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John D

Western Thunderer
john lewsey said:
Hi I had forgotten about the valance supplied with the kit I didn't use it. I used a much thinner piece
John
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There was nothing wrong with the kit supplied valence strip if you soldered the broad side to the underside of the footplate , the narrow edge (strip thickness) formed the valence side....if I remember correctly that's what it said in the instructions.
Sorry to go on about this but as the kit has now vanished down the ABS black hole , one kit recently sold on eBay for £330, if the purchaser didn't know and saw photos of the incorrect valence the fault gets repeated.

John
 
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Kevin MH

Western Thunderer
Nice one .......I miscalculated on the price....doh!! Now get some suitable photos to build it with

John[/QUOTE]
I've got MRJ 39 and Talbot's Illustrated History.

But I did pay 29 pounds for shipping.
 
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Rob R

Rob R

Western Thunderer
Without wishing to hijack the thread too much, a few photos from the as yet unposted episodes of "A day out in xxxx"
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Chester 5th september 1936

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Monument Lane, Birmingham. May 1939

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Monument Lane again.

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Monument Lane.

Assumed copyright with me but WT'ers feel free to use for modelling purposes and if you need better scans, want to print/publish just shout out.

I really must scan the rest of them.....

Rob
 
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Kevin MH

Western Thunderer
Rob,

All those photos are later engines with Webb smokeboxes (circular doors) rather than Ramsbottom smokeboxes (which the kit supplies) and full cabs (an alternate available in the kit) rather than the open cab that they ran with to 1912 (if memory serves).
 
Mike W

Mike W

Western Thunderer
True, and Cooke buffers, lamp brackets in place of sockets, iron brakes etc but the basic bits are the same and nice picture of the top of the smokebox is useful.
 
Rob R

Rob R

Western Thunderer
I read into Mike W's post that Adrian Swain isn't in the best of health.
If that is the case (and I hope I am wrong) then the availabilty of kits etc is really of little importance.

Rob R
 
Sandy Harper

Sandy Harper

Western Thunderer
adrian said:
I always try to work from photos - but then again even with photos I always seem to get something wrong!

In this case to illustrate your point from wikipedia and by coincidence the same number although slightly later in period I think. Fortunately "easy" to correct by filing down the valance a bit - i.e. certainly easier than adding material.

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from LNWR Special Tank - Wikipedia
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Wish I had access to that photo Adrian, whilst building mine! The lubricators have now been turned around, the buffer housings repainted black but the valance has been left as it would be a big job to remove and rebuild.
Regards
Sandy
 
paulc

paulc

Western Thunderer
Hi guys , if you're building an LNWR special tank then get yourself a copy of Locomotives Illustrated #158 which has numerous photos of these locos both with and without lids .
Cheers Paul
 
john lewsey

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi I've just picked this LNWR refrigerator van up again after several years while we are confined to barracks here in Spain .Its an opportunity to finish things .
I do have to catch up with a couple of you and will do as soon as I am able to fly back to the UK although it may be a few months so my apologies to you
Regards
John
 
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