twiggy1969 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 should have started this before but never got round to it plus wasnt sure if it would come out ok and didnt want ugly duck eggs on my face Picked up a body at a show for £5 then found a chassis for £15 on ebay a while later. Had bits and bobs hanging around added a bit of body filler primer and paint and a fair bit of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Very nice, Mark! I've always liked odd looking loco's and she qualifies. Regards, Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Hi Twiggy, That is a great model but that poor Castle... What did No. 5005 do to deserve THAT?! That is a lovely job replicating a rather strange bit of GWR history! All the best, Castle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Hi Twiggy, That is a great model but that poor Castle... What did No. 5005 do to deserve THAT?! That is a lovely job replicating a rather strange bit of GWR history! All the best, Castle Strange indeed! Streamlining on a very, very tight budget, it seems. Regards, Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiggy1969 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thanks guys this is a true odd ball but it has a bit of charm about it and i know it was used on Weymouth expresses Turns out to be a rather inexpensive bash as i didnt need a super detailed model to start with and i know i may not have it 100% but i do belive ive captured the feel of it for little more than £30 cheers mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I've never seen a Castle in model form with the "streamlining" and it looks terrific. I have on a DVD 5005 in it's disfigured condition on a train on the South Devon coast in B&W, Video 125 Steam on 35mm 30's,40's and 50's. On another DVD I have the other loco that "suffered" the treatment 6014 King Henry VII which is shown in a newsreel format. The person narrating says, "he has a little something that other engines haven't got" and I thought to myself "or want". I also have a CD of an old LP record by Peter Handford. The record was called West of Exeter and was the first LP of British steam I'd ever heard. Side one was Dainton Bank and Peter was located just east of the tunnel. On segment three of side one is a recording of 5005 ascending the bank slowly with a Liverpool-Plymouth through train. West of Exeter was ALL GWR with locations at Dainton, Tigley Signal Box (Rattery Bank) Exeter West Signal Box and Exeter St Davids Station. It was all recorded in 1957-58 in mono. The two Exeter segments were recorded on busy summer Saturdays. My favourite from the now CD is of a single chimney Hawksworth County 1021 County of Montgomery doing a blasting start out of Exter St Davids. What a pity that the new build Hawksworth County will be a double chimney loco and not a single chimney original. Kenneth Leech said that to hear an original Hawksworth County start a train with it's almost volcanic blast is not a sound easily forgotten. How right he was. Having had a look on the web there are no plans to release West of Exeter on CD. Although Peter gave a detail account of the bell code sequence of Tigley Signal box he couldn't do the same when he recorded inside Exeter west box due the very complicated nature of so many codes coming into the signal box and being returned to those signal boxes. Yes there are people talking in those odd Devonian accents in Exeter west box and men whistling too. I've always prefered Peter Handford's recordings to others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I read somewhere that Collett had a Castle model and that he just slapped bits of plasticine on it and that this model was then taken and the additions were made into the so-called streamlining. Stanier wasn't a fan of steamlining either. Sir Nigel Gresley didn't like it, but his assistant Bullied did. Gresley had a railway correspondent in his office and an A3 had just done a fast run and a messenger came into his office with a piece of paper to show Gresley. Apparently Gresley quipped to this person called Peter " there you are Peter any of my engines can do it whether they've got a bit of bloody tin round them or not." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Does this mean you'll be replicating 6014 as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiggy1969 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 If I can pick up a body on the cheap then I don't see why not and I might go for cylinder covers as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I find it hard to believe Gresley wasn't a fan of the streamlining given the extensive work on the aero foil shape done. The streamlining on the A4s was more about smoke deflection than speed, some could reasonably argue but the savings in fuel at the highest speeds (and the power needed to attain said speeds) make the shape undoubtedly essential to the success of the class A4. I've always considered a pity that none of Thompsons or Peppercorns designs post war were allowed to use the work done on the A4s and adapt the Bugatti nose. The A1/1 might not have been entirely controversial if it had included streamlining. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I do love this. An excellent bit of craftsmanship of an interesting prototype. I plan to do one out of the GBL one when it arrives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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