ArthurK

NORTHEASTERN KITS LNER CLASS Q5 NER CLASSES T and T1 This is the first of a new range of etched brass/nickel kits for locos of the North Eastern Railway. The T/T1 locos were the first 0-8-0 locos built by the NER. These locos were built with both slide valve and piston valves. There were 50 of the former and all saw service in France in WW1. All returned to the NER. In LNER days they were classified as Q5. No distinction was made between the two types. These kits contain all etches and castings to complete the locos but smaller parts are not included. These are commonly available from other trade outlets. They include axle bearings, handrail knobs and wire as well as nuts and bolts. Choice of motor gearbox and wheels are left to th modeller's choice although reccommendations are included with the detailed instructions. The first batch is aimed specifically at those working in OO or EM and the tender is intended to be built with a rigid underframe. I have found it neccessary to rework the springing of the tender and this revised version will be available as soon as I have the new etches and checked that everything works as intended. Price of the kit is £95 including P&P. All enquiries via personal message or Email to CharlesArthurK@aol.com More details of these models can be found in Arthur's Workshop on RMWEB in the Scratchbuiding/kitbuilding forum .

I agree with Jonathan's comments. I have a scratch built version and it will negotiate curves of just under three feet with difficulty (it is OO gauge). Anything less it will only run backwards! The older DJH kits are a bit iffy and their old style of chassis is a bit like heavy engineering. Arthur

There a few photos of the Tyne Dock 2-10-0s on my "Pphotos of the Eastern Region" thread. See link at the bottom of this posting. There are three of 92065 blasting its way to Consett from Pelton. There are others at Tyne Dock Shed and Low Fell. Try halfway down on pare 1 for starters. Sorry this page is very long as it was transferred from the old RMWEB.

Rather than Hijack Jonathan's thread I have posted a few more bits about my Railcar on "Arthur's Workshop". There I show how strange things can happen when you want to achieve a result! Royal Charlotte

Never did see any Claytons But I did see both the two and six cylinder Sentinals including the last of those at Hull. If I recall correctly the glazing was slipped in between two plasticard layers after painting. The roof simply clips into place. Unscrew the chimney and off it comes. It has a resonable number of passengers. Easy to do without the roof in place. The roof was molded on a wooden former. Cover with plasticard (20thou) then place under an electric grill until it goes all soggy. Whip it out the press it down with a block of foam (upholstery type). Takes about 30 seconds total time. The trimming to fit takes a lot longer!!!!!!! I did a lot of Gresley coach roofs this way. Don't use a gas grill for this job, my one attempt was disastrous. I am afraid "Royal Charlotte" is a bit the worse for wear these days. Painted plasticard tends to become very brittle after thirty years and is very easily damaged. If my memory is correct 'Old Blue' and 'Old John Bull' were both 'Odd Balls' rather than the 'Standard' Sentinal. I must admit to having a yen for the articulated type.

Just give you a little encouragement here is my own Sentinal railcar. "Royal Charlotte" was one first that I remember seeing. To us as kids it was always 'Apple Charlotte' - well it was green! It was shedded at Tweedmouth just prior to WW2. Mine is totally scatchbuilt from plasticard which of course makes it very much lighter than the NU-Cast one. It was powered by a lash up motor, armature and magnet from an X04 (I think) pole pieces from sheet steel hammered to shape. It ran in this form for many years on my 16.5mm layout "Teesdale" (based on Middleton in Teesdale). Royal Charlotte was moved to Sunderland and was probably used on th run to Middleton. That is the only excuse that I need. The motor was later replaced by a 50p cheapo of the suare shape. The layout is now dismantled and the Railcar now sports a Black Beetle P4 power unit. It runs very well but hasn't yet got the cosmetic side frames replaced. Some day I would like to etch one of these.

Sorry but that is not an N10 that you have there. The front sandbox/splashers are totally wrong for that. as someone remarked above the N10 had a pronounced drop at the rear. Therefore it can only be an N8 or an N9. There was very little visual difference between these. The overhang of the front frame was 5' 6" on the N10. On the other two had overhangs of 5'3" and 5'9" but I cannot remember which was which. Some of the N9s retained the low tanks. All the N8s were increased in depth from the original build. The wheels on your model are certainly more than the 4'7 1/4" of the N10. ArthurK

If there is a way of introducing page breaks please let me know. My Photos thread has the same problem.

In my youth LNER brown coach livery was just that, darkish brown. The same, more or less that that house doors window frames and the like were painted in those days. Totally without character. Certainly all the pre-grouping coaches that I recall were the same dark muddy brown. It was only the mainline stock that was different. Those were always in the varnished teak livery, but even that looked dirty brown after a few years in service. The Thomoson teak livery (painted) certainly brightened things up for a while. As an aside I normally use precision LNER Teak paint for my models but to be honest with myself I have often thought that this was a degree lighter than reality.

Colour is a very difficult subject to bring back in one's memory. However having said that I know that some of the supposed 'Garter Blue' depicted on several RTR models is totally at variant with my memories. Many are much to dark (one example was bordering on deep royal blue, a sort of light navy blue). I saw the Coronation just prior to WW2 and from about 1945 these blue coaches reappeared and I saw these (without any train designation) at York on a number of occasions. They were certainly not the deep blue often seen on models. The Garter Blue of the A4s was a quite light vibrant blue and the coaches were much the same. THe Precision Paints A4 Blue is not far from that in my memory and almost certainly the best. Having said the my paint was bought a long time ago I can only assume that it hasn't changed. Some of the ColourRail slides show just the colour that I remember.