7mm , Blackney, A Glimpse of the Forest

[Yorkshire Dave]

I don't mind a pannier tank providing it's red and numbered in the L.89 to L.99 series .

However, your latest addition does look well from being photographed at the lower angle more akin to 7mm scale eye level.

 

[NHY 581]

Don't tell Pencarrow You know how hw reacts to the word pan---r, but another pannier has arrived at Blackney. It will become 4689 it will be wethered and the crew already bought and painted will be inserted. As is often said you cannt have too many.

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Splendid choice. Despite my current leaning to the East, there are many nice things to be said about Panniers.

Rob

 

[Alan]

Some progress on the new pannier. It has had its initial weathering. I'll leave it like that for a while. It just needs its crew and new numbers (4689)

 

[Alan]

4689 is now finished and being put to work on a beautiful sunny day day at Blackney.





and I couldn't resist a B&W version

 

[Alan]

Could not resist this. A trio of panniers just for Chris (Pencarrow)

 

[Pencarrow]

You spoil me Alan

 

[NHY 581]

You spoil me Alan

You deserve it.

 

[Richard]

It's probably better to declare this now, on a Western friendly page, but I have eight pannier tanks.

 

[Alan]

Good man!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[simond]

It's probably better to declare this now, on a Western friendly page, but I have eight pannier tanks.

Probably one less than you actually need.

 

[James Spooner]

Probably one less than you actually need.

Is that based on the formula R=P+1 where P= panniers owned and R= required number of panniers? (Says he who models East Anglia and has none…)

Nigel

 

[NHY 581]

Is that based on the formula R=P+1 where P= panniers owned and R= required number of panniers? (Says he who models East Anglia and has none…......)

Nigel

YET..............

 

[Alex W]

Is that based on the formula R=P+1 where P= panniers owned and R= required number of panniers? (Says he who models East Anglia and has none…)

Nigel

As an East Anglian modeller you will be pleased to know the formula also works for J15's

 

[NHY 581]

As an East Anglian modeller you will be pleased to know the formula also works for J15's

I can indeed confirm that.

R+o+b

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

It's probably better to declare this now, on a Western friendly page, but I have eight pannier tanks.

I only have the one PT (London Transport, naturally)..... on the basis of once you've seen one you've seen the lot

 

[Lodekka]

Absolutely!! Especially the "O Scale is expensive, so I'll just have one Loco" bit!!

But it really isn't expensive any longer - if you look at the 4mm (& some 2mm loco's) the prices are becoming much more levelled.

 

[Jordan]

But it really isn't expensive any longer - if you look at the 4mm (& some 2mm loco's) the prices are becoming much more levelled.

Yes my comment was a bit tongue in cheek - the prevailing viewpoint of "it's O Scale so it must be expensive" has certainly been challenged especially by Dapol & Minerva as far as R-T-R goes, and yes in the meantime prices of OO & N (which are often the same for equivalent models) have risen.
The other main thrust of my comment was to do with the oft-repeated delusion that most of us entertain when starting a new scale or project - "I only need one loco & a handful of wagons".... yeah right I said that myself when getting into American O Scale. About a decade or so later, and about 15 locos and over 50 freight cars later as well..... definitely blew that presumption out of the water....

 

[Dog Star]

Started with one and now up to fifteen?

Bet they all can be fitted, one at a time, into the same box so that the Good Lady thinks that you only ever take the same one loco out to a meet!

 

[Jordan]

Started with one and now up to fifteen

First one was an Atlas Plymouth. Now 5 of the 15 are Plymouths....
On this Thread I should mention my British O locos, now at 11 - including 2 Panniers.....

 

[Alan]

I must agree with Jordan. I remember saying to my very supportive wife that I would have a maximum of two locos and about eight wagons and a brake van. Whoops I think I've slightly over shot that.