Today on the WGLR

yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:29 PM

QUOTE(brianthesnail96 @ Aug 18 2009, 08:21 PM)
Mel's been writing a post for about 40 minutes now, it'd better be worth it


Sorry, had another visitor to see the railway ........... I'll have to start selling tickets .

Anyhoo, Elliott bought his Cambrai - so both Corpets were prepared for a special.
 
yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:31 PM

Eliott's is shiney new ............... mine isn't .
 
yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:32 PM

Right up my alley .
 
yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:33 PM

Picking up the token from Gooey North Box.
 
yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:36 PM

Finished off the sesh with numbers 1 and 2 double heading the special train .

Very nice evening, cheers Elliott and Jenny ............ and Tony and Jean, and Zoe and Mike ........... been a busy day .
 
yb281 Aug 18 2009, 07:38 PM

QUOTE(brianthesnail96 @ Aug 18 2009, 08:21 PM)
Mel's been writing a post for about 40 minutes now, it'd better be worth it


I was just waiting for Fred to catch up .
 
Elliott Aug 18 2009, 07:49 PM

thanks 4 the testing mel i do think cambrai looks good with her sister
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:27 PM

Well, around the time of Elliott's visit in August, he mentioned that he was thinking of selling his LGB track cleaner. I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while, so we did a deal. Luckily he was able to give me a little time to get the money together (thanks mate ) and last night I went over to his place to pick it up.

Of course it needed testing when it arrived on the WGLR .

It works a treat .

In the words of Mrs Cropley, it is a big bugger though .
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:30 PM

As well as cleaning the track, this is of course capable of being used as a "normal" loco. I always had it in mind that it would spend it's "off duty" time hauling the rusty ballast hoppers.
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:32 PM

One of my winter projects is to convert this Bachmann caboose into a Shark type ballast brake van as Dave (dvh 9) has done.
 
Bram Sep 23 2009, 04:35 PM

What a lovable grunty beast that is Mel, are you going to leave it like a bowl of custard or are you preparing for a respray
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:36 PM

Of course, you know me, can't leave anything alone . So the track cleaner will get a few "improvements" .

First thing for attention is the inside of the cab - luckily the roof just pops off thanks to a great bit of design by the LGB engineers.
 
GIZLIZ Sep 23 2009, 04:36 PM

QUOTE(yb281 @ Sep 23 2009, 05:30 PM)
As well as cleaning the track, this is of course capable of being used as a "normal" loco. I always had it in mind that it would spend it's "off duty" time hauling the rusty ballast hoppers.

Wey hey, very nice Mel, but it's very yellow.

Are you gonna upset Zmate and weather it a bit, or a lot?
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:37 PM

Err, no mate .

The standard LGB driver gets the sack too .
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:41 PM

I've got a few spare loco crew (from Llanfair), but seeing how this was a per way piece of kit, my attention was drawn to my Bachmann workmen .
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:48 PM

I went for the bloke leaning on his shovel (left of pic) because,

1 - he wasn't doing anything constructive and
2 - I thought his arm would rest on the controls if I cut the shovel away.

So he was getting a new job driving the loco, but it wasn't all good news .

As he was a bit tall, his feet got the chop . Also, I suppose he could drive wearing his hard hat, but I thought he'd most likely take it off - so the top of his head had to go too . Good news was, he got a new scalp and hair-do courtesy of a blob of sculpted Milliput.
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:51 PM

The cab controls were picked out with white and silver paint and the new driver put into position ....... fits a treat after his surgery .

His hard hat survived, plonked on top of the control panel.
 
yb281 Sep 23 2009, 04:54 PM

Nothing really wrong with the LGB driver, but I think this bloke looks better.

Next ...... on to the rest of the loco.
 
Bram Sep 23 2009, 04:56 PM

Neat idea Mel
 
Zman Sep 23 2009, 04:58 PM

QUOTE(GIZLIZ @ Sep 23 2009, 05:36 PM)
Are you gonna upset Zmate and weather it a bit, or a lot?


Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 
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