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Very effective pictures especially the last one. Its only the site of your house in the background that gives it away. The early logo on the P.T.?
 
garrymartin said:
Very effective pictures especially the last one. Its only the site of your house in the background that gives it away. The early logo on the P.T.?
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Cheers Garry, yes I've already got the Lion on Wheel logo from Fox Transfers left over from a previous project and have sent a PM to Matt re. the number plates.
 
Nice loco Mel!

Looks like you are going Standard gauge....
 
Gizzy said:
Looks like you are going Standard gauge....
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Put it this way mate, in the current Railway Modeller there's a gauge 3 portable layout of a VERY basic station with one siding - and it's almost 50% longer than my garden. So, if I do get any more standard gauge, it ain't goin far. :bigsmile:

In other news - due to a spurt of growth from the Creeping Thyme, the Rev. Timothy Blinkiron, vicar of St. Marks, is contemplating his disappearing grave stones. Problem is, Dewi Griffiths used to mow the graveyard once a week, but he's gone and emigrated to the Big Smoke (Welshpool). Hu, his dad, offered to do the job, but he actually seldom leaves the Railway Arms. Timothy is even thinking about using church funds to buy a goat off Tinker Taylor, but that's the fundamental problem that he has to face ..................

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........... father, son or holy goat?? :wave:
 
Mel, if the Father buys the goat make sure it goes in straight lines because round and round will make it a giddy goat :rolf:














Cap, door (no coat it's too hot) :bigsmile:
 
Nice looking Pannier tank Mel :bigsmile: Just need Bachmann to make a Toad
 
Truly delightful and very atmospheric - it looks like the pannier belongs there (and it does!). Nice one:thumbup:
 
looks excellent Mel - GWR Pannier, my favourite STD Gauge type
I've been away for a while - what became of the Earl?
 
yb281 said:
As mentioned when I converted the Bachmann Thomas trucks to G.3, they are a little on the narrow side and this shows with the buffer spacing.
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Did any panniers have large headed buffers fitted?
 
Rhinochugger said:
yb281 said:
As mentioned when I converted the Bachmann Thomas trucks to G.3, they are a little on the narrow side and this shows with the buffer spacing.
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Did any panniers have large headed buffers fitted?
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The buffers on the GRS pannier are fully sprung mate, so much simpler to re-position the plastic ones on the wagons.
 
Reading Rhinochuggers post, it came to my mind that some shunters had oversized (ie larger diameter faces) so that they could shunt wagons with narrower or even wider buffer spacings
so 4 discs glued to pannier, eh voila no need to change all the wagons.
simple solution.
but that would probably no be a solution that I would fancy as engines with them look a bit 'unreal'
 
Granitechops said:
Reading Rhinochuggers post, it came to my mind that some shunters had oversized (ie larger diameter faces) so that they could shunt wagons with narrower or even wider buffer spacings
so 4 discs glued to pannier, eh voila no need to change all the wagons.
simple solution.
but that would probably no be a solution that I would fancy as engines with them look a bit 'unreal'
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Indeed Don, not only are the pannier's buffers sprung, but they're beautifully turned from steel (?). The photos show this. Gluing discs to them would be sacrilege. Moving (or even replacing) the cheapo plastic ones on the wagons seems a no brainer to me.
 
yb281 said:
Granitechops said:
Reading Rhinochuggers post, it came to my mind that some shunters had oversized (ie larger diameter faces) so that they could shunt wagons with narrower or even wider buffer spacings
so 4 discs glued to pannier, eh voila no need to change all the wagons.
simple solution.
but that would probably no be a solution that I would fancy as engines with them look a bit 'unreal'
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Indeed Don, not only are the pannier's buffers sprung, but they're beautifully turned from steel (?). The photos show this. Gluing discs to them would be sacrilege. Moving (or even replacing) the cheapo plastic ones on the wagons seems a no brainer to me.
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but why go the simple route ? :thinking:
 
The sunny/rainy weather in the Wetton valley is compounding the on-going problems in the graveyard of St. Marks church. Most of the gravestones are now completely covered. However, the Creeping Thyme has now come into flower, so although everything is fast disappearing - it don't half look perty. :bigsmile:
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It's hard to believe that the rockery near Stumpy Junction is only just over a year old. Verdant is the word I think?
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It's all very popular with the "outdoor set".

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Did some hard landscaping too. I bought these tile/slab thingies from a clearance sale at a local garden centre on a whim a couple of years ago - a quid each. They've been sat in the "might come in handy one day" pile ever since .............. and have now come in handy for edging the slabs that Gooey station and the standard gauge interchange sits on.

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All very effective Mel - lovely lovely lovely!!! A real W&L type line feel to it, not twee like the smaller slate Welsh narrow gauge - but just a low cost light railway for agriculutural purposes. I look forward to seeing what rolling stock developments pan out with new narrow gauge locomotives.
 
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