manning wardle

Hi all, I am new to Western Thunder, and this G3 forum, so a short introduction is in order. I am Lindsay O'Reilly, 60 yrs old, Australian, a high school Visual Arts teacher by trade (31 years) but now working as the Registrar in my school in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. I am also one of the...

I am weathering a Minerva GWR 8750 0-6-0PT locomotive. I am trying to replicate the effect of a cared-for in-service engine. My first step having fitted the various accoutrements and nameplates to the model, was to polish the cab and tank sides with T-Cut and cotton buds. This imparts a pleasing...

I thought it was time to start a thread about Cwm Bach, my 7mm scale depiction of the South Wales Valleys in the 1950s and early 1960s. It occupies a space of 15' x 2' and is wired for DCC operation.I use a blend of standards, the track and rolling stock are 7mm Finescale and the scenery...

Very much inspired by Mickoo's splendid 16mm project, I've started to knock out some parts for a model of a small Manning Wardle 2ft 6in gauge wing tank loco. It is absolutely not such a substantial project, being a very conventional outside cylindered 0-4-0 and only scaling at 170mm length...

I am building a RT Models K class Manning Wardle, and decided the Gibson wheel were too chunky, so I drew up and designed my own new wheel centres had Modelu 3D print them for me. The wheels are fitted to Exactoscale tyres. My whhels have the correct ten spokes and a 2mm axle. The attached photo...

Happy Christmas all - I've rounded up the pick of shots I took on a sad day in December 21 years ago, I went to Littleton Colliery on 3rd December 1993 - it's last day as a working pit. I thought I'd grab a few shots from road bridges, which crossed what was the last UK operational colliery...

At long last Trevor at Mercian Models has got round to re-releasing my Manning Wardle kit the production of which he took over way back . Priced at £282 and comes with no build headaches....trust me:drool:

Moving on from introducing myself on the new members page, I have come to Area 51 to start things off. Should I ever be asked to go Great Western again, then I'll take the trouble to post there. The first item here is 4mm scale and an ex-LNER B2. I'll record progress as I go and post it here...

Here's an interesting job, makes a change from scratch building:rolleyes:. A F/S Ixion Manning Wardle 0-4-0st to be converted to S7 and then painted black and weathered heavily:D. I'll post the process of conversion, including wheel turning etc and what ever else needs attention in due...

This is a very nice little engine and a model that I had never heard of before the Telford show last year, where I bought one. Although it's RTR it's only really RTR if you like running gold-coloured locos on your layout as they come unpainted but with a coat of laquer over the brass. :D...

Well you see, it's not my fault - I went to the Central Southern 0 gauge do last Sunday and made the basic mistake of taking my cheque-book, with unused cheques in it! And well, Peter and Geoff manning the second hand stall are mates (and co-operators of Wadebridge 1860s) and there was this kit...