Model Trains
01-07-2012, 10:25 PM
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56's is my all time fav too. Used to live near a main coal route line during the 80's 90's as a kid so happy memories of the rubbling engines of these.
Going back to model trains, the games moved on ten fold in recent years with digital technology meaning better control and things like real engine noise coming out the loco linked to throttle, or turn lol of your controller.
Going back to model trains, the games moved on ten fold in recent years with digital technology meaning better control and things like real engine noise coming out the loco linked to throttle, or turn lol of your controller.
04-07-2012, 02:13 PM
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Ill get a pic of the big old loco on my staircase when i get home....Big old model train 
my late grandad used to build them from scratch, got all the drawings/blueprints too somewhere at my nans,.... we've got one, my auntie has 1, my uncle has 3 or 4, and theres another 4 or 5 in the shed at my nans.
Used to build ride on ones too like the one at Cassiobury park in Watford, but at the Bluebell railway and places like that..
LMS 2968 on the side of ours i know that much
my late grandad used to build them from scratch, got all the drawings/blueprints too somewhere at my nans,.... we've got one, my auntie has 1, my uncle has 3 or 4, and theres another 4 or 5 in the shed at my nans.
Used to build ride on ones too like the one at Cassiobury park in Watford, but at the Bluebell railway and places like that..
LMS 2968 on the side of ours i know that much
25-09-2012, 05:35 PM
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Heres the one i mentioned... only just remembered tbh lol..
Its about a metre long and with some bits and bobs it will actually move under its own steam....literally.
A bit dusty though...
Theres about 8-10 all together in the family...and i think a few more up in my nans shed...
Its about a metre long and with some bits and bobs it will actually move under its own steam....literally.
A bit dusty though...
Theres about 8-10 all together in the family...and i think a few more up in my nans shed...
25-10-2012, 04:56 AM
#60
bet youre glad the 4VEPS/CEPs and other "slam door" trains are gone! pretty much all we had when i lived on the south coast.
Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went
Got stuck on a 4VEP just outside southbourne station for an hour as a kid. Was getting off there (where i lived) when the fucker broke down with the cab just over the level crossing just shy of the platform!! in those days they had a signal box and good old swing gates at the crossing then!!
Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went
Got stuck on a 4VEP just outside southbourne station for an hour as a kid. Was getting off there (where i lived) when the fucker broke down with the cab just over the level crossing just shy of the platform!! in those days they had a signal box and good old swing gates at the crossing then!!
27-10-2012, 11:07 AM
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bet youre glad the 4VEPS/CEPs and other "slam door" trains are gone! pretty much all we had when i lived on the south coast.
Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went
Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went
A lot more skill required to drive them, especially this time of year.
Steve
30-10-2012, 09:41 AM
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still going through the recruitment process which seems impossible, but ive been trying for 2 years now.At the minute ive completed the online tests and managers interveiw successfully and im doing my driver assesment next tuesday with Northern, so keeping my fingers crossed lol....
10-08-2014, 11:30 AM
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Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!!
A thread I can really get my teeth into. I have quite a collection of models but so far my only kitbuild has been this.
Dapol Railbus. Fitted with seats from an abandoned coopercraft Mk1 coach build, people from kytes lights (not that you can see them, the windows frosted from the glue but you can see them better in the flesh), home made wipers & motorised with a Hornby Pacer Mechanism.
I also have a Wrenn R1 that I picked up for Ł15, repainted it into black & applied modern high quality transfers. the model came with screwlinks when I got it. the buffers were changed for old bachmann ones I had hanging around & I modified the front cab spectacles. I'll try & get some pictures soon for you guys
Dapol Railbus. Fitted with seats from an abandoned coopercraft Mk1 coach build, people from kytes lights (not that you can see them, the windows frosted from the glue but you can see them better in the flesh), home made wipers & motorised with a Hornby Pacer Mechanism.
I also have a Wrenn R1 that I picked up for Ł15, repainted it into black & applied modern high quality transfers. the model came with screwlinks when I got it. the buffers were changed for old bachmann ones I had hanging around & I modified the front cab spectacles. I'll try & get some pictures soon for you guys
15-03-2015, 07:22 PM
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Was clearing out my old flat and stumbled across this, had to set it up and 10 mimutes later on ebay had purchased another loco. oops. Lucky my mrs has a sense of humour.
Nephews eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when he saw the box so might grab a board and pin the track so he can have a proper play (and me too )
Nephews eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when he saw the box so might grab a board and pin the track so he can have a proper play (and me too
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26-04-2015, 06:01 PM
#73
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Rescued a couple of boxes from my mums place and had to have a play. My GWR loco hasn't turned a wheel for 23 years but other than being noisy it runs just fine.
27-04-2015, 06:26 PM
#75
Professional Waffler
Looking at doing a 7' x 4'6" board with a triple loop. Just a case of working out joining the sections as it'll need to go under the spare bed when not in use.
24-09-2015, 04:37 PM
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Well definitely no spending on this.
Did a bit of work on my HST and swapped the manky lights out for new and installed LED light boards.
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Did a bit of work on my HST and swapped the manky lights out for new and installed LED light boards.
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This is the planned layout
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