Mikkel

9 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

No. 56013 was from old series lot 680, which I think puts it around 1892/3, so I suppose it could just have scraped in with LH GWR and have survived ten years without repainting. But I'm minded to re-do it. It needs properly finishing, anyway.

Atkins et al say this was taken 1902. Left-hand GWR. Admittedly a demo photo from Swindon, but the wagon looks in fair condition.

The "Disused Stations" site states that this is West Bay Bridport in 1906. Wagon extreme left has left-hand GWR, possibly fourth from left also. But could be wrong date, especially as no 25" lettering present.

Can't find any left-hand GWR's in the post-1905 Reading goods yard photos that we often refer to.

Crop from edge of well-known photo from Bath, dated 1908. Frustrating angle, but the plate is interesting. Could be special instructions of course. Note pattern of rain strips.

7 hours ago, gwrrob said:

I know it’s nearly April 1st but what about this abomination from Hornby.Words fail me.

 

Thankfully not for sale, it seems.

Thanks for the dimensions, 170x65 cms is raeally good and as you say it goes on a table. Great stuff.

On 25/03/2024 at 19:42, Schooner said:

Welcome to Victoria Quay (working title) m'Lords, Ladies etc

 

 

 

 

Sorry fam, no time to move house. Busy. Got trains to play with!

 

Awesome stuff @Tricky, thank you for all :)

 

Crane by the most talented also @airnimal. Steam coaster (R/C, woop!) by a nice but unknown gentleman who did a grand job of the build and fit out and then sold her (R/C gear, batteries, controller etc included) for less than the price of the kit. Deeley tank as discussed previously. Inspiration, information and general good juju from you lovely lot.

 

Otherwise it's all my own work!

Wow Louis, this is so appealing. Brilliant. As usual you managed to fill in a lot without making it look too cramped. What are the baseboard dimensions please? 

12 hours ago, Schooner said:

Ooh, nice! But makes me think of suburban London, although I know they moved West as they grew up :)

 

I reckon! So distinctive in as-built condition. Were they all modernised by the early 1890s? IIRC only 6ish of the 8-or-so built were updated at all, and the first withdrawls took place around 1905 so there where a couple pootling round Devon in that condition at that time.

 

It also leaves the path free to the LGMiniatures kit for the post-refit version as a future folly :)

 

All set, and even found time to finish my final modelling project for this stint:

 

Little rake of little dropsides*. The unpainted wagons include my first ever kit builds for Ingleford, which had been consigned to the Bits Box. Now refitted, and fit for service once service resumes :)

 

*Oh, and a brace of sidedoor opens, apparently

 

PS. The Deeley tank runs extraordinarily well. Most exciting!

 

Lovely rake!

I see that you also attempted a gunpowder van 🙂

Enlightening!

Never noticed the prototypes before, but of course how else would it be done.

On 22/03/2024 at 00:55, Neal Ball said:

Have you seen that the GWR magazine is available on line? https://didcotrailwaycentre.cook.websds.net
 

Fascinating to see it. 

Thank you Neal, this is quite a development. Well done by the GWS. 

I do like the elevated section. Maybe it was an economy drive on the CR: Horse stacking. 🙂

The photo in Fig 169 adds further to the confusion because the camera renders the "GW" and the numbering in quite different shades! The caption states that the Hydra is pictured as new, in which case are we seeing yellow + white? Or perhaps it is not in fact new, but has been touched up.

These immediate pre-WW1 years are complicated and inconsistent, livery-wise. It's all Churchwards fault! 

Hi all, a query regarding the GWR Hydras, which were rated for passenger trains and carried brown livery during part of their lives. Specifically I am trying to identify the correct livery for a Hydra G19 in 1913.

