing its funationality. The Project As you cna see below, I had my work cut out for me: The light bar as delivered is far too long for the coach, and the socket for the flickering lamp is a the opposite end of the bar to the battery, which was a bit of an annoyance as I needed to include both in the guards compartment. I'd originally hoped to avoid soldering in this project, but it pretty quickly became clear that I needed to do some to get everything in the right place. However, before I could begin work on that, there was a few detail items that needed attention: I've never liked the white roofing on the peco coaches, so the first order of business was to give it a spray in matt black: I'd also got to notice that even the 'warm light' on the light bar was still a little too strong for what I was looking for, so I also took the chance to give each of the LEDs there a very light and semi opaque layer of brown paint to block out some of the light and make it a little dingier - the effect was greatly enhanced by this brief process. Finally, the flickering LED needed to be made up to look like an old oil lamp. As this will rarely be seen up close I was happy with creating a simple handle using a staple. The LED was then painted with black to seal in the lights, and finally a white top coat. Two holes were drilled in the back of the coach to accept the flickering tail lamp. It was then impossible to put off the evil hour any longer, so following the instructions carefully I cut the light bar in to the appropriate pieces... and resoldered them in a 'daisy chain' to allow for greater flexibility. I moved the LED mount to a connector positioned just behind the battery holder Once all had been checked for connectivity, the whole was test fitted in the carriage: After a bit of trimming in the brown passenger piece, everything fitted and the lighting effects were finished: I must say that the final result is exactly what I was looking for, and the versatility of the train tech equipment made the job an easy one to finish. Highly recommended product.

I really like the look of the figures and I applaud that you’re doing something different for us all. However... I’m pretty sure the SECR didn’t have hi-vis jackets Edit: on closer inspection - maybe the NCB and SECR pictures have been transposed?

Got my hands on quite a large number of very useful drawings Watch this space, there should be more progress in the near future in both O9 and OO9

Very happy that they are satisfactory , its nice to see that they are good enough for people to use. I look forward to seeing the completed model

I don’t have the skills to offer an etched chassis for the model at the moment. Monitrix chassis are dwindling in number, yes as theblocos have been out of production for some years. However, they are the basis of a huge number of 009 conversions and the narrow gauge modelling world is intimately familiar with them. Considering this, and the still reasonable availability of the items (as well as a couple of alternatives) I considered this the best design choice to make, for the near future at least I do have hopes to produce my own chassis for the loco, but not for some time

Yes, it was. The chassis alterations are similar to the old Chivers kit in that the front and rear pony trucks are removed, then placed in a separate bogie (working on it, to be available shortly) which then follows the now 0-6-0 main chassis, turning the engine into a 0-6-4.