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A resin model of Corwen station perhaps
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Hayfield has built all the track on my most recent layout and I cannot praise him high enough
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Perhaps they are finally replacing their Collette coaches. Well I can dream
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It's a new Flying Scotsman!
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44 minutes ago, Downer said:
How about giving the Southern and the LMS a turn first?Who?
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If I remember correctly AM is in the middle of a large brassica growing region, perhaps some specific brassica wagons/vans with their own livery?
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Cut a strip of bricks the correct width for the brick arch.
Then cut through the mortar line on one side about two thirds of the way through the strip. this will cause the brick strip to start curling.
As you cut through more mortar lines the more curl, until you have your brick arch.
Hoped that made sense
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On 07/04/2023 at 09:17, rodent279 said:
Playing devil's advocate, who owns Clun Castle? I wonder if they could be persuaded to temporarily allow it to assume the identity of its sister Thornbury Castle, sometime around when 4709 first steams.....? 👹
Rather like Banquo's ghost in Macbeth!
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3 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:
Not exactly. The maximum of 5 wagons carrying commercial explosives was ameded in 1941 to allow that number to be exceeded in trains carrying explosives to or on behalf any part of the armed forces. However traffic from a commercial trader to am armed forces establishment was also permitted to exceed. This relaxations continued after WWII so mention of 'peacetime' is not relevant..
During WWII no limit seems to have been set on the number of wagons carrying military explosives, or wagons carrying explosives destined for military establishments, which could be conveyed in any one train. However in 1954 a limit was introduced on the number of wagons allowed on any one train when conveying military explosives. The limits varied according to the category of explosives carried, for example one category ewwas not allowed to exceed 5 wagons, and another was limited to 30 wagons but for some categoriesa amaximum of 60 wagons containing mimilr tary explosives could be formed in one train.
The ap mplic fucation of Rule 240 was not continued in the 1960 reissue of the General Appendix but was included in the WR Regional Appendix. (and presumably replicated ion soem way on other Regions? but was taken out of the WR RA in 1964. rule 240 - in respect of conveyance of explosives, was tajen out of the Rule Book with the 1961 revision and the information was then transferred elsewhere - ultimately to the Pink Pages of the Working manual for Rail Staff (WMRS).
Leaping r forward tp 1986 the quantity of commercial explosive allowed on any one train was 36 tons. The quantity of milirtary explosive permitted in any one trains had by then beem considerably reduced and it was permissible to mix ina train some types of commerical and military explosives..
Out of curiosity, were they limitations on the routes such traffic could use, I'm thinking you wouldn't really want to run an armaments train or five or more gunpowder carrying vans through the centre of a built up area like Birmingham?
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7 hours ago, br2975 said:
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Sorry, but your point is ?
Really the point is that there are so many other interesting wagon types that either need an upgrade or have never been modelled rtr, why churn out even more gunpowder vans!
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34 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:
.... 'gunpowder' is very much a misnomer as other explosives were becoming available by the time the Iron Mink derivative vans appeared !
Well perhaps, but my point is the number of different models available would probably be sufficient to carry enough explosives to support a small war
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I'm just curious, does anyone know just how much gunpowder traffic there was on the railway?
I ask because there seem to be a large number of rtr vans available for the transport of it, far more than they could surely have been on the network at any one time.
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My modelling mojo has been distinctly lacking of late, but last summer I decided to build some of the plastic kits I've been hoarding for the last few years.
I like some of the kibri kits which are big enough to pass for OO, even though there are HO.
Of course I couldn't build the kits as intended. As a lawyer and lay magistrate myself I wanted to build the county police headquarters and court of petty sessions (now known as the Magistrates Court - my layout is set before the reforms of the seventies)
The building is built from four kits. The two corner buildings have been put together more or less as intended (well until we get to the roof), but the entrance has been moved to under the corner bay.
The centre has an extre floor added. This was done by cutting three sides horizontally to give the extra floor.
I've seen these kits increased in height by simply putting one on top of the other, for me this doesn't work.
The backs are a jumble of the rear pieces put together to make it interesting.
I designed and 3D printed towers and balustrading for the end buildings, some chunky Edwardian baroque chimneys and a balustrade for along the front of the building (which will hold a clock).
The dormers from the kit were added to the balustrades
Roofing then started using some of the roofing from the kit and the wills slate sheets.
And this is where I've got to. My workbench is in the conservatory and it's been too cold. But hopefully as Spring approaches with warmer weather I can get on with the roof and detailing.
After this I want to start on the Assize Court (now the Crown Court), this will be based on the Walthers Union Station with extra columns, lions, statue of Justice over the portico and an added basement for the Bridewell.
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Two ordered
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Stranger thing is he's got two of them to sell
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Being a bear of little brain I don't suppose someone could help me with either of these.
I need a larger version of the prieser ho version to sit a top my court house
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On 17/02/2023 at 22:24, Miss Prism said:
I think even Rapido would struggle to model that deck accurately
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And no information on the promised corridor stock.
Just curious as to which types might be announced. I'm guessing all third, brake third and composite?
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Difficult stuff to fence, they should keep an eye out on eBay.
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If you could work a gradient in you could have one reverse loop above the over which would free up real estate
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Think you need this
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3 minutes ago, drmditch said:
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- Why the Master thought it reasonable to proceed at 22knots into a known area of risk. For me, the final blame for the consequences can only rest with Captain Smith because he was the Master.-
As I understand it policy at the time was to keep at full speed to put the danger behind you as swiftly as possible.
Had ice or haze been encountered before the berg no doubt they would have slowed down or stopped like the Californian.
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8 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:
Though I think Harland and Wolf never made the claim, it was newspaper talk.
And even then wasn't the phrase "practically unsinkable"
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20 hours ago, OnTheBranchline said:
The two biggest issues:
1) The helmsmen accidentally steering the wheel the wrong way - probably didn't help.
2) Throwing the engines into stop/reverse - cut down on the ship's ability to maneuver.
I don't know of any evidence that the wheel was turned the wrong way.
While Murdoch ordered full astern, they only had 47 seconds between sighting the iceberg and hitting it. It's extremely unlikely that the engine room had time to act on his order or if they did that it had any impact on the speed she was doing
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New GWR release with Rails of Sheffield?
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That explains their odd nature I wondered why I didn't like them