Ceptic

Replica offer a bodgeable solution for a stop-gap centre trailer. (2nd. one down)

http://www.replicarailways.co.uk/ready-to-run-items/self-assembly

Many Thanks for the link Rob F.

Very soothing,... relaxing, even,... interspersed with moments of excitement ......Very much how I try to live my life.

If the cam is in place for any length of time, I may well attempt to capture the screen for a desktop background / screensaver .

Cheers, and thanks, again.

Adding to TomE's detailed comparisons, the angled , forward upward sweep of the firebox top, appears to be missing.

This is, also, poorly represented on both the modified WC/BoB & MN, produced by Hornby, as is the width of top.

( End of Nitpickin')

Cheers.

If someone uploads their content to a public web site or forum such as Flickr, Photobucket, RMweb, etc., it seems to me that there is a reasonable assumption that the intent was for the content to be shared -- providing it is not done for commercial gain, and proper credit is given. Many uploaders do specifically say as much.

 

If someone wants to publish their content on the internet with full copyright protection, it would be much safer to do it on their own web site or blog site. It is then abundantly clear to all that the content is private property. Such content can then be linked into posts elsewhere if required. It is really quite easy to have your own web site, and there are many places on the web which will create a free web site for you, such as http://www.webs.com and many others.

 

Martin.

Quite so, Martin,

Although, over the past months, several of my images / pics, posted on RMweb, only, have been hot-linked on to Google ?, with a link to this forum ?

Can any one searching there, and downloading, say, EMU pics, access said image, without contacting RMweb, and asking for their permission ?

I have noticed that Google, on here at least, are one of the most prominent members / users ?, judging by this forum's 'Users online'...... I'd be most interested to know, if Google have anything useful to contribute here, or are they merely trawling ?

As you say, once anything is posted onto the wwweb, it is immediately 'common' knowledge, but, it would be good to get a little feedback from the outsiders,... occasionally.

Cheers, Frank.

How can anything be annoying about modelling ??

Rants (I admit, I'm guilty),..re. rtr model discrepances,.. solid paint brushes,... blocked aerosol nozzles,...unfortunate paint finishes,...doubtful references / plans...differing opinions,...etc.

It's all part of the fun,...Is it not ?

As with anything you're involved with,... You've gotta play the cards you're dealt with.

For members of the SRLHCS forum, a comprehensive list of allocations for PP Sets 600-619, Nov.1959-Nov.1964, has been made available.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/SRLHCS/message/4817

Compiled by Brian Macdermott, (Of 2012 Wish-list poll fame) , Glen Woods and Chris Knowles-Thomas, it includes Section / Route allocations. Inaugural , transfer & withdrawal dates, plus photographic references.

Well done, and many thanks to all concerned.

Chris H.

Great photo.

If it's Hornby, you didn't waste much time re-numbering the loco and adding the off-white corridor panels to the BCK. What number did you give the Set?.

On the other hand......If it's......

More photographic referances to be found in :-

Mike King's 'Illustrated History of Southern Coaches'.

P116 - Sets 616 & 613 at Wareham, on the same day, also in Sept '64.

Michael Welch's 'Southern Coaches in Colour'.

Set 610 on a Railway Enthusiasts Club tour, at Sharnal Street (All Hallows branch), Kent, Sept.24th. 1960. Caption states that this set was based at Yeovil, for a time.

Set 601 at Groombridge, Sussex, Nov. 11, 1961. Based at TWW.

Set 613(Horns & Yellow stripe)+ P/P fitted SO, between Brockenhurst & Lymington Junc. 1964.

Michael Harris's 'Southern Push-Pull Trains' chapter in 'Steam Days', Feb 2000.

Set 610 at Westerham, Kent, May 27, 1961.

Set 609 + P/P fitted SO, near Lymington Junc., July 27, 1963.

Ivo Peters' 'Southern Steam Album'

Set 604 at Bournemouth, April 1964.

C. Hayward's drawings & scratch build article in MRC Nov. 1972.

Set 608 at Yeovil Junc. 1961.

There are, of course, numberous photos of these sets 'in action', but, in most cases, it's the loco that hogs the limelight, the set number being seldom shown. If I find any more, I'll add them to the list above.

Regards.

But,... but,.. But.. (I'm butting in)....

Mike D's pic. looks more like 'Scale 7'. All those locos have been, or are presently available, either in kit form, or in the growing 'O Guage' RTR market.

