Wright writes.....

[St Enodoc]

10 hours ago, 1471SirFrederickBanbury said:

Maybe the fascination with BR Blue comes from photos like this:  

Accurate and natural looking?  I don't know, but IMHO this is a beautiful work of art with such a vibrant blue, and while I do understand the appeal for a good GWR green, I'd take this any day. 

 

As for A4 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY however, I thought Garter Blue is slightly better than the deeper BR blue, and I much prefer Apple Green on a Gresley A1 or A3, so it really depends on the locomotive I guess.

Best with a train of crimson-and-cream coaches behind:

 

[St Enodoc]

6 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Another view difficult to recreate was this one..............

 

 

Taken prior to 1955, probably with the photographer standing on a buffer stop.

 

Since my camera would crush such a flimsy structure, this is what I've got.........

 

 

Taken with the 22mm lens.

Not bad at all!

[Woodcock29]

On 17/09/2024 at 08:12, Woodcock29 said:

Tony I think the other thing that's wrong with the Q4 is it has the wrong firebox shape. A while ago I spent some time studying Q4s as I have a part built Millholme model that I've been building for quite some time. I think the version with the type of splashers shown on the model above should have a waisted firebox. The straight sided firebox version had a long O4 type splasher covering the rear 3 driving wheels on each side which was also provided in the kit. Clearly this is not going to be altered on the model above without a substantial rebuild.

 

On mine I've modified the firebox to suit.

 

Andrew

I need to amend my comments above.

 

From study of photos on Rail-online it appears there were Q4s with straight sided firebox and twin splashers over centre drivers as well as waisted firebox versions with the long splashers.

 

What's not clear is whether any with straight sided firebox made it to BR days - I'll have to study Yeadon more when I get home to try and get a better overall conclusion. Not that I really need to know about BR period for my modelling.

 

Just goes to show how modelling LNER locos is such a minefield.

 

Andrew

[St Enodoc]

19 minutes ago, Woodcock29 said:

I need to amend my comments above.

 

From study of photos on Rail-online it appears there were Q4s with straight sided firebox and twin splashers over centre drivers as well as waisted firebox versions with the long splashers.

 

What's not clear is whether any with straight sided firebox made it to BR days - I'll have to study Yeadon more when I get home to try and get a better overall conclusion. Not that I really need to know about BR period for my modelling.

 

Just goes to show how modelling LNER locos is such a minefield.

 

Andrew

Stick with GW. They're all the same...

[grahame]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Not bad at all!

 

Yes, probably the best one.