Bulleid Q1 - 33030
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welshwizard
Western Thunderer
Mike, that is very kind, unfortunatly i will not be at Kettering as i am at work today, its a terrible job but someone's got to do it.
welshwizard
Western Thunderer
O/T Yes Cynric i will be bringing 70000 down to take it to the W/S ommerset.
Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
Hi all,
having survived the weekend - the newest addition to the clan was with us for three days and we also had an almost all family get together, it was great to get into the workshop this afternoon.
The body has started to take shape - albeit more akin to a Wellington bomber awaiting it's skin at the moment, but this assembly only took a couple of hours, thanks to the well thought out design and the jig (again, retained like the tender ladder one, from the provious build) that is used to hold everything square from the off.
having survived the weekend - the newest addition to the clan was with us for three days and we also had an almost all family get together, it was great to get into the workshop this afternoon.
The body has started to take shape - albeit more akin to a Wellington bomber awaiting it's skin at the moment, but this assembly only took a couple of hours, thanks to the well thought out design and the jig (again, retained like the tender ladder one, from the provious build) that is used to hold everything square from the off.
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Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
That looks excellent Mike and quite quick progress if you have got that together this afternoon. 
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Tinsnips
Guest
Thats looking very good Mike. Quite a clever design. I was looking at a JM models kit for a County last night. At last!, a kit that would appear to make into a decent working model which is more than can be said for a lot of them. 
I wonder why I bother with the wretched things sometimes...............
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Graham Powell :wave:
I wonder why I bother with the wretched things sometimes...............
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Graham Powell :wave:
Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
Hi Graham,
I'm enjoying the build as much this time as the first one and a lot is due to the thought that has gone into the construction sequence as much as the quality of the etches and the fit of the parts.
I built a JM Compound a few years ago and enjoyed that as well, basic but buildable - JM will be greatly missed.
I see that Fred is at it again today with 70000 - taking it from Hereford to the WSR, many more trips and he'll be doing it blindfold
regards
Mike
I'm enjoying the build as much this time as the first one and a lot is due to the thought that has gone into the construction sequence as much as the quality of the etches and the fit of the parts.
I built a JM Compound a few years ago and enjoyed that as well, basic but buildable - JM will be greatly missed.
I see that Fred is at it again today with 70000 - taking it from Hereford to the WSR, many more trips and he'll be doing it blindfold
regards
Mike
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Tinsnips
Guest
Hi Mike, Agree with you ,basic perhaps but they certainly go together well and they work which is the main thing. I knew John very well and with the 72xx kit , he delivered the first one here personally. He went to night school and learnt CAD and all the later kits were laid out by computer which is why I think the rivet detail on them is very accurate.
I tried to get one of his compound kits but he told me hadn't got any in stock and then died a few weeks later. I was given a compound kit from another maker and what a pile of c..p that is. I've given up on it at the moment while I finish off another piece of etched rubbish.I despair sometimes I really do.
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Graham Powell
I tried to get one of his compound kits but he told me hadn't got any in stock and then died a few weeks later. I was given a compound kit from another maker and what a pile of c..p that is. I've given up on it at the moment while I finish off another piece of etched rubbish.I despair sometimes I really do.
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Graham Powell
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Hi Mike, any chance of a photo of it upside down to see what the jig looks like?
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Tinsnips
Guest
Hi Mike, Very ingenious how it goes together. I have thought of doing a Bullied in the same way.
( One day.....)
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Graham Powell
( One day.....)
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Graham Powell
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Brilliant, thanks Mike.
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Thanks for the offer Mike. I suspect it would be only suitable for the Q1 though? And nice looking as it is, I have a big list of LNER/LMS types to get through before straying further south but I do have an un-rebuilt MN on my desires list (admittedly quite well down it though).
Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
Hi Richard,
many thanks for the comment. It seems very strange that so much effort on Dave Sharp's part has gone into this kit, to produce something that is so beautifully ugly. I love it.
Once the weathering is done, I will be able, at long last to give full attention to creating my shunting plank and my own models, I am really looking forward to it. Nothing on the scale of Heyside, just something to work on and 'create the scene' - as I see/remember it in the 60s, South of the Thames.
regards
Mike
many thanks for the comment. It seems very strange that so much effort on Dave Sharp's part has gone into this kit, to produce something that is so beautifully ugly. I love it.
Once the weathering is done, I will be able, at long last to give full attention to creating my shunting plank and my own models, I am really looking forward to it. Nothing on the scale of Heyside, just something to work on and 'create the scene' - as I see/remember it in the 60s, South of the Thames.
regards
Mike