Simon Glidewell
Western Thunderer
It's a hugely inspiring model, Pete, and if your drawing became available... who knows what might appear on the mud flats of the Hoo?!! I'm really looking forward to seeing Heather's photos...
WT is going maritime! Just keep up with the railway connections and we might not get into too much trouble!
I love these photos. My family (father's side) is proper Cockney so I'm really empathetic with these photos. We're going way off piste at the moment so, unless there's an outpouring of "keep it here", and assuming that Simon's comfortable about us taking a bit of a side track, we should, perhaps, go in to PMs off line?
More photos, Heather. They are wonderful.
Hi Simon
Seeing your Cl73(JB) reminded me that I converted a Lima JA to P4 around 25 years ago using the drive bogies from a Roco SBB Re4/4 iv, as they scaled out to the correct wheelbase for the JA, and a home made chassis. The bogies where re-wheeled with Alan Gibson P4 wheels and this is the only P4 item I have left since moving up to O scale. Alas it has lost a few bits along the way....
View attachment 56388
View attachment 56389
Hi Simon,
There are some really nice photos on here! The 2 BIL is coming on well and it occurred to me that I should send you some air pipes to replace those guitar string renditions of the vac. pipes - which are incorrect. (Fitted in the early days of EMU model building!) Excellent photo of the 73. There can't be many better in any scale...
All the best,
Colin