steve4rosegrove

Err, in JVol96 the 2-6-4T looks to me to have a Stanier cab and tapered bunker?

Wow your modelling output is still phenomenal!  Hope that you have a great time at the show and get the attention that the layout deserves.
Steve

16 hours ago, DaveF said:

A trip to Yorkshire for today's replacements which were taken at Ravensthorpe where there was a Junction between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway.

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 101 Aug 67  J1101

 

 

Ravensthorpe   Aug 67 J1102

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 124 Liverpool  to Hull Aug 67 J1103 going away

 

 

Ravensthorpe LMS Fairbairn 2-6-4T 42085 up parcels Aug 67 J1105

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 37 westbound goods Aug 67 J1106

 

 

David

Just for accuracy, it's Fairburn.  Love the photos.

13 hours ago, SHMD said:

It's got all the hallmarks of a class 104 to me.

 

 

Kev.

(Thanks for the photos - we really do appreciate them.)

 

Errr it that the same thing as a Derby Lightweight?
Steve

1 hour ago, HeatonLodge40 said:

It’s more electrics this week, boring stuff, relocating Digitrax boosters etc. Marvellous.

 

However I’ve finally unboxed the 50 Accurascale HUO’s I’ve had for the last 18 months stuck on a shelf.

Studying pics of the real thing I’m simply speed weathering these by airbrushing dark rust over the whole wagon before I’ll take most of it back off with a paper towel. Then I’ll probably airbrush dirty black over the top and add some blobs of thicker rust. I’ll let you know how it turns out. 
 

Ive also been trying to source 60 pairs of Corridor Connections to fit the Heljan MK1’s. 
Finally found Modellers Mecca who’ve been extremely helpful in making these to order.

I’m amazed at what a difference they make. 
 

Finally thanks to Manchester Model Railway Society who invited me over on Tuesday.
I was made to feel extremely welcome and was delighted to see ‘Dewsbury Midland’ again (I grew up there, somebody had to) a really fantastic piece of modelling.

I must confess I’ve always viewed clubs like committee's - I’d only be on one if I was the only one in it.

But I’m probably wrong and I need to learn to be more sociable in my old age. MMRS underlined that. Thanks again to them

I wonder if using only 1-off corridor connector per gap would enable closer coupling and a more realistic gap?  Still looks infinitely better than no connector at all of course.

Loving this thread.

Steve

2 hours ago, HeatonLodge40 said:

Fitting tail lamps again today.

Motorail flats (or any flats) are the worst because of the clearance. Only room available for the battery holder is between the axles in the bogie. Looks a mess but it works. 
 

These 15 flats I’ve also re-wheeled too as I couldn’t get them to run reliably at Wakefield without constant derailments.
They use the Ellis Clarke MK1 coach bogies, the sides of which swivel up and down on a pivot. I’ve glued these bogie sides so they are now rigid and after testing today it seems to have cured the derailment problem. 

The 15 Motorail flat train pulled by two Railfreight ‘31’s was probably the most requested after the steam specials at Wakefield 

 

I did have a few constructive critical comments from Wakefield I’ve taken on boards.

Most common was lack of tail lamps on all trains, no corridor connections between coaches, lack of 40’s & 45’s and the Class 124 Trans Pennine (which seemed to be an unlikely hit). 
 

As you're DCC would it be practical to pick up juice for the lamps from the track?

16 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

Back to around 1954 now with a look at St Pancras in black and white.

 

 

 

St Pancras 2P and Jubilee up ex pass c1954 JVol2150

 

 

London St Pancras Compound c1954 JVol2147

 

 

St Pancras Fowler Class 3 2-6-2T 40036 ecs c1954 JVol2144

 

 

St Pancras Jubilee down ex pass BR Class 4 2-6-4T and Fairbairn  42686 pass St Albans to St Pancras c1954 JVol2142

 

 

St Pancras Jubilee down Thames Clyde Express c1954 JVol2143

 

 

David

Errrr, pedantry time, but it was Faiburn.....great photos though

That's taken as read, but still no answer as to maximum length without a compensator.  I cannot find my reference material.

On 02/02/2019 at 17:14, DCB said:

Dont forget there are both soundly engineered GWR compensators and rubbish ones used by other folks.......

More gibberish.

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Thanks for that Dave.  It's a good journal and the illustrations have come out well.  Anyway as rain called off the gardening, how sad, I've been busy trying to sort out an interior layout for the toilet block.  Perusal of the aerial photo has shown that the Gents end is open to the elements.  The amended drawing is below.

