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blaaady 'eck those last two are amazing!

Hello everyone, I’d like to introduce a little project called ‘Tales from Brookford’, a collaboration between Paul aka PLS and myself. As some of you may know, Paul has created a masterpiece of a layout, Brookford, which continues to grow and change. Paul’s story-like layout updates inspired me to compile and adapt a few of the stories into video form, and the result is here. This story is called ‘The Party’, and we present the first three chapters here. It is my intention to add a new chapter every week, which I’ll link on this thread. Some of you may know the story already, but I hope all can enjoy! Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 If you haven't already seen it, the main Brookford thread is on NGRM-Online and is well worth a read.

Today a Hornby K1 pony truck arrived. This has an NEM pocket, which is perfect as I can slot a kadee straight in. This is it being mocked up - it was quite loose in this state and some careful packing and securing means it is now attached properly and pivots well. I got it from Peters Spares: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322348108323?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I cut it down and used the 2nd hole to mount it on a pivot, as the longer arm fouled the electrotren chassis. I really like how it looks now. You may notice I also made some cab steps, from marking, cutting and bending some brass strip in an S shape, and glueing a small strip of styrene to act as the middle step. I think they make quite a good pair. Might have to make a 3rd one... The eagle eyed amongst you will note there is not currently any vacuum gear fitted. Well, I don't have any coaching stock (yet) so presumably the W&SR is still running passenger services.

Looks good!

I can relate!

oh, and No.301 Thomas Allen gained some pipework

Big buffers and transfers to bring it in to the fleet! Posing in the yard Bringing a large goods train in to the yard with No.5. The lead ore wagon has gained a load ('coal' glued to a bit of card, then painted brown). Still got to make the front pony truck, cab steps and add couplings and pipes, but it's getting there. It's had a coat of dullcote as well, which I think helps make it less toy-like.

Smart wee engine!

More from the Craigcorrie and Dunalistair, No.11 'Greta' http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/eframe.htm

Nice!

Hi mate, it looks like you are using the 'entry image' button to add pics, but you might be better off using the 'attach files' button under the text window, as then you can add more than one pic to each blog post. 'Entry image' is more to make a thumbnail preview for the post.

Photobucket's finally working again it seems. On TK&F No.6, the conversion of a 009 Leek and Manifold loco to standard gauge, following some advice I've been changing the bufferbeams. I snipped off the small buffers, and added some sytrene strip behind the bufferbeams. Filling in the gaps with green putty and in the middle of sanding down at the moment, but the difference is notable and I think balances the look of the loco much more. I also cut and shut the cylinder bracket to narrow the width and bring the cylinders under the running plate. I have some larger diameter buffers to go on it from RT models.

Trampug http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/images/M5M50NGRE_2011_Stanton%20cum%20Lacey.jpg

Those are both good points. Guess it also depends on the clearances betwixt motor and body

Here's the info sheet on NWR No.705 'Westlin'. The build was covered in my cobbling thread. FACT SHEET NWR No. 705 NWR Name: Westlin Wheel Arrangement 4-6-0 Builder North British Locomotive Company (1929) Class Hatt 7P Fate Withdrawn 1961 'Prototype' Info Designed and built during Sir Topham Hatt’s tenure as CME, this loco was the first of three ‘Hatt Class Sevens’. Hatt was able to procure drawings from Swindon for the GWR ‘King’ class through his contacts there, and his drawing office used these to design a 4 cylinder locomotive to pull the heaviest expresses, but with more sure-footedness than a Pacific (after the experiences with No.704). The first loco was built with Walschaerts valve gear (it is thought that the young Charles Hatt had some say in this), though the second and third had Lentz rotary poppet valve gear. Construction was contracted to the North British Locomotive Co. due to the success of the ‘Royal Scots’ on the LMS and the new engine, 705 was named ‘Westlin’ after a Sudrian racehorse entered in the Grand National. It was delivered in the summer of 1929, with classmates No.706 ‘Thorfinn The Mighty’ and 707 ‘Starstrider’ following in 1930. Mainly used on express passenger services and boat trains alongside 704 ‘Duke of Gordon’. In 1961 ‘Westlin’ was in need of major overhaul. It was deemed uneconomical to repair and was withdrawn. The model depicts ‘Westlin’ between 1940 and 1961. Model Info This is a static model built from the leftover parts from my Cathedral project, plus any spares I found in my parts box. It's named after my partner's surname with plates from Narrow Planet. Boiler, tender chassis and loco chassis: GWR King Cab and safety valves: LMS Stanier Pacific Tender body, chimney and dome: LMS Black 5 Motion: Walschaerts Smoke deflectors, under cab pipework and side feed injectors: SR Schools Smokebox door: LNER A1

I understand on a real one the pivot is in the middle , I was just going off an easy way to mount the Hornby mechanisms as then you only need a single screw or bolt in a mounting hole, which may be easier than trying to mount it in the middle?

You can do it with two mechanisms if you pivot them where the green arrows are, and make sure there is no fixed mount where the red lines are. As per the prototype if you have a flat bearing surface under the smokebox you should be ok? The important thing is for the power bogies to be able to swivel. You might want to cut the bufferbeams off and mount them on to the power bogies?

