Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.

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Flaxfield

Flaxfield

Western Thunderer
Morning all,

With the ordering of the boards for Flaxfield seemingly getting that project underway, I decided to look again at the other dormant projects.
Blackwater Pier was dug out and a bit of surgery performed in the garden to remove the DCC Concepts dowels ahead of adding the backscene end boards.

Thoughts have now turned to track laying.

It must have something to do with having a sunny garden to work in !!

Rob.
 
Flaxfield

Flaxfield

Western Thunderer
Morning all,

Interesting day ahead. Aside from being assigned a few domestic 'projects', I have an Ellis Clark Black Five to tinker with. I've had it for a couple of weeks to add the detailing pack to it for a shop customer. Other things have got in the way but I'm hopingva couple of hours on it today will see it done and returned.

Rob.
 
Flaxfield

Flaxfield

Western Thunderer
Morning all,

Sorry for the disappointment. Interestingly, the Memsahib took one look at the Black 5 and informed me we haven't got room for those...and I had to agree.

It's a very nice thing though and really captures the look of the real thing. The Black Five is a favourite of mine and back in the day I had quite a few of the newly tooled Hornby version on my S&DJR layout, which in my opinion is more desirable that the new gimmicky one with the silly lamps on the front.

I'm now waiting for a couple of bits from Ellis Clark as I am missing an infill for one cylinder. The only disappointment are the wind deflectors which are simply the metal surrounds. I expected them to be glazed.

I'm also struggling to locate any pre-1964 images of 45337 to try and establish if it was fitted with AWS during it's time at Crewe. So a bit more research whilst waiting for the bits to arrive.

Rob
 
Lyndhurstman

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
NHY 581 said:
It's a funny thing but roughly twenty years ago it was all about large engines. I was building quite a stud of locos applicable to the S&DJR in the 1950s and, as an alternative, the South Western section of the Southern Region up to early sixties ( I had quite a few Bulleids ).

Now, it's all about small engines, dictated not only by my building of small layouts but by the absolute plethora of previously unavailable, but very interesting small locos from the rtr boys..

I do occasionally, VERY occasionally, hanker after a return to running a Bulleid Pacific with eight Mk1s dangling from it or a King Arthur with same number of Maunsells running after it, as I did before but common sense does prevail.

That's why, when you have a large tank engine, such as the Kerr Stuart, it can be a bit of a surprise when it appears. Nothing really comes close to it until we start looking at things like a 94xx Pannier, which again is a bit of a brute.

So, small locos will remain the currency of choice, including small tender types ( bring on the Rapido 01 !) for now at least and not withstanding some rather larger green diesels.

Rob
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Hello
I find the same thing with wagons. Its not until you see a human alongside a 16T Mineral that you appreciate the realtive enormity of the wagon. And then you put it alongside a Ruston 48DS, and see how small that is...

Cheers

Jan
 
Alan

Alan

Western Thunderer
I'd love to go again but it's a hell of a long way to go. It felt that last time I went and I wasn't even driving.
 
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