Never thought I'd be putting any pictures on this thread but I was messing around with a new compact camera on a recently finished part of the layout and.......
Or Sleepers. There are a few pics on the Cyberheritage site that show piles of sleepers at approximately that location although the piles are not as high as they appear in the above photo.
On the subject of the Cyberheritage site Rich, I don't know when you last visited but there have been more photos added in recent months.
37/0 without skirts for preference but I'd be just as happy with a 37/4.
I would have thought a triple grey without markings would have a pretty broad appeal.
They may have mostly run as 3 car units but most of the other loco hauled passenger trains in the area/era that I model had at least 7 coaches and often as many as 12. All my passenger (and freight) trains are shorter than the prototype so I don't have a particular problem with a 2H instead of a 3H although a centre car would be nice.
Been waiting for the NSE version for so long, I have been seriously considering buying a Connex one and getting it resprayed. They've finally announced it and it's debranded! Why oh why oh why? I guess it's a case of ordering a set of transfers too then !
Yes the silos could do with a little bit more weathering but different materials weather in different ways. Moss needs moisture to form and the corrugated surfaces of the building would probably be "mossier" than the silos as the high bits of the corrugations would cast some shade over the lower bits which would mean that moisture would linger for longer. Similarly, the North side of any building would also start to turn green before the South side as it would spend more time in the shade.
The Palvans look good Ian. New etched brake hand wheels from 51L also lift the appearance (along with shaving down the existing brackets) especially as you. seem to be missing one or two !
The rest of it looks great.
Thought I'd post it on here rather than send a PM as there appears to be a bit of interest in these again lately.
Jon, do you have any more of the bogie etches? I could use 3 of them and perhaps an underframe to have a play with too.
Thanks
This is really good news although, for me, it would be better if it were the other way around. ie. Class 74 first. Can't use a 71 but could find room for 3x 74s.
It's really great to see the amount of enthusiasm for something that wasn't around for long and which was restricted to a fairly small geographical area.
I was referring to people's occasional tendency to call them Robin Reliants with the model name before the manufacturer's name rather than Reliant Robins. Something nobody does with any other car as far as I know.
Sorry to Jim for wandering off topic.
I should probably post this somewhere else but I would like to say that people's personal collections like this are absolute gold. They are of times and places that are long gone and can never be revisited. In a context like RMWeb, they provide evidence of all kinds of things large and small that may not exist elsewhere. There must be thousands of prints and slides in shoeboxes up and down the country with priceless images. I hate to think how many have been destroyed because their owners considered them to be of no value.
You don't ever need to apologise for lack of quality, just for not posting them fast enough !!! They are all gems.
Thanks again.
I like the Colas livery but it doesn't suit the Cl 70 at all and, IMHO, emphasises the awkward areas of the styling rather than complimenting it or disguising it. The Freightliner livery, I think, works better .