Hi from East Anglia

[mickoo]

Awsome

I did a double take on the driver! Really nice figure you have there.

Freds models do make up really nice, it's a pity we don't currently have anything of similar quality in 7mm

 

[Thirtysecond]

Preiser 1/32 seated passenger suitably adapted to become a driver. (So is the Brit driver but with added Milliput grease-top!)

 

[Railwaymaniac]

Hi Derek

Welcome in, and as everyone else has said - truly impressive work.

Ian

 

[David Taylor]

Wow, I love the way you have made live steam models without those big clunky cab fittings. That's always put me right off small scale live steam. Fantastic.

 

[Thirtysecond]

Thanks for all the comments.

Lots of people still say "why do go to all that trouble when you can hardly see in the cab when its moving". True to some extent although on the open cabbed C Class the backhead is very visible. The fact is it IS very obvious when running even on a closed in cab like the Brit. For a start there is a driver and fireman sitting in natural and visible positions. And there are no big Brass valves filling the cab all too evident through the windows or levers sticking up in the air!.



Control (another thing people comment on) is not a problem. You simply remove the cab roof (on the run if necessary) make any adjustments, then pop the roof back on!

Driver's brake valve = axle pump by-pass valve
Driver's regulator = regulator
Driver's blower valve = lubricator steam boost
Manifold valve = blower valve
Fireman exhaust injector water valve = water gauge drain

 

[Dikitriki]

Hi Derek,

I do think that last pic of the Brit cab is remarkable. Are you going to do the same sort of thing on your Aster rebuilt merchant navy, and if so, can you take us through a step-by-step here.

Thanks in advance.

Richard

 

[Thirtysecond]

I am tempted but the Coeur de Lion and Will Shakespeare took Chris and I two and a half years to complete. I really want to see that Merchant Navy running whilst I am still young enough to run after it! One thing is for certain though; it will not be built "out of the box". I have already seen things in the instructional drawings that can be significantly "improved". But probably not the cab which is actually far less visible than the Brit (much smaller side windows).

 

[Dikitriki]

Thank you, though I should be grateful if you would detail your improvements in due course.

Richard

 

[SteveO]

Welcome Derek, a Suffolk ex-pat here. My ears pricked up at the mention of a Warship?

 

[Steve Cook]

Welcome Derek, a Suffolk ex-pat here. My ears pricked up at the mention of a Warship?

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[taliesin]

Welcome Derek, good to see you here, regards Rob

 

[40126]

Welcome Derek

Steve

 

[ceejaydee]

Hello Derek and Welcome to WT