LNWR London Road - Locomotives and rolling stock

[Jol Wilkinson]

I haven't posted anything here for a while as I have been concentrating on wiring up the layout. I have also been deciding what signals I shall need as well as doing a bit of work on the two LNER signals for my S4 Area groups model of Lavenham.

 

However, another AG member and good friend, Dave Carr, has built some models for London Road. Dave is a newcomer to P4 and I have been helping him with converting a Hornby J11, building a HL chassis for a J72 and taking his first steps in track building. I also gave him various"apprentice pieces" to do. He built a POWsides wagon, a NER Insulated Van and an NER Carriage Truck. The latter has a Rover car on it, which I built but Dave painted.

 

 

 

 

 

I think it is fair to say he has completed his apprenticeship with flying colours. 

[Suffolk Dave]

14 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

I think it is fair to say he has completed his apprenticeship with flying colours. 

 

 

 

[Mikkel]

Lovely models.

 

I like the Rover too. Am I correct it is the Scalelink 1906 Tourer kit?

 

  

[Worsdell forever]

16 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Lovely models.

 

I like the Rover too. Am I correct it is the Scalelink 1906 Tourer kit?

 

  

Annoyingly no 'add to cart' on that one, does that mean it's not in stock? 

[Penlan]

If your desperate for some early cars at circa 1:76 scale - but all E.& O.E. 
Then I have these plastic four, which have rattled around in a box for decades.  They are a bit crude????

 

 

[Jol Wilkinson]

On 06/03/2024 at 20:17, Mikkel said:

Lovely models.

 

I like the Rover too. Am I correct it is the Scalelink 1906 Tourer kit?

 

  

Mikkel,

 

yes it is. bought in 2023 as I recall.

 

Jol

[Mikkel]

On 07/03/2024 at 13:50, Worsdell forever said:

Annoyingly no 'add to cart' on that one, does that mean it's not in stock? 

 

I wrote to ask, I'll report back if he replies. There was talk of retirement I think.

 

23 hours ago, Penlan said:

If your desperate for some early cars at circa 1:76 scale - but all E.& O.E. 
Then I have these plastic four, which have rattled around in a box for decades.  They are a bit crude????

 

 

 

Very kind of you, thanks. They do look great. But I'm thinking much of the fun is in putting it together.

 

Edited March 8 by Mikkel

[Mikkel]

1 hour ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

Mikkel,

 

yes it is. bought in 2023 as I recall.

 

Jol

 

Thanks, that's recent so maybe still some around.

[Mikkel]

On 07/03/2024 at 13:50, Worsdell forever said:

Annoyingly no 'add to cart' on that one, does that mean it's not in stock? 

 

Here is the response, with the measured time and precision of someone who has been a long time in the business 🙂 

 

Quote

SLC125 is in stock and there is an add-to-cart button for it.

SLC120 & SLC123 are both out of stock.

If I make more, the add-to-cart will re-appear.

 

Apologies for leading the thread a little astray.

 

[Jol Wilkinson]

Mikkel,

 

please feel free to share knowledge and information. It is surely one of the benefits os sites like RMweb.

 

Jol

[Jol Wilkinson]

I would like to be able to post some news of new stock but the only thing I have done for London Road is to make a start on a RM LNWR 20T six wheel brake van.

 

I have volunteered to resurrect a LNER F6 donated to my local S4 area group. I think it is from an Alan Gibson kit. The body is in excellent condition but the frames looks as though they had  been put through a wringer - literally. The model hasn't been used for at least twenty years and the axles were corroded into their bearings and the crankpins rusted up.

 

So far I have been able to remove the driven axle and save/restore the Portescap 1219 drive unit. I straightened the frames and found some horn blocks to fit from my spares box. The wheels are quite badly pitted to will have to be replaces and I will also fit a LRM radial truck to the trailing axle (at the R/H end). It is compensated between the leading and front driven axle but I need to make a new beam and cross shaft. It is now back in its box until the wheels are ordered. A bit of a diversion but is helping me to get my hand (and eye) back in.

 

 

[Chas Levin]

On 05/06/2024 at 19:34, Jol Wilkinson said:

I would like to be able to post some news of new stock but the only thing I have done for London Road is to make a start on a RM LNWR 20T six wheel brake van.

 

I have volunteered to resurrect a LNER F6 donated to my local S4 area group. I think it is from an Alan Gibson kit. The body is in excellent condition but the frames looks as though they had  been put through a wringer - literally. The model hasn't been used for at least twenty years and the axles were corroded into their bearings and the crankpins rusted up.

 

So far I have been able to remove the driven axle and save/restore the Portescap 1219 drive unit. I straightened the frames and found some horn blocks to fit from my spares box. The wheels are quite badly pitted to will have to be replaces and I will also fit a LRM radial truck to the trailing axle (at the R/H end). It is compensated between the leading and front driven axle but I need to make a new beam and cross shaft. It is now back in its box until the wheels are ordered. A bit of a diversion but is helping me to get my hand (and eye) back in.

 

 

 

Good stuff Jol, hope it does indeed get you back in the swing of things!

[Mike 84C]

I very much like the  Clay Cross open wagons. As a child I lived very close to the ironstone sidings at Bloxham Oxfordshire  and I remember wagons very much like these. Is it possible to obtain the markings as transfers in 4mm ? a couple of wagons would look good on my layout.

[Jol Wilkinson]

1 hour ago, Mike 84C said:

I very much like the  Clay Cross open wagons. As a child I lived very close to the ironstone sidings at Bloxham Oxfordshire  and I remember wagons very much like these. Is it possible to obtain the markings as transfers in 4mm ? a couple of wagons would look good on my layout.

The Clay Cross wagon is from a POWsides pre-painted and lettered Slaters kit. The kit and the separate transfers are still listed although I believe there have been delays in obtaining products from POWsides.

[phil_sutters]

On 07/03/2024 at 14:11, Penlan said:

If your desperate for some early cars at circa 1:76 scale - but all E.& O.E. 
Then I have these plastic four, which have rattled around in a box for decades.  They are a bit crude????

 

 

Those look very like the Paint and Glue miniatures Le Zebre models. https://www.paintandglue.co.uk/wwi/le-zebre-no-spare-screen  They are tiny little models - o/a length 30mm, so they look a lot better in real life than they do blown up on my computer screen. They also do a Model T Ford, which has endless opportunities to customize, and at £6.07 they are easy on the wallet/debit card too. The fact that they are fully formed 3D prints means that there are no fiddly parts to stick to the end of your fingers. I just took a razor saw across between the dashboard and the bonnet to make a slot to put in a transparent windscreen.

Edited August 25 by phil_sutters