26power

On 03/03/2023 at 23:35, Steve Hewitt said:

Show Time........

 

Its the Preston exhibition this weekend.

Venue Preston College

Times  Sat 10:00 to 17:00,  Sun 10:00 to 16:00

 

I'll be demonstrating some new signals I'm building for my club's new layout "Beattock".

I'll be accompanied by John Holden and Les Green from the Lime Street Crew.

Great chance to come and chat about the devolopments taking place on Lime Street..........

 

Steve.

Beattock station or Beattock summit?!  Sounds interesting regardless!

On 21/02/2023 at 08:09, BlackRat said:

Hopefully not long now till the arrival of the Palbricks, wonder if the stanchion issue has been sorted.

 

Still it’s an easy enough job to repaint them …………

Easy enough for the manufacturer to get them right as well!

17 hours ago, DOCJACOB said:

Sorry no link. Just a comment. As rather keen on NBR, Southern Scottish LNER etc and thus Waverley Route even in my large stash of books/pictures this is only one I’ve ever seen of brake tender. 

Ah, sorry.  I had forgotten about the picture further up the thread showing a brake tender!

12 hours ago, sjp23480 said:

Mick,

 

I called them using the number on the site - Alan(?) was super friendly and helpful, once payment was sent (bank transfer) the goods were received very quickly.

 

Steve

From the “About us” page the owner is Peter Stanger.

https://www.52fmodels.org/about-us

Whilst browsing around found under the “more” heading that the most recent newsletter is from 26/12/22.

https://www.52fmodels.org/newsletter

On 31/12/2022 at 17:12, DOCJACOB said:

Guess would have a long fruitless search, happy to be proven wrong, but this is the only image of brake tender on Waverley Route I can recall/remember. 

Hi @DOCJACOB  Was there meant to be a link in your message?

Rails of Sheffield advent for 7/12 is LNWR Precedent in LMS black.

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/Bachmann-35-163z-lnwr-improved-precedent-class-talavera-lms-black-2-4-0-steam-locomotive-no5018

The two single vehicles at £29.95 each, compared to £84.95 for the triple packs.

Looks like the pre 1961 single vehicle has some sort of weathered pattern on its roof.

6 hours ago, BR(S) said:

Rails of Sheffield are doing their advent calendar sales:

 

https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/advent-calendar-day-2

Link doesn’t work for me?

Transport Treasury Publishing.

http://ttpublishing.co.uk
 

25% off until Sunday 04/12/22 when spending £15 or more with code 4UFSN3CM.

Another one from Facebook, although no mention on the website.

Also looks to have free post and packing.

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

Which buses or trams do I need to take to get there from Didsbury please?

This might help?:

https://www.traveline.info

Morton’s books Black Friday offer is 30% off books, but not bookazines.  Ends Monday 28th November.

https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/railway

Code is: BLACK30

From Facebook, nothing mentioned on the website.

Looks to be post free from the one I put in my basket?

5 hours ago, Islesy said:

I looked at the Alumina conversions @26power as an option, and I'd dearly have liked to include them, but given their limited number, limited operational area, and the extent to which it would have meant increasing the tooling to accommodate them, it became increasingly unviable unfortunately. A shame, as they are quite funky wagons....

Thanks for the comments and explanation.  I did say that they are pretty niche!

Possibly potential for a further variation, for the LNER bulk alumina conversions?  Or for someone to produce add on parts?

Given the references to the Slaters kit for one of the planned versions I assume one is the right type as the basis for these conversions, given Slaters do a 7mm kit for the alumina hopper and that is a variation on its NER wooden hopper kit.  See:

https://slatersplastikard.com/linePage.php?suffix=JPG&code=7042A
 

Tongue in cheek comment really, but the first thing I thought off!  Ideal for West Highland line based layouts (and perhaps also some central Scotland based ones) for some time frames.

When searching for a link to the Slaters model there didn’t immediately seem to be much information about them online.  There was though one suggestion that there were 20 conversions.  If so pretty niche!  No doubt there is information in books that I don’t immediately have to hand.   Or have.

More details, including layouts and traders here:

https://falkirkmrc.com/falkirk-model-railway-exhibition-2022/
 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/321-free-to-a-good-home/
 

Might be a better home for your offer/future offers?  Hope this helps!

