Corbs

I still cannot believe a real locomotive was built with flat-edge wheels rather than round ones.

Not dissimilar (but I did make some intentional design choices that were different, should have left the cab side sheets longer at the back though)

it's already looking amazing

Rapido are doing 567 in its current livery too if that is of use? https://rapidotrains.co.uk/product/d1744-ballast-wagon-secr-no-567/

Yes but I used a specific laser printer with a white toner roller. Upside is it is excellent for white decals (even more so that the decal film manufacturer has released an extra thin version), downside is it CAN do colour but the quality is not as good and the decal needs to be printed upside down, so you lose the adhesive layer.

As I understand it, if you had a large milled block to be the 'negative' of the inside of the wagon in the mould, you wouldn't be able to remove it if it had to fit around sticky-out bits like bolt heads. The planks are an illusion - each one is wider than the last. A kit that has each side moulded individually should be able to have inside and outside detail represented (in theory).

If it's of interest, a while ago I plotted when the various locos were in use on the line on this spreadsheet.

I guess this is about right for the 3 points of the triangle of doom choice - thoughts?

A lot of sources call the livery 'Stroudley Yellow'.

Nice. Did you drill holes for the cross shafts or cut them to fit in the gaps?

Oh my, what do we have here?

As I was saying before I was interrupted.... A massive change at cobblin' HQ as I have moved from the bedroom to an actual dedicated work room. More on that when the move is complete but in the meantime some modelling has occurred, not least because I got the covid and found it an acceptable activity rather than actual work which melted my mind. Adam came round to test out Erebus Pit (we were taking it to Nailsea MRC but I had to cancel due to illness). Good opportunity to pose some recent projects! and some old ones. A very satisfying moment when I received the first RTR wagons I worked on. I did the livery artworks for the SECR 5 and 7 plank wagons. I did have a few moments where I imagined going back in time and telling the 8 year old Corbs that one day he'd be working on RTR model trains, which was nice. I didn't work on the GPV but got one anyway. Here they are semi-permacoupled using the 3D printed instanter couplings. Love those things, they slot into the NEM pockets. Coin-a-sewers may note the FUTURAMA themed PO wagon decals which I am selling to raise money for the Oxfam Ukraine Humanitarian fund. I took up kitbuilding to pass the days as I couldn't speak (throat too sore) and doing the same task for too long at a time made me retch uncontrollably which wasn't pleasant. Here are some of the projects. Parkside China Clay wagon An NG brake van - 'Cora' More Bristol Business decals based on those found in Ian Pope's book. These two appeared in the Bachmann range but I have used them on the Parkside/Peco tank wagon kit. More to come from that treasure trove, just trying to find ways to improve on what has been done RTR. This uses the standard Dapol wagon but I like it because the merchant was based opposite where my office is now. I LOVE Slaters wagon kits. Last night I built one as I was getting ready for bed, and this morning I built another while having breakfast. On locos - I grew to hate the lining on the Sharp Stewart 4-4-0, how it didn't follow the cab cutout shape or the splasher. I put the loco body on the flatbed scanner, brought it into Illustrator, drew up new lining and boom! Much happier with it now. It's thicker than before as it's at the minimum tolerance I can do for white/black/white on the OKI laser, but it's far better than it was, and I like having splasher lining. More soon...

It hasn't died, I have just been swamped with work. I was talking to some people about promotion and helping with the voting mechanic but it's gone quiet as I think they are overworked too. I am planning to take some time off at Easter so hopefully I can get it moving then. Sorry it is taking so long.

Hi Bluemonkey, how long after putting the decals on did you spray the dullcote? I have had similar issues before. Oddly the same decals from the same company would perform differently. Maybe something affected the sheet during production or in storage?

True, the only outing described in the book is an exhibition at Inverness in 1935 but it doesn't detail whether it was towed there or not. The 1958 overhaul is described as 'restored to running order' so it is doubtful if it was steamable before that.

Could go the full NORD John?

Yep, both green. I posted a colour photo of the 1946 green on this thread but deleted due to unknown copyright. I just mean that the green inside the lining should (according to the paint guide and reference photos) be a lighter shade than the green outside the lining for Drummond I, but that was not represented in either 1934 or '46, as it was the same shade inside and out. Reference for Drummond I on 107 here showing the two-tone. Potential future option for Rapido to do the 1934 or 1946 versions for pre-nationalisation railtours?

