Hal Nail

I guessed 7-1 Near enough for jazz! Thanks all for replies.

Finally sorting the lettering on mine following the info in this thread. Can I ask where you got the tare from or was it an educated guess? I've not found a photo other than in departmental use. Thanks!

A bit more progress passing through the paint shops. I re-filled and rubbed down a couple of areas after the first coat and gave it a second dusting (Halfords plastic primer). I've got some replacement windscreen wipers from JLTRT and will improve the headcodes but that's about it for the body other than caking the whole thing in grime. Chassis mods will involve narrowing the fuel tanks and moving back the bogie springs.

Meanwhile, who's this photo-bombing on the left?!

Video it at home and arrange a series of screens for the next generation to interact virtually?

Is that a 'five window' GWR box you are having done? I thought your previous standard hip roofed box was super but was too large for anything I'd need!

Just out of interest, there was a picture posted this weekend on the thread "Diesel Hydraulic Era O Gauge Garden Railway" (also within 7mm modelling) of a sand wagon with one spoked axle and one disc. I've got loads of spare spoked wheels but never enough discs. Have even toyed with trying to fill the spoked ones in!

Useful pic! Interestingly (or maybe it's just me) that's got the same square replacement axle boxes as the previous example shown. Better view of the brake cylinder which does look to be hung below the framing as suggested. Is that 'x' an old condemned marking with the circle missing?

Thanks, hope so. I thought I read on a thread somewhere that Westdale weren't trading but perhaps that was temporary.

Quite a bit of rubbing down later, including much fettling of the silencer, which has been built up and filed down again numerous times and I've got it sitting evenly. Need to drill a hole and add the two side steps and that bit is done. Relieved the removal of the roof panel clips has left a clean finish. Body wise that's about it. I've got some JLTRT replacement wipers and also cab hand rails although I'm not sure the latter are any better than the Heljan attempt. Will be adding the fuel tank cut-outs and narrowing the tanks as well as moving the bogie springs inwards: mods which been done many times elsewhere.

Cracking stuff as usual. Is the Westdale GUV one you've had for a while or are they available again?

Hole lined and silencer mounted on a bit of plasticine to see what it will look like. I might actually fabricate one from scratch rather than trying to even up the original piece, especially given its depth will need building back up anyway. (cant find exact photos)

Loving this series of your locos. What consistency do you put the grime on initially and do you mean you clean off immediately or later when dried?

There is a "GWR rolling stock: model and prototype" area under "Special interests". Might be worth trying your question in there perhaps?

This thread covers my efforts to build, detail and weather stock. Many are for an intended layout set in the St Blazey era c1957/8 but I often divert to something I fancy doing. Inspired by Brian Daniel's fairly recent detailing of his Heljan 33, I've ordered some of the JLTRT spares he used and am also doing a conversion to the original silencer and exhaust arrangement. I was intending to make a bit more progress before starting a thread but having contributed a photo elsewhere earlier and immediately got useful feedback, I thought it might be worth putting a few shots up now. I found enough photos on line and in various books to estimate the size of the hole relative to the roof grills with the intention of using the piece I removed from the roof to form the silencer, mounted on a flat plasticard base. Having drilled, sawed and chiselled out the roof piece, all of which would doubtless have been easier with a cutting disc, I rubbed down all the mould lines on the roof and cab window pillars (I'm trying to avoid repainting the green at the moment although the prominent lines at each corner do grate) and carefully paired or filed off the roof clips. Having cleaned up with very fine grade wet and dry I'm hoping it is all sufficiently invisible but am holding off the temptation to prime to see how smooth it is until I'm ready to paint it properly. There should be rivets all round the edges of the roof panels, and there is far too much depth to the panels themselves and the roof grill surrounds but I can live with these issues. At present the only steer I have on the exhaust hole is from the newer 00 model and I'm wary of modelling from a model - if anyone knows of a published photo that info would be appreciated. I'm also not clear how "deep" the hole around the silencer actually was.

A couple of other variations even between the two examples on that site, one has different axle boxes and the other possibly has the vac pipes in the lower position (unless they've been removed). I did wonder if any V33s would have been retro fitted and suitable for mid/late 50s as well but perhaps they didn't bother with the 9 foot examples? Anyway interested to see more progress pics of yours and it has prompted me to finish mine off!

I didn't have any spare instanters or screwlinks at the time and anyway I've never been a massive fan of finishing anything!

Thanks, will have them back off. Sods law I had salvaged a last pair from a dried out sheet!

A couple of shots of mine including particularly crude compensation! I spend quite a lot of time thinning down the brake parts on Parkside wagons but I really ought to replace the brake lever guide and I still haven't got round to the tie bars and or couplings. I based it on the examples of V21s on Paul Bartlett's excellent site (mentioned above) although as others have suggested, I had no idea when it would have switched from regular service and I realise now I've probably based my number on the departmental ones. I had the kit spare though and fancied the variation.

I've just done this as well. The bodies on the 9ft vans are subtly different to the 10 foot (the side panels are not split evenly either side of the upright strapping) so you end up with something a little different. I had to guess the tare tho.

This is entirely my fault - I've been sat contemplating a large order for ages even after guessing this withdrawal was likely to happen.

https://digest.Dapol.co.uk/forum/o-gauge-models/steam-aa/57xx-gwr-0-6-0-pannier-tank-aa/57xx-project-managers-blog-o/5683-first-ep-s Here's the Dapol page. A couple of front 3/4 photo's on their banner page as well.

Happy retirement! How about a little cameo shelf project recreating those photos, with a little help from Modelu?

I don't know for sure but Google searches and Lionheart's blurb suggests a significant number of these Air ministry tanks were converted after the war as need for the original aviation fuel tanks declined. So probably safer with the B version by late 50s.

We are getting way off topic but just wanted to mention Mr Peter W Grey in the same context as the other luminaries being remembered above. The quality, detail and sharpness of their photos is even more remarkable when you consider the limitations of early colour film. Increasingly priceless references as time moves on.