I had a very quick look at the website.  One immediate observation when you get to a page for an individual item is that the light yellow “heading” is not very legible against the white background.  Hope this small bit of feedback assists!

Another Brian Flannigan picture, which might be a useful angle.

On 23/06/2022 at 11:23, The Great Huszar said:

SNIPPED

NEWS.. Kind of....

 

There are currently no news updates on the NER/LNER CCT's but they are reaching the top of the list, in between all the other projects and NEW products we are currently working on.

 

We are currently working on tooling for a new 4mm standard gauge wagon and will be the next release from us all going well. Followed by another 009 kit. We have a large list of possible new kits in various scales and gauges.

 

Mr Finelines himself, is currently working on various projects for his own model railway and is trying out new technologies, which could enter service within Chivers Finelines itself.

 

All the best,

Matt Chivers 

Great to hear news of a new 4mm standard gauge wagon kit!  Any hints as to what it is?!

1 hour ago, Nigelcliffe said:

 

Charges on Saturday,  Sunday is free.    (as per the website link ). 

 

 

- Nigel

 

Yes, sorry.  I was interested in the situation on Saturday as that’s when I plan to attend.

On 22/06/2022 at 00:16, 26power said:

Is parking at the Dewars Centre still free/unrestricted?  I seem to recall there was some issue about charges being introduced the last time you had an exhibition but that they were not applied for your exhibition?  I might have misremembered though!

Answering my own question, it seems that there are now charges.

Up to 4hrs is 50p.

Up to 6hrs is £6.

Up to 12hrs is £12.

From:

https://www.liveactive.co.uk/News/car-parking-at-perth-leisure-pool-and-dewars-centre
 

Hope this helps, especially if you are going for the day/most of the day!

On 16/06/2022 at 12:18, SEM63A said:

The railway strike has come at an inconvenient time for sure. This is the second time in recent years that a strike has affected our show. Anyway, a reminder that park and ride facilities are available both Saturday and Sunday at Broxden, Perth from where a bus route will take you in to a stop near to the Dewars Centre. Parking at Broxden is free.

 

https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Broxden-Park-and-Ride/Perth-Station-Scotland

Is parking at the Dewars Centre still free/unrestricted?  I seem to recall there was some issue about charges being introduced the last time you had an exhibition but that they were not applied for your exhibition?  I might have misremembered though!

Might be worth including links to your website and Facebook page in your signature, if that isn’t considered to be to commercial?

Sorry to hear of your decision.  I echo the comments of others thanking you for your posts and inspiration and look forward to your return to posting somewhere!  
 

Perhaps posting your images on Flickr would help increase the likelihood of images being retained, or give flexibility for where you post, in a future iteration?  Having said that the predecessor of Flickr which seemed to be the main choice for posting photographs of real trains (can’t remember the site’s name)  also disappeared!

Your work is what I would like to see in the model railway magazines.

Will there be an opportunity to see your wagons etc. in the flesh, so to speak, on a layout at exhibitions?

On 12/04/2022 at 17:22, SHerr said:

Thanks for the replies. As I say, not a steam person so maybe a stupid question. Photos of 5305 and 5407 seem to have a dome and something in front of them (top feed?) but all the Hornby LMS liveried Black 5’s only seem to have a dome.

 

Is this because the feed was a post LMS addition and therefore an ‘old livery’ on a later modified loco? Or just that I can’t find a suitable LMS Hornby model?

 

For some reason I seem to be favouring an LMS liveried loco but may have to revisit my thoughts if the right body is not available.

In no way am I an expert on Black Fives but I don’t think what you are referring to as a “feed” was a post LMS addition.  

As andytrains indicated, 44767 was unique.  I think it’s naming is also a post preservation thing? The valve gear in particular being different from the normal type, as modelled by Hornby.  Therefore probably not easily created from a Hornby “base” model.  I do though seem to recall it’s a variation that Hornby have said they will cover with their new Black Five model.

I wonder if anywhere there is a catalogue or tabulation of all the Black Five models Hornby have done to date?  I understand they tooled up various options for boiler layout/fittings and also tenders, welded or riveted, but have no idea where you can source what variations they have produced.

Perhaps you would need to post on the Hornby sub-forum to find more detailed information or more informed responses to this, as there would be a greater likelihood of your query being seen by more people on there than in this sub-forum.  
 

Hope this helps!