A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[2ManySpams]

Olive green...mmmm!

[gwrrob]

 I could have waved to you as you passed over Hookhills or Broadsands Viaducts.

 

Not with two fingers I hope.

[colin penfold]

mmmmmmmmmmmalachite

[Norwenglish]

Olive over malachite anyday, shame that the spam cans came too late for olive as they could have looked very nice!

 

And to answer your question Rob, for me the appeal of the thread is the modelling first and the comedy following very closely behind (almost as if it's being chased by a rhino!). Also I'm not a true Scandinavian, actually originate from the heart of the Southern Region, with the Bluebell Railway still being considered my 'local'.

 

Stuart

Edited May 25, 2014 by Norwenglish

[gwrrob]

That's a pity then, I'll miss you by a week or so if it's the trip I think you mentioned many pages ago.

 

Shewn before but here's what I could have won. Could be Goliath though instead and a nice shade of green too.

 

[Trains&armour]

Greetings from Norway!

After spending the last 3 or 4 days reading my way through this thread I have to say that this is a fantastic thread to read both for the modelling and comedy. Keep up the fantastic work Rob, this is definitely a project that I'll be following closely!

 

Also have to admit that reading through this has added to my inspiration to get going and build my own layout, although it will have engines in a more Olive shade of green 

 

Stuart

 

Welcome! And if you need any (olivegreen) Rhino's on your layout please let me know... ​ 

[gwrrob]

A few photos taken this morning of 5525 at the right hand end of the fiddle yard.I've tarted up the scenics here mainly recoating the earth with powder from Treemendus.A new meadow sheet was cut and fitted and static grass puffed on with my Noch bottle.I will add some grass tufts when I get some more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2014 by gwrrob

[gwrrob]

A few more and this time it's 4540 and it's venerable B set coaches.This time the loco has a livery more appropriate to post war GWR.

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwenglish]

Seeing these pictures makes it rather tempting to come over to the dark GWR side! Beautiful and very well set up pictures as always!

 

Stuart

[gwrrob]

 Beautiful and very well set up pictures as always!

 

Stuart

 

Thanks very much.This part of the layout is the most trickiest to take decent photos as they have to be 'helicopter' shots in the main and I don't own a large tripod.

[gwrrob]

Those prairie photos seem to have been popular so here's the same viewpoint with my trusty mogul.I know there's a few on here who like this class and we see 93xx class 9319 on a parcels formed of the Dapol fruit ds and a siphon.I've used the Bachmann pipe type coupling between the two vans.

 

 

 

[2ManySpams]

Bloater?

[gwrrob]

A few more of 9319.

 

 

 

 

 

Bloater?

 

Similar sized vehicles but slightly different Chris. Nice aren't they and probably like the van c on your railway.

 

 

This last photo shews off my gorse nicely and the idea was 'borrowed' from Treneglos as it happens after I saw it at an exhibition many moons ago.

Edited May 27, 2014 by gwrrob

[The Stationmaster]

Bloater?

Depends what you've been drinking.

[cary hill]

A selection of good photographs of "5043" including two of it entering Brent here: http://www.mu-43.com/showthread.php?t=25123 and also a picture of two foreign engines with Brent Hill in the background.

[Captain Kernow]

Nice to meet up with Stationmaster Mike and his daughter as well as Bob[ 81C] of this parish.Didn't spend much as I will need my cash for this weeks trip to South Devon.More of which later in the week.All in all a good show and the A41/M40 was fine David.

I got to Aylesbury later than planned (1pm), so it looks like I missed seeing you there, Robin (I also didn't see Mike/Stationmaster there either).

 

So are you coming this way shortly?

[The Stationmaster]

I got to Aylesbury later than planned (1pm), so it looks like I missed seeing you there, Robin (I also didn't see Mike/Stationmaster there either).

 

So are you coming this way shortly?

Where were you hiding then Cap'n, I reckon I was out in the car park stowing my 'shopping'at about that time (or standing just outside the door eating ice cream)

[gwrrob]

Had my footplate trip on 5239 Goliath today.An excellent trip with a cream tea in Dartmouth and a ride in the Devon Belle observation car.Photos anon.I'll be revisiting the 52xx thread to see if 5239 is modellable using the Hornby model.

[Trains&armour]

Had my footplate trip on 5239 Goliath today.An excellent trip with a cream tea in Dartmouth and a ride in the Devon Belle observation car.

JEALOUS!

[gwrrob]

JEALOUS!

 

Really nice Sierd.A cracking present idea from the kids.Going through Greenway tunnel was very memorable. Sounded the whistle leaving Goodrington too !

[cary hill]

Sounded the whistle leaving Goodrington too !

 

Pah - I was hoping for an heroic tale involving you endlessly shovelling coal as you fought your way up the gradient to Churston.

[gwrrob]

Pah - I was hoping for an heroic tale involving you endlessly shovelling coal as you fought your way up the gradient to Churston.

I'm sworn to secrecy due to health and safety. The coaches were well loaded and she was working hard to Churston.

[Captain Kernow]

Where were you hiding then Cap'n, I reckon I was out in the car park stowing my 'shopping'at about that time (or standing just outside the door eating ice cream)

Arrived by road motor direct to the front door, met with Taz and Brinkly inside, then had immediate route march to very far, distant, long-way-away car park to deposit my overnight bag in boot of Taz's car, before equally long route march back to the hall. I reckon your ice cream had either been consumed or melted by then...!

[The Stationmaster]

Arrived by road motor direct to the front door, met with Taz and Brinkly inside, then had immediate route march to very far, distant, long-way-away car park to deposit my overnight bag in boot of Taz's car, before equally long route march back to the hall. I reckon your ice cream had either been consumed or melted by then...!

Consumed, I didn't give it time to melt.

 

Oh and Rob to note the other part of my purchase from Eileens Emporium duly arrived in the post today

[gwrrob]

I'm back from South Devon so lets have some fun this evening with a caption contest.Feel free to poke fun at the new PDSR recruit.

 

 

This sums up the experience well,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I've just coupled up some Renwick & Wilton coal wagons to take to Torquay gas works.

 

Edited May 30, 2014 by gwrrob