7mm Crook Street

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Allan

Western Thunderer
LarryG said:
Lovely models running smoothly on well laid track amid superb scenery. I enjoyed the video and espied an LNWR open saloon driving trailer. Couldn't quite make out if it was one of the M49's.
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Hi Larry,

My driving trailer is the M56 all third, which a compartmented coach not an open saloon. You weren't thinking of the first coach on the Lime Street passenger by any chance? It is a 50' corridor composite to WCJS Dia 30 but the corridor side could look like an open saloon.

Cheers
Allan
 
Paul Tomlinson

Paul Tomlinson

Western Thunderer
Allan said:
Hi Paul, my technique for the cobbles couldn't be simpler, just hand scribe them with the none blade side of a craft knife. I usually draw one axis like planks then scribe each flag individually trying not to make them too regular - it does result in you being slightly mad at the end of it though...:eek:

Cheers
Allan
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Cheers, Allan - do you scribe directly onto plain card, or is there some sort of coating? It looks commendably neat.
 
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Allan

Western Thunderer
Hi All,

I'm working on some coaches at the moment:

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This is them in their unpainted state. I'm currently in the throes of painting them, which, because of the LNW livery, is a multi day process.


In the meantime, I've just finished another movie:




Cheers
Allan
 
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Suddaby

Western Thunderer
Hi Allan,
Another excellent video, thank you. With regard to the new coaches you are building, what service will they be used on? I take it the 3 coaches you show will form one train.
I've also seen the LNWR magazine supplement, with your article in. Very interesting.

Cheers,

Kevin
 
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Allan

Western Thunderer
Suddaby said:
Hi Allan,
Another excellent video, thank you. With regard to the new coaches you are building, what service will they be used on? I take it the 3 coaches you show will form one train.
I've also seen the LNWR magazine supplement, with your article in. Very interesting.

Cheers,

Kevin
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Hi Kevin, Crook Street sees two corridor services currently (I have devious schemes for others in the future), Warrington Bank Quay and Liverpool Lime Street. I plan to mix and match my existing three corridor coaches to make rakes with brakes at both ends, which is more correct for turn-around services.
 
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Allan

Western Thunderer
Ah, that's interesting, looks like like my last update was wiped in the server upgrade. Hey-ho, here it is again:

Hi All,

Thought I'd give an update as I haven't been on here for a while.

I'm still slowly progressing on the coaches. Managed to get the main panelling painted, which in my opinion is the hardest bit, done in an intense 5 day session staring intently through the magnifying light - phew!

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I then turned to the insides and the underframes. The double ended brake (D207) is a sidelines kit and the two others (D68 and D306) are Worsley Works bodies only. I wanted to lighten them to assist my weedy little 4-4-0s in hauling them so I cut away the floors and replaced them with my favourite hi-tech building material - Cornflake packet... It all looks a bit Blue Peter at the moment (for viewers of a certain age...), but it should be alright when all sprayed up and painted.

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The Sidelines kit came with a fully kitted out underside but for the two Worsley kits I scratch built battery boxes, queen posts and vacuum gear from my scrapbox and I'd ordered a new dynamo for one of them:

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Still quite a way to go yet and I hope to get a movie out soon but it's a bit hectic just now as we have the builders in...


Cheers
Allan
 
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Suddaby

Western Thunderer
Hi Allan,
Those coaches look lovely, probably one of the nicest of the pre-grouping liveries. The underframes are starting to look the part as well. I take it it will run as a 3 coach rake, what service do you envisage them forming?

I'm afraid however that you won't qualify for a Blue Peter badge just yet, as there is no evidence of you using a Fairy Liquid bottle!
;);););)

All the best,

Kevin

P.S. Looking forward to the next video.....hint, hint!
 
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Allan

Western Thunderer
Suddaby said:
Hi Allan,
Those coaches look lovely, probably one of the nicest of the pre-grouping liveries. The underframes are starting to look the part as well. I take it it will run as a 3 coach rake, what service do you envisage them forming?

I'm afraid however that you won't qualify for a Blue Peter badge just yet, as there is no evidence of you using a Fairy Liquid bottle!
;);););)

All the best,

Kevin

P.S. Looking forward to the next video.....hint, hint!
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Thanks Kevin, yeah, they'll be on a three coach rake, I don't have room for more! I plan to mix and match with my existing coaches and they'll run on my Liverpool Lime Street and Warrington services. I have devious plans for further services, or at least the Crook Street portions thereof, to be joined into a larger train at mainline stations. A fair bit more building to do yet.

The next movie is being filmed as we speak, I'm off down the cellar to carry on with it in a minute...

I'll have to use more sticky back plastic though...;)

Cheers
Allan
 
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