Dunno 'bout those background buildings tho'

Aha !,..I'd'a though the P4 / EM Guys would have stepped in, afore now,.. but,.. as it 'appens,...yon, stewartingram is nearer the mark.

'Tis, in fact, 12" to 1', or P304.8.

Here's the original.

Cheers.

Re: 'Order cancelled' notifications

I may be reading more into this, than I ought,...but...

....Is this Hornby's way of limiting supplies to the major 'box shifters' , and by doing so, guarantees the smaller retailer a fairer share of the market ?.

Something along the lines of Bachmann's advice to retailers, earlier this year, with regard, not to discount more than 15% off RRP for a period of 8 weeks after their release of a new product.

Reading between the lines, it appears, to me (only?), that the manufacturers are realising that they have to re-instore confidence among the small model shops...

.Without which, we'll all have to shop at.......Hattons......Tescos.......Rails........Sainsburys.......?

For anybuddy in, or near, the Poole, Dorset area, Setchfields, 21-25 High Street, Poole, BH15 1AB, Tel. 01202 673300 had, at least two of each (R4534 / R3087) packs, yesterday.

I don't think they offer mail-order service tho'. No e-mail or website either.

Certainly, a sad sight, jonhall,.. Even so,... many thanks for your photos.

They do appear, though, to answer SRman's post #38, questioning the presence of inner-end buffers.

The typical SR, oblong shanked, extendable, oval head type, are clearly shown.

Mike King's 'Illustrated History of Southern Coaches' has these drawn as fitted, as does C. Hayward's modelled set, in the Nov.1972 MRC.

To complement, here's this 1992 pic. of Maunsell SO No. S 1381 S, also at Swanage.

Cheers.

Any photos of the M7 anyone? Hate to nit-pick but the photos on Rails site suggest the smoke box door doesn't look much like the real thing?

 

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gb/steam/SR/M7/30029-row.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gb/steam/SR/M7/30029-grange.jpg

Dog-clamps it is, I'm afraid. Looks like re-numbering could be in order ?

'OO', 'TT', 'N', 'Z' or 'T' ?

As Adam advised the trailer car in the Pull Push sets were converted from dia 2005 open thirds, and only 20 were convered for the pull push sets, and as this coach style was not already in Hornby's portfolio it made sense to create tooling that would give both versions.

 

These open thirds, as opposed to comparment stock, were indeed generally used as 'loose' strenthening vechiles and were also ofetn paired with resturant / kitchen vehciles to provide dining seating as they also originally had provison for tables.

I've got a photo (somewhere) of an extra (Loose) SO, added to a Swanage Pull-Push set.

As Graham has noted, the un-converted SOs were also used to augment various Restaurant Car sets.

Regarding whistles, some, not all, had these replaced by cab-end, roof-mounted, air-horns. At about the same time, the BCKs had the Cream (Yellow ?) 1st.Class Designation stripe added.

Train Pack R3087 arrived today.

In two words 'Absolutely Superb'.

The coaches, in themselves, are a work of art. The flush glazing to the BCK is the best I've ever seen, also, attention has been paid to featuring the diagonally opposed, single battery boxes. The interiors, on both, feature correctly coloured seating for both 1st. & 2nd. class, with Brown partitions, a must for the SO. The moulded (especially the rivets) and added detail show what finesse Hornby are capable of. Well Done to all involved.

BCK No.S 6693 S + SO No.S 1338 S are correct for Set No.600. M7 30029 carries Shedplate 75F, so all is 'on time' at TWW.

One minor niggle, I'll have to take the tweezers to the headstock steps, mine were slightly bent out of shape.

Regards.

Rails are showing the Pull Push pack with M7 in stock but not R4534. I have the latter on order with Hattons but haven't been notified.

OOooops...Sorreee .... R4534.....R3087 It Is..

Memo to self.....Calm down......Increase screen Zoom, or get down to Specsavers, fast.

Latest notification from Liverpool's 'Big H',... Train Pack R4534, ...Picked 'n packed....So, they're here, and on their way

See post ~5 above.

 

I tried using this stuff on a car repair once. Never again. Only close if you are myopic.

M.I.B...

...I resent this,... your latest reply....

Are you saying / suggesting that I'm, or others are, Myopic* ??.....On what do you base your diagnosis on ??

In my posts, I was merely pointing out that there are other sources of car colours available in aerosol form.

I've used Tetrosyl's paints** to good effect, although, to gain a close colour match, some experimentation is needed. This, I'll grant you.

