Mikkel

That's a nice build and what a layout it will become. Thanks also for highlighting the kits, new to me.

I see there's a website here, and that Train Trax stock them.

An interesting Saloon Chris, I didn't realize that there were variants with servant's compartments (typical middle class ignoramus).

9 hours ago, ChrisN said:

Well, I would like to start on Mr Price's house, (shh!  He may hear and get excited), but I have given away my mounting card

I also use Loctite Gel, but agree it isn't as effective as I'd like for this particular purpose. I haven't found anything better yet though.

Thank you but I think we are all just muddling through 🙂

Your illustration of painting a wooden deck is very timely as I have a Hydra from 247 on order. Or rather it is stuck in the Danish Customs 🙄 It is a G19 but I think it can be backdated fairly easily.

Hi Matt, it is sad. But if the future is modellers like you, building 3D printed kits like this, made by people like Chris - well then I'm not worried 🙂

5 hours ago, Fair Oak Junction said:

 

Yup, very true. It was just a let down to the handful of us who actually wanted to, as accurately as possible given the inherent issues with the era, model the birth of the railways.

Maybe the Parliamentary Trains site is of interest?

https://www.parlytrains.co.uk/

Not sure if they are still doing the kits, but they have a link to a Facebook page which is fairly active, so you could ask.

8 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

A D299 remains mandatory pre-pooling, i.e. pre-Great War, justified by:

1. coal and the Midland's policy with respect to private owner wagons, which resulted in a higher proportion of coal traffic originating on its system being conveyed in its own wagons than for any other company apart from the North Eastern; though in the 15 years before the Great War the PO wagon was making a vigorous come-back on the Midland, fuelled by the continued increase in coal traffic;
2. beer, though in eastern England Burton beer traffic was just as likely to be conveyed in Great Northern wagons.

A D299 remains mandatory post-pooling, i.e. post-Great War, on the basis of sheer numbers, though these numbers were in steady decline - being steadily replaced in merchandise traffic by Midland D663A and LMS D1666/D1667 wagons, and in mineral traffic by Midland D607/D673 and LMS D1671 wagons, all of higher capacity.

All right, thank you, I'll add one or two of Bill's kits.

Unless it's all a fiendish scheme and he is you, or you are him! 

1 hour ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Correction:

 

With that knowledge we can adjust our rakes and make additional purchases of wagons of our home company.

Which raises the question: Do we need to adjust the principle that a D299 is mandatory in any post-pooling yard? 🙂

I have been following this thread with interest. As an academic exercise it is fascinating, but I wonder how we turn it into practice. Some of the options have been touched upon by others above, but to summarize as I see it:

* Share of total stock. You have 50 wagons, and 3% should be foreign, so you need 1½ foreign wagon. Well that would look odd. A principle of rounding up could be applied, but that means the percentages start shifting, so why do the careful analysis in the first place.

* An operation-based approach. I assume this is what Nick refers to above when he says: 

17 hours ago, magmouse said:

there will be more than 3% other companies, on the basis that I don't run all the non-GWR stock at once. Rather, the GWR stock represents the majority, 'every day' traffic, with the occasional 'foreigner' appearing to illustrate different types of more distant traffic. So the stock won't follow a 3% rule, but the operation will (or at least a percentage justified by the back-story).

That would also be my approach, but one could argue that it is at odds with the careful and complex statistical approach being discussed here, and its attention to multiple factors that may shift the percentage a little one way or the other. For should we not then also consider (i) the time of year, (ii) the day of the week, (iii) the time of day, (iv) the length of the operating/viewing session, etc.

In other words, it seems to me that as soon as we turn the stats into practice we have to make quite big compromises. Which is absolutely fine with me but does also suggest that perhaps a quick rough calculation is enough, because we will never be able to honour the finer details in practice - unless we have a very large layout and amount of stock?

But there may be options I have missed. My wife says I do that all the time.

Yes, looks really good. And highlights how worthwhile it is to spend a bit of time on the bark. I didn't and regret it.

