7mm , Blackney, A Glimpse of the Forest

[LarryG]

Your Bedford looks a bit military, kinda high stepping. On the 'domestic' S Type lorry, the flatbed stood only a few inches above the rear wings. Yours is in line with the top of the front 'wing' and should really line up with the lower section of the cab door.....

 

[Osgood]

He’ll get a GV9 for having an insecure body as I think it is just plopped on in the latest pictures - the earlier photos on p33 look pretty good Larry.
P.S. For crying out loud they’ve now changed it to a PG9…..

 

[Alan]

you are correct Osgood, I had just plopped the body on. When mounted correctly it sits much lower

 

[Alan]

Getting there, just the wire bits and dashboard andd steering wheel to fit and a bit of work on the drivers windscreen.

 

[Alan]

very slightly better

 

[Alan]

Nearly Nearly there, just the wing mirrors to do and a head board showing the firm.

 

[Heather Kay]

I see the owner splashed out on the nearside wiper. Many hauliers were cheapskates and only specified the driver's side wiper.

 

[Jordan]

I see the owner splashed out on the nearside wiper. Many hauliers were cheapskates and only specified the driver's side wiper.

I bet there's no heater though...

 

[Alan]

I tok abreak from Modelling on Saturday , Spent most of Friday building a Parkside Conflat A and Container.
I went to watch and photograph a Yacht race on the Broads. The Yare Navigation Race. I did it 19 times in my own yacht and another 4 when crewing on a friends yacht. Starts near Brundall at the Coldham Hall Pub down to Breydon Water near Great yarmouth and Back. a distance of some 32- 36 miles depending how far the turning mark is put down Breydon idea is you try and have the tide with you both ways (you choose your own start time). This year slightly complicated by very high tides and a the northerly which had been blowing most of the week holding the tide up making it later than the tide tables were predicting. This year 35 entries a bit less when I used to do it when there where anything from 50-70 starters 4 decided not go winds were 4-5 gusting 6 NW. making it a run down and a reach and beat back.
Enough a few photos as they powered their way past the pub at Cantley. The silors amongst you may notice that most are reefed or sainling without their Topsail..

 

[Simon]

What absolutely fantastic pictures, looks like a great event!

Thank you very much for sharing them.

Simon

 

[michael mott]

I am amazed at how close to shore these boats are, The water must be a lot deeper than I thought. Certainly could not get that close to shore at the lake I sailed at, unless you had a swing keel that was almost up.

Michael

 

[Alan]

Most Broads yachts draw about 3ft6 or less. There is the odd exception but not many. The main ru!e of the class is the boats are designed to sail on the broads

 

[michael mott]

Thanks Alan, that does make a lot of sense.

michael

 

[Alan]

Back to the railway. The Bedford is now finished?? some titivating to do me thinks.

The firm is named after dad Emlyn and the sons me and my late brother. Its an engineering firm therefore not in competition with Frank Drake. Dad was an engineer worked many years for Gloster Aircraft and this last working days were at Dowty Rotol. My Brother was a qualifeid draughtsman with Dowtys and then when he went to university after being one of the last called up for National Service and did a degree in Mechanical Engineering. ME?? I was just a primary school teacher in the east end of London. and not vety good with my hands, even worse now that they occassionally seize up.







I've also been building a Parkside Conflat and container The conflat is finished the container needs the roo f painting hence no photo.

 

[Simon]

That looks really nice, they are very handsome vehicles I think.

I also really like the Thames trader and two stroke Commer vehicles from back in the day.

I have a 1/32 Bedford like yours for my coal yard, it is the Airfix military one which I have tried to "beef down"(!)

It is that bendy plastic so a bit tricky to work with, must get back to it...

Simon

 

[Geoff]

ME?? I was just a primary school teacher in the east end of London. and not very good with my hands, even worse now that they occasionally seize up.

Just a primary school teacher? Well I for one take my hat off to you Alan for doing such an important job.

As for your hands seizing up, well I'm a fully paid up member of the same club! Not that it has stopped you from doing some superb modelling.

Geoff

 

[Alan]

Thank You Geoff.

 

[paulc]

Hats off to any teachers Alan , in fact in my late teens / early twenties one of my mates was my woodwork teacher who was only a few years older than me . His wife was a teacher as well and in the middle late sixties when teachers wages were very low a group of us kids ( fifteen ish ) would rock up to their house with food for them about once a week. Monty Python was on the tv so we would stay and watch that then go back to our homes . Ah those were the days , not .

 

[Jordan]

a group of us kids ( fifteen ish ) would rock up to their house...

House??!! I was convinced my teachers slept in coffins in the School vaults.

 

[Geoff]

House??!! I was convinced my teachers slept in coffins in the School vaults.

Our eldest son is a teacher and he can sleep anywhere at anytime, probably dozes off in class as well.

Geoff