Yep that's the one.

Hi Brian, Strange that it was at Conygar, as that quarry was served only by a narrow gauge cable-hauled tramway that linked to a spur of the WC&PR. Presumably the loco was employed shunting this siding? Or perhaps it was permitted to take the quarry's wagons over WC&P metals to the GWR connections at Clevedon or Portishead. My personal link to this loco is I was born 5 minutes from Trusham, went to school opposite Conygar Quarry and one of my best friends is from Sandford! Some 60-90 years too late to see the loco working though... Info from this site: https://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/49/Notes.htm "Pocket Book B records that [standard gauge] locomotives were not used after 1926 at the Hennock Granite Quarries of the Teign Valley Granite Co Ltd at Trusham in Devon, and lists only one locomotive - a standard gauge 0‑4‑0 saddle tank named FINETTA (Avonside 1565 of 1911). According to Avonside records this was one of two class SS1 locomotives with 14in by 20in outside cylinders and 3ft 3in wheels, built to their stock order of 3rd September 1908 and supplied new in 1911 (by July 1911) to Hennock. Spares were sent to TVG until January 1914, and from March 1917 onwards to the War Office: invoices dated May and July 1919 recorded despatches to WD Codford [Wiltshire] where 1565 was running as WD No.16. On 20th October 1919 new brake blocks (? a suggestion of a recent transfer) were ordered by the Sandford & Conygar Quarries Co, and subsequent despatches were to this Company's Sandford Quarry in Somerset. By February 1924 printed notepaper of the Sandford & Conygar Quarries Co was being over-stamped 'Sandford Quarries Co: the proprietors were shown as the Teign Valley Granite Co Ltd, Trusham, Devon. In November (or December) 1926 FINETTA went to Avonside's works at Bristol for overhaul and the fitting of a new copper firebox at a cost of £328 19s 8d, being returned to Sandford on 19th January 1927 repainted unlined green. On 26th June 1929 FINETTA again visited Avonside's works for repairs, and on this occasion received a steel firebox at a cost of £188 18s 5d. After returning to Sandford on 12th September 1929 there is no further mention in Avonside records, but Society records show that it was sent from Roads Reconstruction Ltd's Conygar Quarries in Somerset (date of transfer from Sandford not shown) to A.R. Adams & Son, Newport, Mon, in 1931. It was resold to the Glamorgan Canal Company at Cardiff (where it was named DELWYN) and remained there until 1947 when it moved to ICI's works at Winsford, Cheshire: renamed JOHN L. DEUCHAR, it was scrapped about 1953.' "FINETTA (Avonside 1565 of 1911) was renamed DELWYN by the Glamorgan Canal Company, although the lettering is not too clear on this photograph. (Collection G. Alliez, courtesy B.D. Stoyel)"

Recently I've been using Tamiya Clear Matt spray, it's not as good as dullcote but it's ok.

Yes both the 1934 and 1946 repaints appear to be a single shade, rather than the two-tone. The 1946 one definitely was lighter!

I think it would be easy to confuse the works grey with IEG, as seen here on 111, and here the photo of 108 with the plough fitted, also works grey.

Regarding the Westinghouse pumps, can anyone tell me if they were indeed for interoperability with Caley stock, or if they were only to provide stronger loco brakes? There are no signs of air pipes on the front of the locos and it would be a bit odd to only have them on the rear.

Magnificent

I've had these Ultrascale wheels to swap into my AWVR Class 20 for several years, always intending to make a video about the upgrade, but I got sick of it never happening so took the plunge, literally took about 5 minutes! Big difference to the coarse wheels with traction tyres it had before. Still needs couplings. Back on the 'main fleet', to mount the Prairie body I have used a little styrene tab at the front that gets screwed down, then the back of the loco is held in place with neodymium magnets. The magnets are covered up with sandboxes salvaged from the Dapol Drewry Shunter kit (since I didn't need them on my skirted model). After some more sanding of the cylinders and a bit more painting of the driving wheels, it looks like this. Left to do: Dummy frames at rear Wiring in Rx and battery system Crew Handrails Weathering After a shopping spree at Caley Coaches, the 4-4-0's safety valves got upgraded to this turreted type rather than being mounted directly to the firebox. Also, I finally decided to use the solid brass Dean Goods dome I had been saving as No.5 needs all the weight it can get over the drivers. Going to leave it unpainted as it looks cool.