From the Archives - Elsecar Show Sept 2017
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 1:07 am
Hi guys,
I've been absent for over half a year but semi active elsewhere due to IT issues and accessing the forum. This has now been resolved and so I figured I should get back into the swing of things as I have still been out and about steamwise. Some developments, some comings and goings and lots of steaming!
Elsecar Show 2017 was an enjoyable setup for me, as I had booked accomodation locally. I had a successful two days running there, with the set that has become 'Y Cymro' - my Bertie in Bala Lake livery coupled with Tallyho coaching stock. A 'flavour' of Welsh NG, rather than FfR purity. Part One of the write up is here now.
Loco Developments
First off - last I had mentioned on this forum was that I had purchased a new little loco in March 2017 to replace my stolen supermamod. A smart blue Bertie that had been christened 'Fennec', and had had its cylinder covers and wheels painted blue, con rods red and Karen crossheads attached. Since spring 2017 a lot of work had been undertaken in the form of cab work - water topup and water glass fitting, and a full lining job of black borders and red lining, with bufferbeams treated and smartened up Great Eastern style as well as Locoworks springs and Narrow Planet name and numberplates fitted. This had all been done piecemeal during late August and September to be ready for showing at Elsecar Show.
Some bits were added at the frantic setup of the Show on Saturday morning...the cab backdoor and new roof come to mind! This has since been touched up and some sections restyled, so what you see here is "version 1" of Fennec's lineout. You can observe that I also went allout and lined the wheels too....
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Some of the Engines that Appeared Were:-
Laurence's kitbuilt LA Norwegian Blue t.
Baldwin
Diesels...
Would you believe that Goliath was a 3-d printed loco? It is massive! Based on an Australian prototype I believe.
Even a Mamod made it...
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What's This? - Small Engine, Big Engine
It was noticed that the KESR's on-loan loco to Elsecar Heritage Railway, 0-4-0VBT Gervase shared a few similarities with one of the show's own stars...
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Trader's Corner
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Steamup on Saed-Y-Parc
Time to start some steam running for the benefit of the visitors who'd paid to come and see live steam. Out went Fennec, out went the Talyllyn coaches without skipping a beat
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The Ron Grant Coach Regiment
Another 'development' was in the carriage works department. I had been able to purchase a full rake of Ron Grant Talyllyn vintage 4w coaches, including the rare-as-hens-teeth number 4 'Lulu' and had brought them all with me to Elsecar as I can now drive and have my own car. The deal was that I had selected which five of the Ron Grants I would keep [in the end, my first nos 1, 3 and van 5 stayed with me] and I kept the no.2 and no.4 of the new rake. The surplus 1,3 and v5 plus the Ian Beadle freestyle 'alike' coaches were sold to a good home to run, appropriately, on Talyllyn grounds. However, while the two rakes worth were together, a special running had to be made and so not one, not five but ten handbuilt, heavywood, individually-sprung coaches were ran in one formation at the Show.
Past the Glendreich Whisky distillery...
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Meanwhile, More Engines in Steam
Just one of many other 'Bertie' class locos that made it to the weekend...
And a third...
Stanhope
Berties everywhere! This example was a very pretty example of how these "Basic Series" locos can be customised and painted to become really detailed, attractive engines.
And the Bertie class counterpart - a Millie in attendance. With RH diesel running in the background. More of these powerful little diesels were featuring in the Show, ranging from little John to Criccieth Castles, from Roundhouse.
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G Scale Goings-on
[52 /150]
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Timpdon treats
Timpdon layout was present with a stunning lineup of locos, ranging from beautifully lined Basic locos, Peckets through to scale prototypical models.
~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile, on Mount Dowd
Mount Dowd is the largest layout to usually attend the Elsecar show - by largest I mean 3/4 fully running tracks and a good distance running althought Saed-Y-Parc and Dixon Green combined provided quite a lengthy run as a one-track-per-direction layout.
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A Little Slice of the TLHC of Wales...[Portmadoc layout]
Huddersfield Group's club layout with a gorgeous corner scene depicting the FR's Harbour Station in the 1960s
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More Stock for Sale
Trader's corner part two...
One pretty little Janet, meth fired. Was temoted but it wold have needed a pressure gauge and a gas burner fitting for me...
A heritage meth fired model of MNR/IOM "Caledonia"
7/8ths Scale Bagnall saddletank
Part Two tomorrow or this coming week.