It is a complete guess but seems to work in terms of privacy and utility.   The gents end will be roofless so the porcelain products of Armitage and Shanks will need to be modelled, though fortunately not the interior of the cubicle.  The question has been raised as to whether there should be a customer in the urinals.

 

Jamie

I note that the brickwork recognises the internal wall but I wonder if 9' walls rather than 41/2" would have been used?  i.e. English or Flemish bond i.l.o. stretcher / garden wall bond?  Super research and photo interpretation by the way.
Steve

3 hours ago, RedgateModels said:

 Their loss. 

Hardly

Ships pass port to port, so the logo on Teal is correct as an overhead view of 2 ships passing?

The stiffest (in respect of resisting bending) will be the rib with the tallest section possible i.e. instead of 2 x 1 a piece of 4 x ½ would be much better in resisting the bend / sag.  Forget the steel (unless it's very deep) and perhaps try a 6" or 9" strip of 9 m.m. ply.  I have used board sides of 4 m.m. ply around 9" deep for boards 4' to 5' long and they don't bend longitudinally.  Diagonal bracing (also 4 m.m. thick) resists twisting and supports the 6 m.m. track base.  The sides and braces have a small flange 10 m.m. x 4 m.m. along the bottom edge to keep them straight.
Steve

1 hour ago, jcarta said:

 Complete with Ford Escort MKII, Austin Maestro, VW Scirocco MKI & what looks a Vauxhall Viva.....

 

Probably everything in this picture has been reduced to razor blades 

 

Jim

The Escort might be a rally car - there's lots of 'em so a good shell, 2 door is valuable

On 31/10/2020 at 19:03, hmrspaul said:

Who

What we knew as Alec Jackson couplings, but nothing to do with this model. 

 

Paul

Although the nose of the wire part of the couplings is similar, I do not think that they are Alec Jackson couplings.  There is not a horizontal loop / bar or curved 'lifter' in Alec's design as far as I know.

Looks like a turntable pit at the edge of the last shot?

12 minutes ago, Markmiller2008 said:

 

Cant see what's unkind about Shane's post, merely just stating the facts?

 

As an ex member of the Society its a horrible thing to have happened but I echo Shane's comments that it was still busy and obviously someone within the society made the decision to lower the prices not any of the paying public, so your point is a bit of an odd one. 

Unkind to suggest that it was "deliberately kept quiet to avoid putting people off"  .  No-one knew until the horrible discovery in the morning, and it was hoped to open up the whole show as soon as the police allowed it.  They were informed as soon as possible and they came as fast as they could, so we hoped that we wouldn't need to put people off.

1 hour ago, Wolf27 said:

It was still busy as visitors did not know about it until arriving at the show. It’s not been advertised by the LWMRC as that my have put people off attending but that’s just my thoughts. It was all open fully by midday but I had left by then. 
 

cheers

 

shane

That's a bit unkind, we didn't know until arriving, and then didn't know how long before the police allowed entrance to the crime scene.  People arriving were told what had happened / what couldn't yet be seen and offered reduced ticket prices accordingly.  When the full show was available ticket prices returned to normal - some lucky punters got the whole show at a reduced price, but it was heart-warming that some returned to the cash desk to pay the extra when they realised.

Looking forward to the extra moves afforded by the 2 additional sidings in the yard

On 26/08/2019 at 18:35, jonny777 said:

 

 

It is really strange, because whenever I went there it gave me 'the creeps'. Did someone suffer a gruesome death there at any time? Or maybe built on a cemetery? 

Yes, much of it was built over a cemetery.  My best memories are from 1966 to '68 of course, but it was still the same familiar place when I travelled via there from Wigan on Friday evenings in 1972/3, and later on a visit in about 1990, though sad that Exchange had been flattened.

18 hours ago, Luke Piewalker said:

Is it wrong that I sort of miss the old, dilapidated Man Vic?

Absolutely not.  It was a wonderful place, so full of character and warm and welcoming.  I miss it so very much.

Disappointed that I have a prior commitment.  Great book!

here here, very bad luck

I think the pictures of the 8Fs were taken at Rose Grove, not Lostock Hall. All 5 of them were withdrawn from Rose Grove and were there in the shed yard on September 3 1968.

Agreed, that looks exactly like Rose Grove to me....and I have studied many photographs!  

Steve

Hi Steve

I think you are confusing John (Old Gringo) and me (Trevor) - I was the one with the camera which came to grief in Lostock Hall, but I did manage a shot or two at Rose Grove (10F) the next day, which will appear in my next post. Fortunately the camera was still working although I could not be sure at the time (scary!)

 

Cheers

Trevor

Ooops, sorry about that.  Thanks both for the 'photos, very much enjoyed.  Looking forward to the 10F ones of course.

Steve