So at last I can show the first of our revolutionary wagon kits. The van body is in one piece and the castings fit into pockets. Fully compensated with working horn guides. So all you have to do is glue and paint. Scale wagons in a couple of hours. Kits will include wheels. Photo 1 and 2 Dia1/213 photo 3 and 4 Dia1/208 There are seven types of BR vans and there will be 4 or 5 types of LMS van.
We are planning the first ever Railnuts.com model show in conjuction with the Swindon Steam Museum . We want this to be a new sort of show more along the lines of a work shop, than the traditional trader stands, although the traders attending will offer those parts that are always hard to find. There will be a few layouts, but we want to start small and build. Watch for more info.
Here are all the winners from the Warley show.
I thought you might like to see these photos as you dont get to see this very often – its the B1 inner copper fire box. As you can see all that remains of the original is the top. This is Richard welding in the last peice. Look at the gap at one end and then the other - when Richard starts to weld the copper moves and closes the gap. In all, 3 passes are needed to complete the joint. There is a steel plate on the inside to hold the weld in place to stop it running out the joint. All clever stuff this.
At Crewe today we started the first moves towards starting the Garratt by removing one power unit and moving it in the the school for the start on Jan 5th.
On their way from Crewe to wait for their tenders. I rode on these two a lot in the 50s and saw them every week. They wont stay like this for long. Here are the first photos of the Lnwr foot bridge at Leamington Spa Ave being built by Harold.
Heres one of our 45xx just back from weathering built by Dave Baker from a Mitchell Kit weathered by Martyn Walsh.
On Friday the Transport Minister paid a flying visit to see the new training scheme for himself, and meet some of our apprentices. From our point of view its fantastic to see ministers at the works as it shows all the trainees and apprentices that the Government do see what they’re doing to break the mold of young people only wanting to do media.
pete waterman