Q1

Great stuff.

Oh well, I suppose I'll have to put up with all the boasting from the lads in the club.

Tommy

I always remember seeing a Hymek for the first time at Crewe and somebody said it looked like a Ford Anglia (revolutionary shape of rear window).

I think a lot has to do with the livery. For me the green livery for diesels looked as if it had been designed for the shape of each class of loco, whereas when the all-over "corporate blue" was applied it seemed to emphasise, wrongly in my opinion, the slab sided box like appearance of most diesels.

Tommy running for cover!

"Tommy " wrote

There's a deal of truth in that, hence the huge variety in diesel green liveries.

I found it rather sad when green gave way to blue, but ironically it's the blue diesel era (and the wonderful variety of loco classes which were still around) which I yearn for most, and this would be the era I would model if I didn't want to run steam alongside my diesels.

John.

"John Turner" wrote in >Message-id:

I think that era has a large and growing following, but its not for me. My favourite is the predominately steam and green diesel era of my misspent youth.

However, I'm becoming interested funnily enough in today's railway. Over the last months I've seen Class 20s, 33s, 37s, preserved 40, 47s, a purple Deltic,

56s, 57s, ( and Thunderbirds), 66's, 86s, 87s, 90s, 92s, Voyagers, Pendolinos, DMUs of allsorts, and steam: Princess, Duchess, Std 4, Black 5, 8F, Hogwart's Express, etc etc. all at the same spot.

Unfortunately, I can't afford that lot!

Tommy

The message from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeoffit (Tommy ) contains these words:

They won't get very far, will they?

The message from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeoffit (Tommy ) contains these words:

Hey Tommy!! We agree on something!

The Lime Street layout looks very promising, BTW. Are they going to put the other retaining wall in...?

The message from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeoffit (Tommy ) contains these words:

You didn't mention the cakes. What about the cakes? Or don't you get any?

Gateaux day is usually on a Thursday, very nice too, even the odd Penguin is to be had.

Tommy

David Jackson wrote in >Message-id:

Well BR recognised this design fault and most of the 1st gen diesels were sent back to have a stronger spring fitted to the clockwork mechanism.

Tommy

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

That statement has been taken completely out of context. I plead the fifth.

They don't know yet. The lad in charge is a Scot (that's a Yorkshireman in a skirt speaking Geordie) so if we get a half and half we're doing not so bad.

Tommy

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You mean that you have to wear a dinner jacket to get a cake at Acton Bridge...??

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Frank Hornby wouldn't have made that mistake. And he'd have had the brake and reversing gear levers sticking out of the back cab windows. Don't forget that Hornby clockwork locos had a *very* efficient TPWS system.

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I was thinking that they'll need CCTV to let you see into the cutting if they put the wall in... There are several precedents for that, of course, and one stand at Warley had a TV camera on a train, no sound track, but the pictures were more interesting than watching Neighbours.

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

The same trouble was experienced with the Olive Mount Junction layout and at first the other side of the cutting was mooted with cutouts for the public to see but it became known as the hole in the wall gang's layout so the idea was abandoned.

Some of our members travelled to Bangkok this year and amongst other things they picked up (now cleared by clinic) was a miniature camera which can be connected to a PC.

Tommy

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

I've forgot!

Tommy

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

If you don't wear a tie you don't get in.

Tommy

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There by yourself? Doesn't sound like AB to me!

BTW, I'm surprised you've forgotten the Hornby TPWS system: a slide bar which had a vertical piece to engage on a bar under the loco. If the vertical bit was put centrally between the rails, the loco brake was applied and the job stopped very quickly. I'm talking Hornby O gauge clockwork here, remember.

Admittedly, the Q1 isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this OO version is very well executed; the "Austerity" nature of the real thing - with few bits hidden from view - means that it doesn't pay to skimp on the super-detailing!

David E. Belcher

Snore. What's the problem John?

Richard