Porcy Mane

How to attract Gentlemen to the Hobby? Porcy

Rawtenstall. Porcy

Sentinel 10081 of 1961 ex Redbourn Wks., Lincolnshire, to Consett Nov. 1974 then to Skinningrove Wks 10/07/1981 according to "Industrial Locomotives of Durham" (Mountford). P

To be fair to Hornby the bend wasn't that bad when affixed to the boiler but I stress it wasn't caused during separation. P

Thought I'd have a investigate as to the reason for my wavy running plate prior to doing some "alterations". Seems like the running plate was being forced down on both sides by an excess of glue were the running plate and firebox are joined. The RP was then being forced up to sit on top of the reversing assembly. Forced down again due to too much glue being used on the join under the smokebox preventing two location tabs moulded as part of the bottom of the smokebox sitting fully in their respective recesses. This seems to be exasperated by quite a lot of tension being present in the RP moulding meaning on my example it is banana shaped as it comes and then relies on the glued joints holding everything level. Still a clever design and it has much to commend it. The boiler bands are commendably fine but as with a lot of Hornby steam outline there is two noticeable tool-mark line along each side of the boiler barrel and smokebox, The presence of these mould lines are exaggerated by fine tampo printing having a slight wobble across the line. Still a nice model though. I'm warming to it. P

I suspect we must be using different versions of Giggle then... A quick 20 seconds of my time turns up these... As straight as my owld grannies lace. R0240 - North Blyth Shed by BarkingBill, on Flickr 62024 by Dan86401, on Flickr LNER Class 2-6-0 K1 No. 62005 at York NRM - 18th March 2014. by allan5819 (Allan McKever), on Flickr 62005 BR Peppercorn K1 2-6-0 by Keith B Pics, on Flickr K1 at the Gasometer by tatraškoda, on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/dNGBTv https://flic.kr/p/dNGBUx P

Nah... the other half couldn't live with the wavy footplate. Putting my serious head on for a second and nowt to do with this thread, the vast majority of those who walk the planet will not have a clue what a Hornby K1 is and a good proportion of those can only wish that they had the value of one in their pocket. P

Yes we are but were it not for the end consumers airing their views and complaints about the design clever concept the K1 may have appeared with integrally moulded handrails and a one piece moulded boiler footplate. I'm impressed overall with the K1 but regardless, for those with a wonky footplate the reality is it should have been delivered straight. P

I would hope it does or the bandwith would really be jammed up with complaints. But with rising prices should the consumer not also expect improved manufacturing standards? P

Maybe we are all victims of sharp marketing practice that most companies/corporations partake in now? With regard to Hornby and the K1; First consumers were led to believe that 62027 was going to arrive before Christmas but then a definite announcement that no K1s would be seen before April 2015. Suddenly.. . they are here... Queue clamour and "panic buying" and then less of a tendency for the end consumer to complain about any perceived fault, large or small, just because he has managed to acquire his or her desirable object. I don't buy that a business is so out of touch with its manufacturer and supply/delivery chain that it is taken by surprise when a product turns up in the delivery bay. There has been speculation that Hornby may have arranged to have a delivery flown in but regardless, and although it's not my place to say it, they should have rescinded and amended their earlier "expected delivery" statements. The running plate problem should have been noted and corrected before delivery. If it turns out that the majority of running plates are wavy, (give it time and the power of the internet) Hornby should at very least be acknowledging it by offering a solution and making sure it doesn't' t occur on subsequent releases. As previous posters have noted it looks like there is a solution that involves a little modelling but there are those who would never want to do this. As has been said you would not be expected to knock out a body panel ding or stitch up a split seat seam on a newly delivered car. Porcy Who's in Grump mode and wondering if someone at Hornby Towers is already working on a Damage Limitation statement .

Memory is hazy on this but I'm pretty sure car no. 81 of the 1928 all steels ran in the Queen of Scots on heavy duty Gresley bogies in the 1960's. I seem to recollect car 81 was converted from a third class car to a brake. I think there was a regularly published photograph (possibly by the late Brian Haresnape?) of D9010 still unnamed but with SYWP pulling away from Glasgow with No. 81 in tow clearly showing the Gresley HD bogies. I don't think I dreamt it, but then again... Porcy Edit. A quick Google turned up this link: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_10_2010/post-188-068308000%201288206139_thumb.jpg and having found my notes car no 81 was from the 1930 builds.

Up & Down is spot on. Durham was a far better station when four tracks ran through... Smashing pics btw. That looks like the Heaton to Eastgate cement probably running via Darlington when you took the phot. Is the head-code readable on the original please? Porcy

My own personal opinion but why should there be a fix? I'd be interested to hear how many of these models have undulating running plates and if Hornby are aware. We are paying premium prices for these models. It should be right in the first place. Porcy

I don't think you're alone. The larger ebay views linked to earlier in the thread for the TMC weathered K1 shows the running plate on their example is also all at sea. Porcy

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There was a photograph in a magazine a few years ago. Something like BRILL. Saw it whilst browsing at the local library. (WH Smiths.) Never bought the mag but thought that's' interesting so logged the Loco number to memory for when I got home. Got home forgot the number. Moral; Don't memorise numbers when walking home from the pub on a Saturday afternoon. P

...and then on to Avonmouth Docks if I remember correctly. Porcy

You'll have it running of Gibsons and converted to EM by now then... P

From: http://www.redcar.org/1900s-timeline/ "12/02/1916. Messrs Dorman Long & Co purchased Redcar Iron Works. They intend to provide labour and material for the building of 6 furnaces during 1916. " Works built for Messrs. Walker, Maynard & Co. I bought the photograph at Stafford Collectors Event. It is very poor quality and by the feel of the photographic paper it is a photograph of a computer print. There was no info. on the back, hence no date but I recognised the housing as Warrenby. I would imagine the wool works used the steel works locos and if it is your loco then the phot would be after DL took over BV. Can't be much more help, I'm afraid. P

I wish I could. My main interest was the wagons in the photo of which studying under a glass not much detail can be made out . I suspect the copy I have is a copy of a copy. P Edit: You'll have seen this page... http://www.image-archive.org.uk/?cat=12&paged=18

That phot in post 63 certainly matches the Warrenby site well when compared to the 1953 1:1,1250 map @oldmaps.co.uk. All the chimneys can be seen and the two wagon hoists are clearly indicated. This (much earlier?)view looks to have been taken from somewhere on the top of the funaces/gantries and looks North East showing the mineral wool works with the community of Warrenby on the coast. Porcy Edit; To get my directions correct.

Ah ah, but is that their warehouse in China or Britain? Porcy

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These guys seemed to keep smiling when meeting the hoards disembarking for the Great Goodbye at Shildon. (See the queue going off to the museum under the bridge). Hope they weren't temporary agency staff paid off with a cynical smile after the event. Porcy

A couple more pics taken on the same day as above. We've probably had a link to this film earlier in the thread but I'll put it up again just so you can see those crane supports when new. Only 29 years separated the building of the plate mill and the taking of the photographs. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Z_dAkn2RIJA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> P Edit. Hmmmm. Seems like embedding you tube videos doesn't work for me.