* Myopic = Short-sightedness...Some would say this occurs when one puts all their eggs in one basket ! (See above)

Or, maybe you mean Deuteranopic ?.. I.E.Those suffering from Colour-blindness ?. Although I don't suffer myself, I know of a few, who do.

**If anyone is interested ?, I'm in the course of preparing some pics., but these are on the back-burner, due to other irons in the fire

The six wheeled trolleybuses were only used on the 25 route between Portman Road, Boscombe and Westbourne as far as I remember.

Steve

Er....Not quite,. Steve....

To cut a long story, short...

The mainstay of the Bournemouth Corporation's trolleybus fleet were all three-axle, six-wheelers*. Sunbeam MS2s dating from the systems inception, in 1933/4.

This 103 strong fleet was augmented in 1950, with the addition of twenty four, new, 8' wide x 30' long BUT 9641Ts, again, six-wheelers. As you say, these were primarily used for the Westbourne - Boscombe and the Christchurch routes, but could also be found on any secondary service, 26 / 28 / 30 / 31 / 34 for example.

In 1958/9 , twenty nine, new Sunbeam MF2B two-axle, four-wheelers were delivered. (One destroyed in the fire at Weymanns Bodyworks before delivery)

These, generally, were used to replace some of the aging pre-war Sunbeams, although they would, often, be seen working alongside the remainder.

Peak hour services were boosted, also in 1959, by the aquisition of seven, smaller, 1948 built, ex-Brighton Corporation (4) / Brighton, Hove & District (3), four-wheeled BUT 9611Ts. In fact, it was during the 30's. 40's and 50's, that Bournemouth's trolleys were booming (If you'll pardon the pun)

.

The trolleys shown in the pics are Corgi's OOC rendition of the 1950 batch of BUT 9641Ts. I.e. Re-liveried LT Q1s, (A passing resemblance, but not quite like the real thing)

Corgi also produced.the, more accurate, ex-Brighton trolleys in Bournemouth colours.

* There were trials of two experimental four-wheeled (One a single decker) and one six wheeled vehicles back in 1933, but these looked too much like a contemporary petrol engined bus (of which two, the AECs, were converted into)

HTH.

Regards, Frank.

Latest photos of the modelling developments at Wimborne Road / Cemetary Junction.

Note the intricate attention to details, especially, the trees, the War Memorials, just inside the gates, the gates themselves, the gardener(Grave Attendant) with his barrow and the trolleybus Conductor, sporting his 'Summer' uniform.

Simply marvellous, meticulous model making. What else can I say ?

With thanks to All for their comments and encouragement.

Kindest regards, Frank.

p.s. All photographs are BCMRG Copyright

How come I am finding all these sources now, I have moved to Brazil. I can't even find a tin of primer here.

See edited-in website

http://www.tetrosyl....ndex.cfm?page=1

Apparently, they've got a "Global reach to 76 countries" !!

The last time Il looked for a suitable Halfords match for anything Southern / BR(S) Green, I came away empty-handed.

The only close green colours on the shelves, were either metallic or pearl.

This prompted me to seek out other brands. The most comprehensive being Tetrosyl's CarPlan Colour Match. Their 'Car Colour Guide' (Catalogue) lists "over 5000 colour matches available". The Green section alone,has 8 1/2 pages, listing 550+ matches, ranging from Alfa Romeo code AR219 'Verde', 1971-1981 to Volkswagen code LZ6U "Smaragdgruen", 1990-1998, + Commercial colours + Signwriter's / Artists colours.

Granted, a fair proportion are pearl / metallic, but, even so, the majority are plain colours, all acrylic.

My local stockist also offers a custom mix 'n match aerosol service. Just bring your model / sample along, and the man 'n machine does the rest.

For a free Tetrosyl colour guide, write, e-mail or phone :-

Tetrosyl Ltd.,

Bevis Park,

Bury,

Lancashire,

England.

BL9 6RE

http://www.tetrosyl....ndex.cfm?page=1

Tel. +44 (0)161 764 5981

Usual disclaimer.

Regards, Ceptic.

Another, possible, location, is / was Wilton North (WReg.) & Wilton South (SReg.). A more rural setting with some interesting engine workings (Loco changeovers + goods yard at Wilton South).

The research needed may prove extensive though, as both stations are now brick dust.

North closed to passengers in 1955. Goods traffic ceased 1965, altough the Quidhampton chalk, now ECClay terminal, approx 1 Mile to the East, remains.

The South station was dispensed with, in 1966.

Edited to include extra info'.