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briz1234

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Hi All,

Just a quick introduction from me, my name is Brian Hanson and I run a small model railway nameplate/detailing component company called Shawplan Model Products, specializing in the diesel and electric era of British Railways mainly in 2,4 and 7mm scales but have also been known to do one or two bits in the larger scales too.. ;)

At the risk of being thrown of the forum after my first post(!).. I model in P4 and have a particular interest in the finer engineering aspects of model diesel locomotive design from the fans on the roof to the bouncy springy bits underneath!.. but... wait for it... :shit: Eastern Region!..

I'll get me coat!.. Cheers ;D
Brian

(See Pugs.. I didn't mention Deltic's once!!  ;) ;D ;D)
 
mth

mth

Western Thunderer
Hello Brian and welcome :wave: . (glad to see i'm not the only one up at this time in the morning :eek:)
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian  :wave:

Welcome to the forum  :D ........psssssst don't tell anyone, but most of my spotting days were spent on the Eastern Region  :eek:  ;D

Phill  :thumbs:

P.S. Could I ask if you do thicker versions of the original Shawplan 7mm Hymek numbers now ?
 
Jordan

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
Welcome aboard! :wave:

You are allowed to have Deltics on here (in P4?  :bowdown: ) just as long as they are BLUE and preferably Finsbury Park Racehourses - with White window surrounds... :drool: :drool: :drool: :thumbs:

:D :D :D
 
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briz1234

Guest
Good Morning.. and thanks for the welcome! :D

mth said:
Hello Brian and welcome :wave: . (glad to see i'm not the only one up at this time in the morning :eek:)
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Hi MTH, this is the only time I get to do any serious design work without interruptions from the other members of the household! :eek:.. and my 'normal' web browsing time :))

Phill Dyson said:
Hi Brian  :wave:

Welcome to the forum  :D ........psssssst don't tell anyone, but most of my spotting days were spent on the Eastern Region  :eek:  ;D

Phill  :thumbs:

P.S. Could I ask if you do thicker versions of the original Shawplan 7mm Hymek numbers now ?
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Hi Phill, ..Its good to know I'm not the only one on here!..

I have just done the Hymek worksplates in 7mm and I am currently redrawing the numbers at the moment.. the originals were etched in .005" stainless steel but I will test them out in .010" and .012" and see how they turn out.. as a matter of interest, does anyone know what thickness the originals were?

Jordan said:
Welcome aboard! :wave:

You are allowed to have Deltics on here (in P4?  :bowdown: ) just as long as they are BLUE and preferably Finsbury Park Racehourses - with White window surrounds... :drool: :drool: :drool: :thumbs:

:D :D :D
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.. ???

Hi Jordan, Ohh Yes! (in a churchill dog type voice ;)) ;D ;D.. My main spotting years were between '78 and '82 on the ECML so plenty of blue/blue white cab D*lt*c's.. my fav's?.. 12,13 and 14, hence my screen name! ;D ;D ;D

marsa69 said:
As the Woodpecker ad used to say 'that makes a refreshing change'  :))

Hi Brian,

regards,

Mark
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Hi Mark,Thanks! ;).. although I am here to learn a bit more about those hydraulic's from the masters on here and in 7mm of course ;) ;D.. sadly only saw one of each running during BR days :( :(..

CME & Bottlewasher said:
Hi Brian :wave:

A warm welcome from me.

Loving the 7mm Heljan upgrade parts :bowdown: :thumbs:

CME :wave:
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Hi CME, Plenty more bits on the way.. (new in this week, 7mm individual 26,27 and 33 roof fans and grilles and 7mm window frames for Mk2 air cons.. ;)).. also planning more 47/57 bits and DRS 20/3 conversion for the Heljan 20.. :thumbs:

Cheers!
Brian 
 
Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian,

welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing what you produce for the up-coming Heljan 31.

cheers

Mike
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Hi Brian, we did talk briefly on Saturday, but yo seemed pretty busy  :)) There is something of an Eastern thunder in certain parts of the forum  :)) We really do need some pictures though.
I did have the dimension for the Hymek numbers somewhere, but they are quite thick
 
Pugsley

Pugsley

Western Thunderer
briz1234 said:
(See Pugs.. I didn't mention Deltic's once!!  ;) ;D ;D)
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And you were doing so well...  :D

Welcome to the madhouse Brian!  Look forward to seeing some of your springy bits  8)
 
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PMP

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
There is something of an Eastern thunder in certain parts of the forum  :)) We really do need some pictures though.
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New kid in town from the east too , pictures? Here's one I dun earlier 4mm though but it's eastern ...
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:wave:
 
Jordan

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
briz1234 said:
Hi Jordan, Ohh Yes! (in a churchill dog type voice ;)) ;D ;D.. My main spotting years were between '78 and '82 on the ECML so plenty of blue/blue white cab D*lt*c's.. my fav's?.. 12,13 and 14, hence my screen name! ;D ;D ;D
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My favourite Deltic is No. 15..... I like the fact I can use the word "is" with complete accuracy.... :D

I'm also often on-line here at Silly-o'clock in the morning, during break times at work... :-[
 
40126

40126

Western Thunderer
Welcome PMP & Brian  :wave:

Brian - Surely 'Pinza' is 'THE' one.

PMP - Like the 4mm pic.

Steve  :thumbs:
 
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briz1234

Guest
40126 said:
Welcome PMP & Brian  :wave:

Brian - Surely 'Pinza' is 'THE' one.

PMP - Like the 4mm pic.

Steve  :thumbs:
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Hi Steve :wave:

They were all pretty special to me as a young impressionable teenager! :thumbs:.. I guess it was because when we were haulage bashing we always seemed to get certain locos turning up (usually a GD m/c and more often than not, No8!.. ;)) but never the ones we really wanted.. so when the elusive ones did turn up it was a real bonus! 8) ;D ;D ;D.. ultimate favorite?.. has to be No13 :thumbs: :thumbs:.. it was the last I needed for haulage, we were on an East Midlands 'Ranger' ticket in May '80 and 13 had been having its Rainhill treatment all week (unaware of this at the time), it was released to traffic on the next to last day.. we were on a 31 hauled train to Leicester from Peterborough when it pulled up along side us completely ex works :drool: :drool:.. then opened up full power on both engines.. AWESOME!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.. what made the week even better?.. I got my last Deltic haulage 'cop' the very next day! :D

Happy days indeed!

Cheers
Brian

 
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian  :wave:

I don't have the Hymek number dimensions to hand as I'm on holiday at the moment, but double or slightly over thickness sounds about right to me.

Would it be possible to include more than four 'D's for those of us who lose the odd one in the carpet (never to be seen again )  :headbang:  :))


Cheers Phill
 
lancer1027

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian, welcome to the forum :thumbs:.Now then we seem to be talking "shake..shake...shake Eastern Region ..shake..shake " rather to frequent for my likeing  :eek: :eek:. I do hope we all see some light very soon :)) :)). Right i need to go and lie down in a dark room to get over my dizzy spell at typing , no not gonna do it again.
And no Jordan its not a dark "side" room :))

Rob :wave:
 
Jordan

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
lancer1027 said:
...And no Jordan its not a dark "side" room :))
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... and why not..??!!?? ::)  :vista:

Anyway from the standpoint of this Forum, Eastern region IS Dark Side, or Area 51 at least.... :)) I won't point out that the Deltic styling was heavily influenced by American locos of the time... oh bother ...  ;D
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Brian is aiming to produce scale thickness Hymek numbers, if you read the earlier part of this thread the builders plates are mentioned I think.

Cheers Phill
 
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