Minerva 8750 arrives
7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)
- Thread starter Pencarrow
- Start date
Double slip being built
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Groan. That was awful!
Steph
Sorry!
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
With the arrival of the Pannier, now is probably a good time for a stocktake (sorry Steph).
Completed or RTR:
One thing I have learned working in 7mm is that it's best to buy things when you see them. Kit ranges disappear, RTR sell out and kits can be limited in production. Considering all this the hunt really should be on for the N Class.
Completed or RTR:
- Ivatt tank built by Peter Cross
- AC Railbus from Heljan
- 8750 Pannier tank from Minerva
- 45xx Prairie tank from Lionheart (on order)
- O2 from Jim at Connoisseur
- 1366 from Agenoria
- Beattie Well Tank - a mix of etches and castings from many sources
- Bulleid Light Pacific from Finney7
- T9 - interest expressed in the forthcoming (2018) Finney7 kit
- N Class - still available from David Andrews?
- Class 22 63xx - JLTRT?
- Some older LSWR locos maybe?
One thing I have learned working in 7mm is that it's best to buy things when you see them. Kit ranges disappear, RTR sell out and kits can be limited in production. Considering all this the hunt really should be on for the N Class.
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Steph Dale
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If you want an N, keep a look out for the Sanspareil one. It may be worth a chat with Ace (William Ascough) or even Sanspareil (Ian Young) to find out where it is now...
Steph
Steph
mickoo
Western Thunderer
No point trying to tempt you into a B1 for summer Saturday specials then
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
No point trying to tempt you into a B1 for summer Saturday specials then
You very almost got me with the Adams Radial... Pity there's none left (please tell me there's none left...)
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
The Radial is one we usually manage to keep in stock. 
Does Sir prefer the original or Drummond boiler?
Steph
Does Sir prefer the original or Drummond boiler?
Steph
Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
I think a T1, M7, T3, K10, and 700 would all look nice at Pencarrow.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
You're also a bad influence.
B-Set
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Looking back through the thread it looks like I didn't record the arrival of yet more GWR RTR back in April 2017, the Lionheart/Dapol B-set:
Seen here with Peter's Ivatt tank.
SR fans shouldn't worry that I've gone over to the dark GWR side though. Other than the Prairie that's on order, all future stock builds should be well and truly SR.
Having stock from the 'other' company does add operational interest and variety to the layout and buying it RTR doesn't steal time from my main area of modelling interest.
Interesting to see how far the track has progressed in 5 months...
Seen here with Peter's Ivatt tank.
SR fans shouldn't worry that I've gone over to the dark GWR side though. Other than the Prairie that's on order, all future stock builds should be well and truly SR.
Having stock from the 'other' company does add operational interest and variety to the layout and buying it RTR doesn't steal time from my main area of modelling interest.
Interesting to see how far the track has progressed in 5 months...
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Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
The Radial is one we usually manage to keep in stock.
Does Sir prefer the original or Drummond boiler?
Steph
Sir's good lady has expressed a preference for paying the mortgage and feeding the children. ;-p
mickoo
Western Thunderer
And your excuse is ?
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
It's over rated.
Steph
Wonder if a kit manufacturer has ever been cited in divorce proceedings?
Paul Cambridge
Western Thunderer
Thank you kind sir. Young Chris said once that I was partially to blame for him moving into 7mm scale. Guilty as charged I guess. I’ll start a thread on Kelly Bray, my 7mm piece of BR(S) when I have some fresh photos. The layout’s been in stasis so to speak and needs tidying up and some repair. So don’t hold your breath.
Anyway, Chris, have you thought of a source of plates for 4666 and the 1366 yet?
Paul Cambridge
Western Thunderer
Narrow Planet etched my plates for my 16mm steamer, which you have seen. Very nice they are too. I used 1600 grit ‘crocus’ paper to polish the top surface of the plates. They also supplied the plates for my SHT Peckett in GWR days. That’s on the to do list though, after the LSWR Brake van and the Fowler 0-4-0DM detailing is finished; another part finished job...