Wencombe /Kingsbridge Regis/Louville Lane
makhis
Western Thunderer
Welcome
I learnt to drive on/in a Denis straight 8 ex fire engine charging down Fradley runway. Double clutching to change gears ( no synchromesh) with the hand brake outside the cab on the running board. In my days with the TA driving 3 tonners being told by a green officer, to "run the BIgger" over when faced by a young German policeman who was only trying to prevent our convoy from travelling through a village mildly amusing. Happy days. ;D
I learnt to drive on/in a Denis straight 8 ex fire engine charging down Fradley runway. Double clutching to change gears ( no synchromesh) with the hand brake outside the cab on the running board. In my days with the TA driving 3 tonners being told by a green officer, to "run the BIgger" over when faced by a young German policeman who was only trying to prevent our convoy from travelling through a village mildly amusing. Happy days. ;D
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Wencombe
It was just a general comment about the size of mirrors in those days, but then in the Pre-Motorway and Pre-Distribution Warehouse Era they probably weren't so vital either.
Re gearboxes... don't get me started! They're all pretty much fully Automatic these days, and I hate 'em! Bring back Four-over-fours and the Eaton Twin-Splitter I say! I have a theory that the reason so many trucks got stuck so quickly this last winter, extreme as it was, is because they are all auto-boxes - hopeless in bad conditions (we've all laughed at the "Police Stop" type winter video clips from the USA), and despite there usually being a 'manual' option, few drivers ever bother to try it. Who would think that manual gear-changing is a dying art in haulage, along with rope'n'sheeting and so on...??
Sorry, mild rant /off.... :
Yes, I wasn't saying anything about the size of the mirrors on your model - if anything they're quite a generous size for the time!!Alan said:
It was just a general comment about the size of mirrors in those days, but then in the Pre-Motorway and Pre-Distribution Warehouse Era they probably weren't so vital either.Re gearboxes... don't get me started! They're all pretty much fully Automatic these days, and I hate 'em! Bring back Four-over-fours and the Eaton Twin-Splitter I say! I have a theory that the reason so many trucks got stuck so quickly this last winter, extreme as it was, is because they are all auto-boxes - hopeless in bad conditions (we've all laughed at the "Police Stop" type winter video clips from the USA), and despite there usually being a 'manual' option, few drivers ever bother to try it. Who would think that manual gear-changing is a dying art in haulage, along with rope'n'sheeting and so on...??
Sorry, mild rant /off.... :
westernfan
Western Thunderer
Wencombe
the 2 stroke diesel lorries of the 50s 60s sound like tanks
28ten said:I like those old vehicles, saw a few on Sunday, they dont half make a noise
the 2 stroke diesel lorries of the 50s 60s sound like tanks
Alan
Western Thunderer
Alan
Western Thunderer
Wencombe
Recently I bought a Hornby Radley signal box, so I have spent this week building an interior. It was built on a sub base and pushed in from underneath. The pic shows signalman Fred Hawkins at work. Unfortunately the macro stting has shown up a bl***y awful repaint which needs touching up.
Recently I bought a Hornby Radley signal box, so I have spent this week building an interior. It was built on a sub base and pushed in from underneath. The pic shows signalman Fred Hawkins at work. Unfortunately the macro stting has shown up a bl***y awful repaint which needs touching up.
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Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
Wencombe
Alan said:
westernfan
Western Thunderer
Wencombe
Hi Alan
Yes my lumix fz45 didnt do me any favours with my inspection saloon cab ends , but i suppose its a good way of showing up the faults that need rectifiying once viewed close up on the pc . ive just butchered up an old heljan signal box , the one that knightwing now produce . will you be illuminating your box to show the detail ?
Hi Alan
Yes my lumix fz45 didnt do me any favours with my inspection saloon cab ends , but i suppose its a good way of showing up the faults that need rectifiying once viewed close up on the pc . ive just butchered up an old heljan signal box , the one that knightwing now produce . will you be illuminating your box to show the detail ?
