Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.

[Captain Kernow]

The 16XX is an abomination. Hopefully their subsequent models will be easier to convert...

 

[LarryG]

Manning Wardle, I need a quarry line feeder. We are soooo lucky at the mo with all the forthcoming locos and rolling stock.

 

[Jordan]

They look very nice indeed. Ewe is obviously the natural habitat for them.
I have the need for a cabbed one but 119% bigger though

Ooh, hard sums!! My brain hurts.
I'm guessing you mean S Scale?

 

[LarryG]

A 16xx was the last Pannier I saw in BR traffic, so I had a soft spot for the class, however, the model did not capture the look of these engines. The clunky wheels didn't help.

 

[Captain Kernow]

A 16xx was the last Pannier I saw in BR traffic, so I had a soft spot for the class, however, the model did not capture the look of these engines. The clunky wheels didn't help.

Yes, when I call it an 'abomination', I'm thinking about the ability to convert it to P4. You cannot just remove the chassis from the body, like you can with many other models, all parts are integrated with each other.

To achieve a 16XX in P4, I think it's actually easier to build the NuCast Partners kit.

I went the same route when I did my OO 16XX for 'Bethesda Sidings', as I didn't want to be a slave to whatever motor drive system Rapido were using at the time.

 

[LarryG]

Yes, I liked the look of your NuCast 16xx. Wasn't it originally by my old pal Brian Brown at Westward Models...

 

[Captain Kernow]

Yes, I liked the look of your NuCast 16xx. Wasn't it originally by my old pal Brian Brown at Westward Models...

I've got a Westward pannier, Larry, but it's a 54XX.

I think the NuCast Partners 16XX originated as a Sutherland Model Casters/Cotswold kit?

 

[NHY 581]

A Peckett breaks cover......



Rob

 

[NHY 581]

 

[cmax]

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Two stunning photographs.

 

[NHY 581]

Two stunning photographs.

Thank you. I thought Sheep Dip, with all the attention elsewhere recently, was feeling a bit left out.

Rob

 

[NHY 581]

A wider view.

Rob

 

[NHY 581]

 

[Captain Kernow]

Lovely shots, Rob. Where did you get the ladder from, please?

 

[LarryG]

Nice trees Rob. Where did you get them, please?

 

[NHY 581]

Lovely shots, Rob. Where did you get the ladder from, please?

Hi Tim, I'm trying to work it out. Pencarrot nabbed them at last year's Railwells from one of the traders there. I've looked at the list and had a look on their respective websites but can't find them as of yet.

I'll keep looking in case I missed them.

Rob

 

[NHY 581]

Nice trees Rob. Where did you get them, please?

Hi Larry,

They are from MBR in Poland. Good sorts to deal with. The website is here.....

Archiwa Deciduous trees - MBRmodel / modele drzew

en.mbrmodel.eu

I'm just messing about with a selection of their large bushes I acquired from them earlier this year.



Rob

 

[Osgood]

Oh yeah - like Capability Brown just messed about.

That scene looks so realistic - clever blend of colours too.

 

[NHY 581]

Thanks Oz.

It's just getting a feel for how it will look when I do it properly. Needs to be a bit more dense I think but shows promise methinks.




Rob

 

[Jordan]

Thanks Oz.

It's just getting a feel for how it will look when I do it properly. Needs to be a bit more dense I think but shows promise methinks.


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Rob

You can't fool us Rob. Photoshopping tension lock couplers onto a photo of real engines - it's just not cricket, y'know....