What projects do you have for 2010?
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Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
lancer1027
Western Thunderer
Phill Dyson said:It might be less painful to repeatedly bang your head on the desk :laugh: :laugh:[/quote:3g2g1z5c]
Yes I thought that might raise a few eyebrows :laugh: .............don't worry boys I've got my big hammer ready :wave:[/quote:3g2g1z5c]
You and your precision engineering:lol: :lol:
westernfan
Western Thunderer
very nice 
Canton sheds did you go there ?
:wave: chris westernfan
Canton sheds did you go there ? :wave: chris westernfan
lancer1027
Western Thunderer
Hi D1054, you can get LA transfers form John at precision labels. precisionlabels.com 
I have ordered some before and they are great. I got LA with laira written above, just LA and of course the best one for Westerns.... LAIRA Is Monitor going into blue i do hope so.
Rob
I have ordered some before and they are great. I got LA with laira written above, just LA and of course the best one for Westerns.... LAIRA
Is Monitor going into blue i do hope so.Rob
D1054
Western Thunderer
Hi Rob,
thanks for the gen on the transfers - I'll certainly be getting those! Cheers.
.... and of course Monitor will be in Blue (did they come in other colours?
)
And
Hi Mike, I have to say that I'm probably not the best to pass comment on this because this will be the first serious brass kit I've tackled in a good years. I've put a few wagons and coaches together, and the DJH A3 Tender and Main Frames, but this kit looks to be a different sort of challenge
First impressions are very good. The etches are very fine, clean and crisp, well packed in a BIG box, AND (most importantly!) it looks as though the instruction set is quite thorough (6 pages of A4), with many excellent exploded diagrams (13 x A4 sheets 
, and some prototype pix to assist. I reckon on a good year's work here for me with all my other commitments..... :scratch: I'll upload some close-up pix for you if you like? The kit was recommended to me, but I certainly wouldn't class this as a beginner-intermediate kit -- there's only one big part, and that's the cast resin roof which is OK, but not as sharp as what I get with JLTRT kits.
Overall impression is VG, and I've seen the finished article which is quite superb if put together well.
Mine will be all flying, with sound and lighting (and maybe some form of autocouplers - anyone any ideas on these?)
All the best,
Ian A (D1054)
thanks for the gen on the transfers - I'll certainly be getting those! Cheers.
.... and of course Monitor will be in Blue (did they come in other colours?
)And
Ressaldar said:
Hi Mike, I have to say that I'm probably not the best to pass comment on this because this will be the first serious brass kit I've tackled in a good years. I've put a few wagons and coaches together, and the DJH A3 Tender and Main Frames, but this kit looks to be a different sort of challenge
First impressions are very good. The etches are very fine, clean and crisp, well packed in a BIG box, AND (most importantly!) it looks as though the instruction set is quite thorough (6 pages of A4), with many excellent exploded diagrams (13 x A4 sheets , and some prototype pix to assist. I reckon on a good year's work here for me with all my other commitments..... :scratch: I'll upload some close-up pix for you if you like? The kit was recommended to me, but I certainly wouldn't class this as a beginner-intermediate kit -- there's only one big part, and that's the cast resin roof which is OK, but not as sharp as what I get with JLTRT kits.Overall impression is VG, and I've seen the finished article which is quite superb if put together well.
Mine will be all flying, with sound and lighting (and maybe some form of autocouplers - anyone any ideas on these?)
All the best,
Ian A (D1054)
28ten
Guv'nor
I have an MMP 08 in the queue, its what you would expect from MMP lots of very nice etches and tons of detail - not for the faint hearted :laugh: The downsides to me are the outside cranks which are multiple laminations of brassRessaldar said:
and the coupling rods which are also laminations, can you see a pet hate 
But I know somebody locally with a pantograph milling machine ( :wave: :wave: Dikitriki :laugh: :laugh: ) so hopefully I can do something about that before hand.
D1054
Western Thunderer
I have an MMP 08 in the queue, its what you would expect from MMP lots of very nice etches and tons of detail - not for the faint hearted :laugh: The downsides to me are the outside cranks which are multiple laminations of brass28ten said:
and the coupling rods which are also laminations, can you see a pet hate But I know somebody locally with a pantograph milling machine ( :wave: :wave: Dikitriki :laugh: :laugh: ) so hopefully I can do something about that before hand.[/quote:3nrh3gnr]
Maybe we should get together and make a 13 :laugh: (Tinsley was my fave depot - yet all my engines are from the Western (save the 40, but even they regularly made it to Gloucester where, I think, they used to be swapped for a hydraulic? [Did they get to Laira or even Penzance? - Maybe later on on the SW to Leeds or Liverpool services? - Anyone got a photo of a 40 at Plymouth or Penzance? (40145 excepted, please)
])How did I get this topic from MMP 08's to 40's at Penzance? :shock:
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
28ten said:I have an MMP 08 in the queue, its what you would expect from MMP lots of very nice etches and tons of detail - not for the faint hearted :laugh: The downsides to me are the outside cranks which are multiple laminations of brass
But I know somebody locally with a pantograph milling machine ( :wave: :wave: Dikitriki :laugh: :laugh: ) so hopefully I can do something about that before hand.
Tee hee, how to become popular
I too have an MMP 08 in the stock pile, one in which the bonnet sides are resin, as well as the roof. I thought (still do) that it was an excellent kit at a bargain price. I acquired at the time machined brass outside brass cranks from Martin Finney, though i didn't tell him it was for an 08
but I haven't checked how accurate they are for the 08.Cynric - you're welcome to avail yourself of the miller, but it will be a while before it's in full working order.
Cheers
Richard
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Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
I never saw a 40 on a service train anywhere near Plymouth-Penzance ........mind you I stopped looking after late 70's