Q1

Dave from Frodsham wrote in >Message-id:

Spamcans yes, but Castles? I can't find me Ian Allan Combine to check.

Tommy

"piemanlarger" wrote

LOL - very droll! ;-)

John.

Spitfire, Hurricane, Blenheim, Hampden, Wellington, Gladiator, Fairey Battle, Beaufort, Lysander, Defiant, Lockheed Hudson & Swordfish. Some of them landing on a carrier might be interesting......

Cheers Robt P.

Thanks for the info. I should have remembered Spitfire but I must admit I'm not very familiar with things GW.

Wasn't it a Swordfish flying from the Ark Royal that damaged the Bismarck?

Tommy

Tommy

Yep.

Spitfires, Hurricanes and Gladiators were all regularly operated from carriers, while Lysanders (being STOL aircraft) had no problems on carriers and were operated from carriers and merchant ships on covert ops.

-- Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Or a 9F

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Yebbut a Wellington landing on a carrier would be quite a sight...

"Jim Guthrie" wrote

Then something to avoid modelling in my book, but at this stage this is unfair criticism because I've only had one through my hands briefly, but even then something didn't appear quite right - it seemed to lack the front end chunkiness of the prototype.

I'll try to make some decent pictures of the model when I get some to play with, then I'll try to make a fair comparison with the prototype.

John.

Looking at the model working tonight and other photos I have I would say it looks ok John, not sure about being 1005 to scale but it can notbe far off if at all. Everyone who saw it said it was ugly, that when i weather it it will look better as the dirt will help pick out the lines and that it other wise a nice model. Those that have seen real Q1's said it looked superb. The only gripe I have is performance. The loco is very light, too light. In the hand the tender feels as heavy if not heavier! While it coped with 15 coal wagons, it struggled with 5 x Bullied coaches+ CCT. quite alot of slipping on starting up and some slipping on curves, although less noticable when speed was built up. Admitadly these are not the best caoches regards free wheeling, but you would hope the most powerful

0-6-0 would have managed this! There is room for extra weight inside the boiler, but I intend fillng this space with a smoke unit, so i will have to see what I can squeeze in over the weekend and see how performance increases.

I might as well mention however that this is the best rtr British steam loco I have baught, the crawl and smoothness of the motor out of the box is superb, equal to my £200+ American steam stuff.

David Jackson from Frodsham wrote in >Message-id:

Biggles would have manged it no problem.

Trust you to get OT. I'm flying off to Hattons now to see the new Q1 and the D400 Ewbank diesel, whilst keeping a watchful eye out for Fokkers.

Tommy

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See what happens when you live in Liverpool!

When you get to Warley you'll see a model of Lime Street Station; the boys will be waiting for yer;-)

Just seen the Q1 (Was it designed by Spike Milligan?) in Hattons. The standard of these models now is tremendous.

Tommy

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Does it include my birthplace just up Brownlow Hill, or is it just the station?

Good stuff. Just black coffee, thanks.

Nah! That was Fred Milligan. Spike designed the Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, and Q9. There's a lot of it about. (yup, he did that too!)

Dave Jackson (Frodsham) wrote in>Message-id:

The project isn't finished yet, no doubt if you point the location out to them they'll mark the spot with a star.

They were going to have a model of the Cathedral but NASA wouldn't let them borrow Apollo.

Tommy

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They need a bigger baseboard, then they could get the other one in. Anyway, one of the N.American model suppliers must make a wigwam...

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Very good!!

When I first heard it in 195something it was the Polish RAF flyer talking to the girls and parents at the Convent School's Prize Evening.... ;-)

Graeme Hearn

That would be "Focke Wulf"

-- Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

David Jackson (Frodsham) wrote in>Message-id:

Any mention of Indians round here and they put the wagons in a circle :-)

Anyway have a nice time at Warley, I'm only jealous 'cos I'm not going this year. I hope you find loads of N Gauge stuff, maybe you'll even come back with a diesel!

Tommy