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It is a bit of a curiosity, but rather charming.
I wonder if the livery was deliberate or accidental? Maybe they only got half way through a repaint when the line closed.......

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:19 am I wonder if the livery was deliberate or accidental?

It must have been deliberate, because the other, similar, van was treated the same, see http://217.34.233.120:8086/index.php?a= ... PQI3g/3023

Guards vans with red ends were relatively common I think, but I've never seen another van like these - a uniquely Dinas innovation? The way the maroon on the sides creeps round the ends has a strangely slimming effect - I'm sure I've seen the same sort of thing recommended for people who'd like to look a little thinner on those "how to look good" type TV programmes?!

Too hot to go out much this weekend, so between sitting about in the shade I'm working on some more Big Big tippers...

Cheers,

Andrew.

JMORG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:38 pm
I'll try and post some more NWNGR/WHR themed stock in the future. This includes another locomotive.

Exciting stuff, I look forward to it!

Andrew.

This has been an excellent, if daunting, thread to have worked - through. - Has taken me a while...

Hopefully, things will settle a little, in home life) and now having a little more financial 'cushioning' I can justify progressing some of my big ideas!?

I seem to have accidently bought a number of random 32mm gauge items, so will need to source some suitable track. - Don't let on just how much 45mm track is sitting in the shed!

There is a serious chance we will be moving, but I have decided, I must do more than plonk an oval of track on the grass.. If only because the gradients, and twist, are pretty horrendous.

I suppose I had better start my own thread?

Keep up the brilliant work!
Phil.P

Thanks Phil, glad you enjoyed it! If you want a truly daunting thread of "War and Peace" proportions (and brilliant modelling, of course..), have a look at Peter's "Time to build a Railway" one...

And yes, do start a thread to let us know how you're getting on - we all love a "first train" picture!

All the best,

Andrew

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:50 pm Thanks Phil, glad you enjoyed it! If you want a truly daunting thread of "War and Peace" proportions (and brilliant modelling, of course..), have a look at Peter's "Time to build a Railway" one...

Andrew

A little mutual admiration goes a long way, so thank you Andrew for your kind comments. Although I haven't been very active on the Forum recently I still read every post, so keep up your great work for us all to enjoy.

Phil.P wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:07 pm
I suppose I had better start my own thread?

Keep up the brilliant work!
Phil.P

Sounds like you're heading that way, Phil - especially if you end up with a dual gauge system

Rik

I fear I may end up with several lengths of track, in differing gauges?

I have a few hundreds of feet of 'G45' track of various makes and vintage..

Five three-foot? Lengths of 32mm standard-gauge (0) track. - Hardly enough to test a loco, but will have to do..

No Sm32, and not enough knowledge about track geometry, and curve radii, in this gauge/scale. - I doubt even the largest radius would be coped with by an 0 gauge mainline loco?

But I /we must not drift this thread any further..

Someone please get us back on track!

Phil.P

As promised
The two planked wagon is now finished, with some soil (inspired by Andrew's).
An FR private owners wagon, plated as Oakeley's. This is a cut-down Lineside Hut wagon with a scratch built "inside frame".

Two Slater's slate waggons, painted as per preserved examples on the Gravity Slate train.

And finally, something a bit more "modern WHR".
This enormous brake van was a Worsley brass "scratch-aid" kit, you get the side to make a basic 2D box and everything else is added to that. Features HGLW SAR bogies and scratch-built lamps + duckets.

Very nice collection of vehicles and beautifully finished too.

I don't like them, I really love them...brilliantly weathered and the brake van is superb.

Yes, very nice indeed! I particularly like the interior of the open wagon...

Andrew.

Hello!

It's been too hot/wet lately for getting much done in the garden, so I returned to the second batch of Big Big Train tippers I started work on a while ago to add to the existing train of five. This batch were coated with iron filings as before, but this time I used copper sulphate solution as suggested on the Forum. The results were startlingly different from previous efforts using vinegar, plenty of instant orange rust.

Unfortunately, because I (spray) painted the wagons in the crazy heat of the weekend before last, the filings didn't stick as well as they might because the paint dried so quickly. I've done my best to make up the deficiencies with paint, but this is definitely a learning process.

About half an hour ago I took the finished wagons into the garden for a photo session:

In case anyone was wondering, the numbers relate to the West Kent Light Railway, the freelance forerunner of the (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland, which I revive every now and then for non-WHR flights of fancy such as these tippers.

Seeing the rake sitting in the garden inspired me to dig out the other five and a loco with the intention of making a short film but, as soon as I'd assembled the train, the heavens opened, the heaviest rain I've seen for yonks. I scrambled indoors with the loco, but all ten wagons are now sitting out in the rain. Last time I looked they were nearly full of water! I'm sure they'll survive...

Andrew.

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:25 pm Last time I looked they were nearly full of water! I'm sure they'll survive...

I'm sure they will but you'll need to dry them well to stop them going rusty.....

philipy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:53 pm

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:25 pm Last time I looked they were nearly full of water! I'm sure they'll survive...

I'm sure they will but you'll need to dry them well to stop them going rusty.....

I really will:

It's a VERY long train now though...
With thanks to Bertie B for the idea of playing with GIFs...

Andrew

Sillyyyyyyy!

Excellent! Now you need to instigate the quarterly GIF Gallery.