In fact, trees seem to be one area where there are no quick wins - at least for the prominent ones. I'm enjoying watching this develop and picking up good tips as ever.

11 hours ago, wagonman said:

Why there was a Mariarchi band passing is unknown.

Very Pythonesque, made my evening.

Great minds seem to think alike:

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/150971-tyteford-halte/?do=findComment&comment=5392493

This is ingenious. My outlook on tablet foil will never be the same!

Great idea Phil, and great execution Mark. The backhead likewise, all very creative.

Regardless of what happens to the hobby and whether he stays in it, he will be able to take away two important things from your sessions together: (i) The joy of creating something; and (ii) spending time with you.

These Edwardian shots are class-biased (as usual), and dining on board an express is of course different from a quick hop on a Railmotor. But FWIW, they confirm ladies with hats and gents without:

LNWR, 1905, Source: Getty Images

LNWR 1908. Source: Getty Images

On 30/12/2023 at 17:32, Neal Ball said:

Work has continued with the County 4-4-2T loco - its a bit slow, but its getting there.

 

 

I have just updated the blog page: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/blogs/entry/26198-county-loco-build-4-4-2t/  

 

To be continued...

 

Happy New Year everyone.

Hi Neal, this seems to have disappeared from the blogs, but maybe it is deliberate?

On 04/01/2024 at 11:40, Northroader said:

 

 

Thank you for that explanation, and the photo. You could make quite a 1900s line-up if they were all combined!

On 04/01/2024 at 11:40, Northroader said:

as I decant them

But of course, the only appropriate term here. Santé! 

26 minutes ago, RapidoCorbs said:

Well it's the first Friday of the month, so it's time for a rejected livery on our social media posts.

This instalment pontificates on what the O1 might look like in the same livery as P Class 'Bluebell' complete with Bluebell Railway crest.

Looks rather nice, shame really.....

 

Corbs, you remind me of my teenage crush."Look at all this lovely stuff. Shame you can't get it."

Thanks very much Matt, very useful!

The MIG range is great isn't it, think I will try the set in your latest approach.

I very much like this brace of wagons, including the "textures". I.e. the barbed wire and the timber decking.

Matt, can I ask how you painted the decking? Apologies if you have described it before, I couldn't find mention of it. 

Lovely etches, your fingers must be itching to build them.

On 01/01/2024 at 12:19, Coal Tank said:

the 2pm corridor

Can I ask what your approach is in terms of selecting the trains to be featured. E.g. are you going for the full timetable, or part of it, or a selection according to what you fancy? I'm trying to find my own feet in such matters.

11 hours ago, Dave John said:

Agreed, that photo of the ivory warehouse is remarkable. Must have been some sort of auction going on, Hale and Sons seem to have bought  many lots. 

 

Found the image at Getty's here, which I assume is where Louis got it from. Which led me to a further search. Have a look at these fascinating photos from a London Docks Ivory warehouse in the 1920s. 

https://mediadrumworld.com/2018/09/06/31612/

I wonder how that could be worked into a model railway scene.

9 hours ago, Schooner said:

On 01/01/2024 at 01:49, Mikkel said:

Candidate for shot of the year 2023!

As ever, significantly too kind. It's hard to look at those pics without seeing the jobs list writing itself!

I think you are being too hard on yourself, I can't see anything that needs doing in that photo.

8 hours ago, Schooner said:

 

 

So much ivory. Can you remember if there's anymore info on that particular shot?

Yes, it all looks very good. I have been nosily studying the photos in detail. Looked for a takeaway box, as you gave me a good tip with those.

But the stock boxes under the table on the right really caught my attention, a reminder of the diverse and interesting stock that you build:

5 hours ago, Northroader said:

So these are boxes with full length trains, or how does it work?

Nothing beats a modeller's enthusiasm!

I share it, this is a rare occurrence: You have identified a GWR object for which there is no 3-volume reference work 🙂