Andrew Ullyott wrote:Who says p4 doesn't work...
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Butting in here Andrew......! .
On our DRAG test track...... Some rigid, some compensated and some sprung.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_I3XoIeVUM
Andrew Ullyott wrote:Who says p4 doesn't work...
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Andrew Ullyott wrote:I've also finished the latest loco for the eventual fleet, 5311 which was a Bath Road/Westbury engine and ran through from Trowbridge each morning to Bristol. The return working was not via the branch so I'll have to make that bit up when I get to the exhibition stage
steve howe wrote:Andrew Ullyott wrote:I've also finished the latest loco for the eventual fleet, 5311 which was a Bath Road/Westbury engine and ran through from Trowbridge each morning to Bristol. The return working was not via the branch so I'll have to make that bit up when I get to the exhibition stage
Hi Andrew,
Can I ask what the origins of 5311 are? particularly its underpinnings, I have two to do (ex-Mainline) for Watermouth and I am interested in the conversion options.
Steve
steve howe wrote:I have two to do (ex-Mainline) for Watermouth and I am interested in the conversion options.
Noel wrote:Are you aware that the Mainline 53XX firebox dimensions are somewhat compromised to fit the motor? It is most noticeable where it meets the cab, as it is relatively both higher and wider than it should be.
steve howe wrote:Noel wrote:Are you aware that the Mainline 53XX firebox dimensions are somewhat compromised to fit the motor? It is most noticeable where it meets the cab, as it is relatively both higher and wider than it should be.
Bu**er! I wasn't aware of that. Although I did think 5311 had a rather more refined look about it than my specimens! I'll have to have a critical inspection and decide what to do.
Thanks for the info Andrew and heads-up Noel.
Steve
Andrew Ullyott wrote:Thanks to John Palmer for the source of most excellent double roman ABS tiled sheets. Off Alibaba express in case anyone's interested.
John Palmer wrote:Paul, try https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32891296599.html?spm=2114.12057483.0.0.67632726jlGIFZ. Our (Burnham layout's) principal source of supply for these sheets was Penduke Models, but their website no longer carries this item. I reckon some factory in China is knocking them out and that a variety of different retailers may be carrying stocks of them from time to time. Aliexpress may well be the most stable source for them, and at the time of this posting the link I have given still works.
Noel wrote:I used to live in Torquay, and so went to Dartmouth from time to time, but that was a long time ago. However, my [definitely unreliable!] memories are of slate rather than tiles. From the 17th century onwards, Welsh slate was exported by sea in coasting vessels from a number of small ports, and in large quantities; as a port, Dartmouth would have been well placed to obtain such slate relatively cheaply. Despite its smaller output, a similar argument applies to Cornish slate, which is nearer. South Devon even has its own slate, although I don't think it's particularly high quality https://www.devon.gov.uk/geology/devons-rocks-a-geological-guide/ or http://www.devonrigs.org.uk/02Introduction.html. The traditional local building materials were generally stone [red sandstone and Dartmoor granite, mostly, plus some slate blocks (for walls) and limestone] for posher buildings, or cob and thatch otherwise, suggesting that the raw material for brick and tiles was lacking. Both could have been imported from elsewhere by sea, and later the railway, of course.
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