RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2013 Not taking OG for the comedy element ? Unfortunately the car is full Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted May 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2013 I'll be there on Saturday chaps, look forward to catching up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted May 17, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2013 Some of the stock that has appeared in this thread will be in action on Foundry Lane (aka Black Country Plank) at Expo EM in Bracknell over this weekend, with Andy "Wagonbasher" Banks and myself at the controls. It's the first time the layout has been out since I changed my car and it's proving to be a surprisingly tight fit! Think I'd better check I've not loaded one of the BCB boards instead...... Take the mattress out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2013 Take the mattress out! Thought you might suggest leaving a box or two behind, maybe the one with the buildings in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted May 17, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2013 Thought you might suggest leaving a box or two behind, maybe the one with the buildings in? Tell you what, if i do that on the next Layout 'Highland Sulzers' there really would be nothing to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 One of the lorries in the box sent to me by Mark was a yellow BR Bedford TK, Mark had given this a light weathering and I have fitted mirrors and touched up the weathering a bit with powders. Here is one of the new Oxford Morris Marinas, mirror and wipers fitted, minimum weathering as it's fairly new. Top Gear pose... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
49395 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 You just need a piano on its roof now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 I wanted to, but don't have one so the car went up... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Would they be door mirrors or should they be proper wing mirrors (as in actually on the wing...)??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Photos I've seen generally have one door mirror. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Top right image here : http://encarsglobe.com/morris-ital.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Top right image here : http://encarsglobe.com/morris-ital.html Could have been options - I seem to recall that most external mirrors were optional or aftermarket fitted back then? I certainly remember putting a drivers door mirror on my first Mk1 Escort - & then taking it off when I sold it to put it on the next one. And the next one. And the.....!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2013 External mirrors were only mandatory on vans and estate cars (where the view through the interior mirror could be obscured by a load). Many manufacturers offered them as an extra and the choice of drivers side only or both sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 External mirrors were only necessary fairly late on. The law was changed to state a minimum of 2 mirrors, including the interior one, so vans would have to be fitted with 2x external if the view through the back was obstructed. My A30 (1955) was fitted only with an internal one, though I added 2x wing mirrors.. The Marina (L reg) I think was the same; I fitted 2 wing mirrors as accessories. Its replacement, an Ital (X reg) had door mirrors on both sides (it was the top of the range one) but again I fitted 2x wing mirrors. Must admit I do prefer wing instead of door mirrora - you don't have to move your head as they are in your line of sight. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2013 So, this morning I got one of Felton Lane's boards out to do a bit of work on it, I popped out for a couple of hours and when I got back... IMGP5959.JPG IMGP5962.JPG Miraculously the 'tina was patched up for last weekend and the owners went for a sightseeing drive, managing to break down again, (unsurprisingly), at Foundry Lane. Somebody should do the decent thing with the old heap and give it a burial at sea, or at least canal. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2013 Miraculously the 'tina was patched up for last weekend and the owners went for a sightseeing drive, managing to break down again, (unsurprisingly), at Foundry Lane. Somebody should do the decent thing with the old heap and give it a burial at sea, or at least canal. Mike. There's a nice photo of it over in the ExpoEM thread, 'tina seems to have attracted the attention of the local plod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 There's an entry on my blog for the very specific L&NWR paterrn fencing specified by the team. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1342/entry-11706-mid-staffordshire-fencing-team/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 23, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2013 I bought some of these at ExpoEM, in the hope they could be adapted to suit the Starfish: TBH, they are probably a little too big (and look even more so in this photo in their unpainted state), but once painted I think we'll get away with it: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Some detail here, taken today on the Magdalen Disused Railway Bridge near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. It is on the branch that went from Watlington to Wisbech, and crosses the Great Ouse Relief Channel. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 One of the lorries in the box sent to me by Mark was a yellow BR Bedford TK, Mark had given this a light weathering and I have fitted mirrors and touched up the weathering a bit with powders. IMGP6722-001.JPG Here is one of the new Oxford Morris Marinas, mirror and wipers fitted, minimum weathering as it's fairly new. IMGP6720-001.JPG IMGP6719-001.JPG Top Gear pose... IMGP6717-001.JPG Having a look for a correct reg. number for the Bedford TK S&T van. Not much information on the London Midland Region ones, but one from the Midlands was FCH70J based at Tyseley. We had a similar one at Llandudno Junction which saw service from 1970 to 1978. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thanks Merf, that's great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted July 2, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2013 Right then Fiddle yard mods Are we all agreed on what i'm doing to the fiddle yards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Depends, what do you think you are doing to the fiddle yard boards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted July 2, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2013 Depends, what do you think you are doing to the fiddle yard boards? straightning all the roads out and loosing the loco selector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 2, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2013 There needs to be more finger space between the lines.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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