More puggery, and another photo from Ted's website, although this was a visiting engine to the C&D, 0-4-0STT 'Jordan', built by Mick Thornton for his Mull and Iona Railway http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/pages/evisitors.htm Another view here: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/112461785190797901174/album/AF1QipMHaXhu6C8SREm6dsvju6sEA77h3tPPuYzaf3W4/AF1QipMFQU4yHMuVRfc-ly-C-lN2l322u2pj_MizB7S8

Take a look at Mick's workbench, it's a really good thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/943-lner-models-in-4mm/page-34

Mister Mersey, I took a couple of pics of the P2 front axle, and a Hornby A1 front bogie posed alongside.

Another one of Ted Polet's creations, this is 'Coronel Lopez', the personal transport for the Coronel himself. http://www.009dutch.nl/archive/2011/pages/elopez.htm

Here's an electrotren-bash by ahardy of this forum. Very Hudswell Clarke-esque http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/67026-industrial-conversion-from-0-6-0-jouef-tank/

It looks fantastic! You'd never guess the origins.

Very nice! I, like you, have been taking my first tentative steps into soldering white metal kits. All things considered, I was very pleased with how I got on with this Mosskito (formerly Meridian) Leek and Manifold 2-6-4T

Here's the full (relatively short) story of the making of my 'Green 5', No. 503. I've combined all the previous blog posts into one. FACT SHEET NWR No. 503 NWR Name: Colonel Henry Regaby Wheel Arrangement 4-6-0 Builder North British Locomotive Co. (1935) Class Stanier 5MT Purchased by NWR 1935 History After the Killdane accident in 1935, No.303 was written-off. At this time, the steel fireboxes on the ROD 2-8-0s were wearing out and a second motive power crisis loomed. The story current at Crovan's Gate Works is that Topham Hatt and William Stanier were apprentices together at Swindon, and that on at least one occasion, perhaps more, the future Sir Topham was able to help the future Sir William to escape the consequences of what might have been a serious scrape. The arrival of Stanier at the LMS in 1931 had marked the beginning of the end of the ill-feeling the LMS had toward the independent NWR. Thus, Hatt was able to arrange the purchase of two 5MT and three 8F locomotives. These were built by the North British Locomotive Co. to drawings borrowed from Crewe (the LMS not being allowed to build locos for other companies). The NBL 5MTs were distinctive from the early LMS ones in having the top feed on the front ring of the boiler, a feature which would appear on the later LMS locos. One of these, numbered 503, became the second 'Colonel Henry Regaby' and inherited the nameplates and lined green livery of its predecessor. No.504 was named "Sir Albert Regaby' in honour of the recently retired chairman, and painted standard NWR blue. FULL BUILD THREAD BELOW Whilst at the Shepton Mallett toy fair, the good people at Ray Heard sought out for me the elusive 'black 5' I had been searching for. This one ticks all the boxes: Super detail Loco drive Dome and top feed in the correct places (top feed far forward) to represent Henry All for a great price! Please excuse the grainy iphone pics. So, my intention is to get this one repainted professionally. In the spirit of my project, I am going to draw from real-life liveries, in this case the BR Green applied to classmate 44932 in the early days of preservation, similar to the green 'Jubilees' http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffytank/8569896180/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyraildays/6872089709/in/photostream/ With the letters 'N W' on the tender and a GW-style numberplate on the cabside. Work on 704 'Gordon' has stalled, but with my housemate now moved out I have enough space to model again! A little update on No.503. As previously mentioned this is being resprayed professionally, today I was pleasantly surprised with some in progress pics! I'm excited! Just received these pics of a completed No.503, with lettering, lining, real coal and weathering all completed. I'm very pleased with how it's come out! Cabside numberplates are likely to be etched GWR style ones, will have to get some transfers for the smokebox door. Tender numerals are based on the wartime LNER style. I asked for the loco to be given a light weathering to show it's actually been working and go for the 'realism' aspect. Extremely happy with it! Now, pics... I just wanted to give a shout out to the chap who undertook No.503's repaint and weathering - David Penman at Custom Models http://custommodels.org/ David's service was great and I was over the moon with the end result! BONUS HENRY PIC I haven't really posed 503 on the layout yet, so got it out of the drawer, fitted a number 20 Kadee and played with the goods stock. 705 and 805 lurk in the background. NWR 5MT - The Green Five So, why is 503 green when the NWR standard livery is blue? Well, I'll tell you.... In The Island of Sodor: It's People, History and Railways, written by the Rev. W Awdry, the following is written of one of the Sudrian characters of note: So here is where I pick up the story... Albert was the chairman of the NWR in 1918 when his eldest son, a Colonel, returned from the battlefields of France and Belgium. Col. Regaby had served first in the Sodor Regiment before transferring to the Rifle Brigade and seeing combat during the Somme offensive. In 1919, the NWR's loco No.303 was named Colonel Henry Regaby in honour of the chairman's son, and repainted green (the traditional uniform colours of the 95th Rifles, the predecessors of the Rifle Brigade). No.303 was sadly a notoriously poor performing loco and eventually written off in the Killdane accident of 1932. The replacement was NWR No.503, a much more powerful loco. This engine inherited the name and livery of the scrapped No.303, looking not dissimilar to the example seen in this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffytank/8569896180/in/set-72157622685450759