well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Prep for Penarth under way but I must say not with much conviction. That said, I have all day tomorrow to attend to any emerging drama. 

 

On another note, we may well have an eagerly awaited addition to the Sheep Dip roster today with the arrival ( hopefully ) of a Dapol Hawthorn Leslie. 

 

Whilst the regular Peckett chaps, Dodo and Lemming are very able performers, variety is of course the spice of life. 

 

Updates will follow should this prove to be the case. 

 

Rob

 

 

[NHY 581]

Evening all, 

 

What is likely to be the first of the Dapol Hawthorn Leslies has landed. 

 

Spider. 

 

 

First impressions are that he is very well detailed, has an excellent finish and runs very nicely straight out of the box. 

 

More to follow but very impressed. In fact, having bought a  few locos over the last twelve months this could well be the one I'm most satisfied with. 

 

Rob. 

[steve45]

Does it crawl slowly?

Edited July 4 by steve45

[Gilbert]

7 minutes ago, steve45 said:

Does it crawl slowly?

Seems OK on DC..

 

 

[mozzer models]

13 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all, 

 

Prep for Penarth under way but I must say not with much conviction. That said, I have all day tomorrow to attend to any emerging drama. 

 

On another note, we may well have an eagerly awaited addition to the Sheep Dip roster today with the arrival ( hopefully ) of a Dapol Hawthorn Leslie. 

 

Whilst the regular Peckett chaps, Dodo and Lemming are very able performers, variety is of course the spice of life. 

 

Updates will follow should this prove to be the case. 

 

Rob

 

 

see you at the show

[NHY 581]

20 minutes ago, steve45 said:

Does it crawl slowly?

 

Hi Steve, 

 

Yes.It's pretty good out of the box and should improve. I'd say it's  pretty much in the same league as Dapol's B4 which I use as a yard stick in terms of creepy crawly slow speed running. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Oh......and then you take the roof off. 

 

 

 

 

[Gilbert]

4 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Oh......and then you take the roof off. 

 

 

 

 

I only said blow the bl**dy doors off...

[Gilbert]

But seriously......I'll be interested to see how the sound fitted one performs as DCC sound is far less forgiving of any tiny stutters which are not apparent on DC or DCC stealth...and its a very short wheel base....I assume it won't have a stay alive....but happy to be corrected...

Chris H

[NHY 581]

By way of a comparison...

 

 

[chuffinghell]

What a lovely looking and beautifully detailed loco!

 

A shame I wouldn't be allowed to have one of those ☹️ Sarah doesn’t like spiders 🙄

 

 

[St Enodoc]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

By way of a comparison...

 

 

One (or both) of those has the wrong buffer height.

[NHY 581]

6 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

One (or both) of those has the wrong buffer height.

 

Morning John. 

 

The Hornby Peckett is slightly low, they all are. Spider seems bang on. Add in a bit of a fisheye effect from the camera and the fact that they are sat on a wonky baseboard.  Bobs yer uncle. 

 

Rob

 

 

[NHY 581]

I'm toying with adding an example of Invincible to the roster. Very pretty. 

 

 

 

[03060]

I really wanted to buy 'Spider' but just couldn't come up with a valid or even tenuous reason for getting one ... luckily I managed to come up with one for 'Invincible' though ! 😅

 

'Spider' does look good though ... as do the green versions.

 

Regards,

Ian.

[Captain Kernow]

5 minutes ago, 03060 said:

I really wanted to buy 'Spider' but just couldn't come up with a valid or even tenuous reason for getting one ... luckily I managed to come up with one for 'Invincible' though ! 😅

The concept of the Outrageously Improbable Light Railway or colliery system or factory siding would probably cover most eventualities...

 

Edited July 5 by Captain Kernow

[NHY 581]

6 minutes ago, 03060 said:

I really wanted to buy 'Spider' but just couldn't come up with a valid or even tenuous reason for getting one ... luckily I managed to come up with one for 'Invincible' though ! 😅

 

'Spider' does look good though ... as do the green versions.

 

Regards,

Ian.

 

For me, all it takes is a desire for somewhere for a little loco to play........or the discovery of a nice building to base a layout around..............or both....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

5 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

That lovely building keeps appearing..... (did I say that you've been giving me ideas?!...)

Edited July 5 by Captain Kernow

[NHY 581]

Yes indeed, Tim. If it wasn't so sodding expensive ( even to me ) one may well have accompanied Boris home with me yesterday.

 

Rob

[Captain Kernow]

Nice design, though and would look good in a Mid Wales setting.... I might just see how much Slaters plasticard I have upstairs later...

 

[NHY 581]

42 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Nice design, though and would look good in a Mid Wales setting.... I might just see how much Slaters plasticard I have upstairs later...

 

 

I really like it. Aside from being a single bay, I think it has a Moorswater feel to it. However, a Prairie won't fit in the hole. I know this. 

 

Rob

[mozzer models]

7 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

I'm toying with adding an example of Invincible to the roster. Very pretty. 

 

 

 

i have a DCc ready one

 20240701_143159 by brian mosby, on Flickr

[Willl]

6 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Yes indeed, Tim. If it wasn't so sodding expensive ( even to me ) one may well have accompanied Boris home with me yesterday.

 

Rob

Hi Rob,

MS Models sell a similar building but at a slightly lower price.
https://www.msmodels.co.uk/products/boston-lodge-based-blacksmiths

The resin prints are also amazingly well detailed from my experience. I’d be interested to see if a standard gauge loco fits in it like the Scenecraft building

 

Will

[chuffinghell]

On 05/07/2024 at 09:18, NHY 581 said:

I'm toying with adding an example of Invincible to the roster. Very pretty. 

 

 

 

Ah now, Sarah would like that

 

1) nothing to do with spiders

2) red is her favourite colour

 

All I need to do now is to convince her ‘she’ needs one 🤣

[MrWolf]

24 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

Ah now, Sarah would like that

 

1) nothing to do with spiders

2) red is her favourite colour

 

All I need to do now is to convince her ‘she’ needs one 🤣

 

Such a pity it doesn't work so well that way around.

My friend came to borrow my electric jigsaw recently to make some fitting adjustments to a new wooden radiator cover he'd just bought.

 

I asked him at what point he realised that he simply couldn't live without a fancy wooden cover over the radiator and needed to install one at once?

 

Apparently, he didn't, he was told that he needed one.

 

Though I did admit that Miss Riding Hood has educated me that towels come in sets and not random ones from here and there.

Upside is that old towels are very handy for polishing motorcycles.

 

Good luck, you may well have one that is unique, but just in case, practice your exit strategy...