Models of Hydras always show them in brown, but typically on grouping layouts. The instructions for the popular 7mm Connoiseur kit states the livery as brown, but without further detail. The only hint I can find in Atkins et al (p155) is this somewhat open-ended statement:

"The HYDRA B code did not appear in the 1900 code book [...] Although later painted brown with ochre lettering, the HYDRAS did not change their running numbers upon reclassifiction".

Should this be interpreted to mean that the Hydras didn't turn to brown until WW1, along with e.g. Beetles and Bloaters. And when did they lose the brown livery again, I wonder?

What a sight, Tony.

I looked at this and thought: Suburban Birmingham, early 1920s. The close-coupled coaches look the part even though they weren't, and the loco is a strong hint at the setting. Wonderful.

Just been catching up Annie. I trust your daughter and you are back on track after her concussion.

And thanks for the recent cheer-up pictures. Taking them all in at once has a startling effect, as if I've had a coffeine overdose.

On 16/03/2024 at 12:56, Coal Tank said:

Quite a line-up of grounded coach bodies there 🙂 

These are very appealing scenes, and a substantial amount of careful work is evident. I like your ground level shots along the track, they have that look of real lineside photos.

1 hour ago, Erudhalion said:

I assumed that was the case, because some of the parts don't seem to need to be the way they are for the pannier version.

Unfortunately the Sutherland saddle tank parts don't match up either 🙂

11 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Please sit down before you read this...

 

I started the Nu-Cast 2021 kit tonight, almost 30 years since I last built a cast loco kit.

 

Yes, really. Not just taking the parts out of the box, looking at them and putting them back.

 

I actually assembled the frames (dry run of course). I also opened an unused set of Puffers horn block alignment jigs, turned them this way and that, then decided that I didn't really need them, so I put them away again.

 

That was more than enough for one session, giving me plenty of food for thought, such as which axle to drive and which way round the motor should face, before doing anything more permanent. Any suggestions on this, or any other useful tips, would be very welcome (I've already looked at @Barry Ten's very useful blog, which will give me a good start, although my kit is so ancient it hasn't got an etched chassis).

Have you seen this ongoing 2021 build?  Might be of interest.

21 hours ago, kevsmiththai said:

I've posted these pics on other forums with no luck

But this is RMweb, so after 36 years you got the answer within an hour 🙂

10 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

Lovely horses @Mikkel where are they from?

 

Edit:  Pendon?

 

Yes, they are all from the Shire scenes range. Although number three has been cut up and rebuilt for a different pose.

10 hours ago, Andy Keane said:

Many thanks @Mikkel. Those are epic wagons, but I can see the lettering will not be simple. Maybe I will get a custom set ordered up when I have worked out sizing.

But how do you recolour transfers - I guess they must be pressfix?

Andy

Yes, the HMRS transfers are pressifx, I just colored them with a yellow marker after applying them. Only tried it that one time though.

I would never have believed that was a Hornby 0-4-0 chassis! 

This hobby will never run out of fun.

1 hour ago, Andy Keane said:

@Mikkel I am working up a little horse drawn GWR delivery wagon and wondered if you could advise on adding the lettering to the sides? Do you make up custom waterslides or some other cunning scheme? I see Fox make one set of transfers but suspect they may be too big for a horse wagon. Thanks in advance.

Andy

It's a bit of a problem, as there isn't really anything ready-made, to my knowledge.

This is white lettering from the HMRS goods wagon sheet, coloured yellow with a marker:

This is HMRS Hawksworth coach lettering (!):

This is the only dedicated transfer for GWR horsedrawn wagons that I know of, included with an old Pendon dray kit:  No, sorry, just paper. Seems I've saved the Pendon transfer for another project.

This one isn't so good, but quick. It's just printed paper glued on:

Very Midland, already.

Clerestory six-wheelers combine all the things I like about stock of this period, aestethically. Something about the balance.

That's a nice spring announcement, it actually made me look out the window. Time for a walk I think, thank you!

Very evocative. And you must have friendly neighbours 🙂

Perhaps it is not so much the details that people focus on, but the time period?