I've been absent for over half a year but semi active elsewhere due to IT issues and accessing the forum. This has now been resolved and so I figured I should get back into the swing of things as I have still been out and about steamwise. Some developments, some comings and goings and lots of steaming!
Elsecar Show 2017 was an enjoyable setup for me, as I had booked accomodation locally. I had a successful two days running there, with the set that has become 'Y Cymro' - my Bertie in Bala Lake livery coupled with Tallyho coaching stock. A 'flavour' of Welsh NG, rather than FfR purity. Part One of the write up is here now.
Loco Developments
First off - last I had mentioned on this forum was that I had purchased a new little loco in March 2017 to replace my stolen supermamod. A smart blue Bertie that had been christened 'Fennec', and had had its cylinder covers and wheels painted blue, con rods red and Karen crossheads attached. Since spring 2017 a lot of work had been undertaken in the form of cab work - water topup and water glass fitting, and a full lining job of black borders and red lining, with bufferbeams treated and smartened up Great Eastern style as well as Locoworks springs and Narrow Planet name and numberplates fitted. This had all been done piecemeal during late August and September to be ready for showing at Elsecar Show.
Some bits were added at the frantic setup of the Show on Saturday morning...the cab backdoor and new roof come to mind! This has since been touched up and some sections restyled, so what you see here is "version 1" of Fennec's lineout. You can observe that I also went allout and lined the wheels too....
~~~
Some of the Engines that Appeared Were:-
Laurence's kitbuilt LA Norwegian Blue t.
Baldwin
Diesels...
Would you believe that Goliath was a 3-d printed loco? It is massive! Based on an Australian prototype I believe.
Even a Mamod made it...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What's This? - Small Engine, Big Engine
It was noticed that the KESR's on-loan loco to Elsecar Heritage Railway, 0-4-0VBT Gervase shared a few similarities with one of the show's own stars...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trader's Corner
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Steamup on Saed-Y-Parc
Time to start some steam running for the benefit of the visitors who'd paid to come and see live steam. Out went Fennec, out went the Talyllyn coaches without skipping a beat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ron Grant Coach Regiment
Another 'development' was in the carriage works department. I had been able to purchase a full rake of Ron Grant Talyllyn vintage 4w coaches, including the rare-as-hens-teeth number 4 'Lulu' and had brought them all with me to Elsecar as I can now drive and have my own car. The deal was that I had selected which five of the Ron Grants I would keep [in the end, my first nos 1, 3 and van 5 stayed with me] and I kept the no.2 and no.4 of the new rake. The surplus 1,3 and v5 plus the Ian Beadle freestyle 'alike' coaches were sold to a good home to run, appropriately, on Talyllyn grounds. However, while the two rakes worth were together, a special running had to be made and so not one, not five but ten handbuilt, heavywood, individually-sprung coaches were ran in one formation at the Show.
Past the Glendreich Whisky distillery...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile, More Engines in Steam
Just one of many other 'Bertie' class locos that made it to the weekend...
And a third...
Stanhope
Berties everywhere! This example was a very pretty example of how these "Basic Series" locos can be customised and painted to become really detailed, attractive engines.
And the Bertie class counterpart - a Millie in attendance. With RH diesel running in the background. More of these powerful little diesels were featuring in the Show, ranging from little John to Criccieth Castles, from Roundhouse.
~~~~~~~~~
G Scale Goings-on
[52 /150]
~~~~~~~~
Timpdon treats
Timpdon layout was present with a stunning lineup of locos, ranging from beautifully lined Basic locos, Peckets through to scale prototypical models.
~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile, on Mount Dowd
Mount Dowd is the largest layout to usually attend the Elsecar show - by largest I mean 3/4 fully running tracks and a good distance running althought Saed-Y-Parc and Dixon Green combined provided quite a lengthy run as a one-track-per-direction layout.
62
]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Little Slice of the TLHC of Wales...[Portmadoc layout]
Huddersfield Group's club layout with a gorgeous corner scene depicting the FR's Harbour Station in the 1960s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More Stock for Sale
Trader's corner part two...
One pretty little Janet, meth fired. Was temoted but it wold have needed a pressure gauge and a gas burner fitting for me...
A heritage meth fired model of MNR/IOM "Caledonia"
7/8ths Scale Bagnall saddletank
Part Two tomorrow or this coming week.