Jump to content
 

Blandford1969

RMweb Premium
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,699

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Blandford1969

  1. Blandford1969

    I have been reminded of why taking photos is both so important and also so, absolutely frustrating. 

     

    One of the many projects on the go, which is easier with my Mojo to be able to swap is an L&Y class 23 scratch-built body to go onto a LRM chassis I got in a load of parts - (There is also a class 25 which just had frames and which a body and tender are being built for) A. I rarely post progress as it can then feel like pressure on myself to do things so it becomes easier to not post. 

     

    The resin tank and some wheels were bought from Jamiel as forming the tank I thought would be a nightmare. 

     

     Progress has been reasonable when my mood allows. I took a photo to share on Facebook and noticed the boiler which is scratch built as I do not like brass tube as it's so hard to solder was going down at an angle. Worse still the valence on the side of the cab out of .5mm brass strip from bits of strip surrounding a kit has gone on at an angle. The front right hand splasher rear also needs to go outwards slightly, Grrrrrrr, comes to mind.

     

    Having had the initial grumps I have bitten the bullet and taken the boiler off, at the same time the splasher tops for the front will now be made and fitted and then that dratted valence will be corrected some how. I love scratch building but it can feel really hard at times. 

     

    Anyway here are a couple of photos of her (sorry for the dirty window frame behind , with thanks to the dog) 

    image.png.2d876606f5985bd252b4b9c6a6e988a7.png

    image.png.0f2a73a62c418d9623a589597b97f3ee.png

    image.png.0e14633375387e3664e0c32dce88f38a.pngimage.png.928d832662e2a11dd65763b2a5aa690c.png

     

    Apologies for the dust and solder which needs cleaning off. The last one really shows how the smokebox front needs dropping by about a millimetre.

  2. Blandford1969
    Some get incredibly upset now if a GW lamp is on the wrong side of the bracket (on a preserved loco) as it if never happened in the past which from photographic evidence it did.
  3. Blandford1969
    The price anyone lists at is the price they would like to achieve. Kits are interesting as often they are listed at less than their new price but the ones which sell are far below those prices. Many of us would like a bargain and we just have to look at things at the prices we are willing to pay. One thing that works for me is if something is at more than I would want to pay, watch it, if it does not sell and is relisted watch again and sometimes the price starts coming down. On those you can then end up with a conversation with the seller which gets what you want at nearer the price you want.
  4. Blandford1969
    Indeed worrying when it happens. Sad thing is the people I was supposed to be working with were the Head of Recruitment, Head of Resourcing, HRD - employer 2 has already demonstrated how much better they are and I've not even started. It was difficult trying to help my 9-year-old son who is on the spectrum understand in a way that would not worry him.
  5. Blandford1969
    Well I started the job - Day one drive for 3.45 hours each way to show passport - not even offered a drink or would you like the loo. As for looking round it was I don't know what they do , that's a department, that's another department Day 2 - 3o mins on a call with my new boss then straight into the first project meeting Day 3 - got access to put on the expenses - not allowed to claim a lunch of £3.5 when told I could - could not access areas that were needed. Meeting with Chief People Officer cancelled as he was busy Day 4 Other project first meeting, not introduced or welcomed. In short no induction, no help so as I did have another offer , I resigned and left - that company would have ended up making me worse. I did do a tiny bit of modelling. (hope this allowed in this thread) Onwards and upwards. The boiler does not go down its just how it looks.
  6. Blandford1969
    82045 will be with us on the SVR stand. Its tanks are now fitted (I assume that as the other was not inside the shed yesterday) and it came out of the paintshop yesterday
  7. Blandford1969
    You can see the new one at Warley Model Railway exhibition in November. It came out of the paintshop yesterday having had work on its tanks (I assume the other has gone on as well)
  8. Blandford1969
    When loco kits come up they fetch good money. My class 27 cost £150, although whether it ever gets built is questionable.
  9. Blandford1969
    Wow, you not only seem to design them quickly but put them together even quicker. Another super build what's next something different like a NSR 0-6-4?
  10. Blandford1969
    Nice, lots of us will watch with interest as C10's are not common.
  11. Blandford1969
    I came across this shot from 1939 at Tunbridge Wells of no.910 Merchant Taylors https://www.flickr.com/photos/swift-valley/4169605482/in/album-72157622769148804/ SR - V class 4-4-0 no.910 Merchant Taylors at Tunbridge We… | Flickr
  12. Blandford1969
    Wow is all you can say, followed up by at least you don't have to turn and turn and turn the reverser to get from full fore to full back, :)
  13. Blandford1969
    How is it in all this talk of accuracy we do not see the reverser being moved from one gear to the other or notched up, how these engines move in mid gear is a Miricle - unless that is of course it is a Pannier which will happily move in mid gear or a flying pig where the regulator more often than not blows by? How is it as well the trains leave without the guard getting out and giving the right away? Or the passengers who never move? The list just keeps growing.
  14. Blandford1969
    That's really clever how you have etched the steam pressure and vacuum gauges on the back of the cab etch.
  15. Blandford1969
    Wow, always comes to mind when seeing modelling of this standard.
  16. Blandford1969
    That's true I had forgotten about them. The Castles I have been on had one.
  17. Blandford1969
    It looks great, what an amazing back head. Different that the brake valve is in mid application from the position of the handle, but lets face it most would never ever notice. Amazing to watch how you have pushed the boundaries of what is possible.
  18. Blandford1969
    They also wanted to get to the pub
  19. Blandford1969
    I cannot think of a GW loco I have been on that does not have a hydrostatic lubricator fitted which uses the condensing coil . Just to explain steam is fed to the coil which condenses into water, that water falls into the hydrostatic lubricator and because oil floats on water it creates a pressure, we can then control the flow of oil to the cylinders and regulator through a tap at the front which controls the flow into the lubricator and then individual taps on each flow to each cylinder and to the regulator.
  20. Blandford1969
    TV 34027 did not have a recess, nor any photos in BR days showing the AWS, yet she is recorded as having been fitted.
  21. Blandford1969
    Glad to hear things have improved for you. As for me well this week I finally got an offer for a job with hopefully another next week, my son got swimmer of the month yesterday and today on my son's birthday my daughter was told she had now passed stage 2 of swimming. I should be on a high, but am just exhausted, I have done some bits but just am feeling on edge. Hopefully next week will be better.
  22. Blandford1969
    Still not popular for exactly the same reasons, especially with the current very dusty coal. One Inspector wrote this week ' there are more lumps in a Lidl curry than in this coal'
  23. Blandford1969
    Ah, yes, however your post at least helps us feel better that even modellers as good as you sometimes take time to make photographable progress. Seriously though this thread is so useful with a rescued Nelson to put together.
  24. Blandford1969
    Is that the 2-6-2 or 2-10-0?
  25. Blandford1969
    A sad end, but at least you are in control of it and accepting what stage you are at.
×
×
  • Create New...