Dave's Industrial Steam (and diesel) Gallery

[Dave]

'A Bloody Pulveriser of an Aeroplane!' I think it was called.
Is your rigging fishing line or something else?
C.

It's some kind of nylon thread from a haberdashers. They call it invisible thread - no, I don't understand that either

Jordan is correct; it's Bloody Paralyser. I think it was Trenchard who said that he wanted "A Bloody Paralyser of an aeroplane" for strategic bombing.

 

[Dave]

I suppose I should really post some photos of trains, instead of WW1 aircraft.

The other end of my O gauge Colliery Layout. "Royal Oak Sidings", with the working wagon tippler in foreground.


Back to the colliery end, with screens, washery. engine shed and weighbridge.

The photos are cropped versions of some that were taken by Derek Shore for Railway Modeller and appeared in the magazine last April.

 

[Dave]

Here are a few snaps of my current work-in-progress. It's a mineral/light railway, set in the Calder Valley, in the West Riding, circa 1900. 4mm/OO.

 

[Dave]

Much more has been done to the layout in terms of scenery, so here are a few more recent shots.

 

[Osgood]

The use of a layer of mist / fog towards the top of the painted valley backscene is a truly inspired piece of work!

 

[Dave]

The latest addition to the locomotive stock is this Neilson 12" mineral engine that I built from a High Level kit.

 

[Dave]

A few more recent shots . The layout itself is almost finished now.

 

[ceejaydee]

Fantastic layout but you really expect us to believe it is OO?
Please share the secret of such fine looking trackwork

 

[Dave]

Fantastic layout but you really expect us to believe it is OO?
Please share the secret of such fine looking trackwork

It's just standard Peco track.

 

[Dave]

Robert Stephenson 4-4-0ST of 1870. Built mostly from Brass, from a drawing originally published in The Locomotive magazine in1936.

 

[Brian T]

Apologies for the rash of 'likes' Dave,but i could`nt stop my finger...so much here to like!.

Particularly impressed with your scratch built 4-4-0st,really unusual.

Brian

 

[Dave]

Another one to add to the roster.

Manning Wardle Class F. A much modified Chivers Slimrails kit.

And a work-in-progress. A Manning Wardle 'Lord Ward' class, as built for the Earl of Dudley's railway in 1859.

I'm cheating quite a bit here by using 3D-printed parts but machining those fancy fluted domes is way beyond my skill level, so I reasoned that if I was going to have them printed then I may as well have the chimney printed, too. The wheels are temporary and I'll be scratchbuilding some to the correct pattern of spokes.

 

[Dave]

A complete change of era for a micro layout that I am planning to build. The Ruston 48DS is one of my all-time favourite industrial diesels and I remember, sometime in the late 1980s, an etched brass body kit being the first etched brass kit that I ever attempted. I never dreamed that the 48DS would be available as a Ready-to-run model but Hornby have done it.

Here are my three Hornby models, with added paint, damage and weathering. The first is intended to be almost new but the other two are for a 1980s scrapyard layout and so have been weathered appropriately.

 

[Dave]

Back to the future with the new scrapyard micro layout. 1970s-80s West Midlands.

 

[Scale7JB]

'ARMY 802' looks magic!!

Very nice indeed, I could really fancy one or two of these models.

JB.

 

[Dave]

'ARMY 802' looks magic!!

Very nice indeed, I could really fancy one or two of these models.

JB.

They are very nice little models. The army one has changed since that photo.

 

[ceejaydee]

I am really tempted by the 48DS along with the Peckett W4 for a micro that I started then it kept growing..... then I look through some of what I already have and think maybe I don't need anymore locos

Certainly the added detail on the Army version does nothing to hint at it's scale with the driver in the cab showing how small the loco actually is

 

[Dave]

The scrapyard.

 

[Dave]

I keep looking at WT every now and again but haven't posted anything for a couple of years now. It seems that industrials don't interest many people on here but here are a few more for those that do take an interest in them.

Former War Dept. Andrew Barclay 153HP diesel. Built from a Mercian kit.


Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns/Drewry 204HP diesel. Built using parts of the Dapol BR Class 04 plastic kit, scratchbuilt chassis and 3D-printed engine.


Hudswell Clarke 204HP diesel. Railwaymania 3D printed body kit on a scratchbuilt brass chassis.

 

[AJC]

Always a pleasure to see your work, Dave (I’m enjoying your Barclay bashes on the other channels particularly). The RSH/Drewry with the exposed engine is a magnificent bit of work.

Adam