Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Superb, WTD. It is hard to believe this is not reality ! Perhaps the only thing missing is graffiti on the inside of the telephone box door ! Congratulations on putting together this great scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Thank you Jimbo. Don't remember much graffiti in the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Thank you Jimbo. Don't remember much graffiti in the 60's. "Kilroy was here" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 There was graffiti in the 60s BUT apart from some "Ban the Bomb" slogans painted in whitewash in 12 inch / 2 foot letters on walls now and again it tended to be done in chalk, wax crayon or pencil, which quickly faded.or could be cleaned off fairly easily. Spray can paint was rare and expensive and hadn't come to the attentiuon of the common thuggery, and felt tip permanent markers virtually unavailable.Unfortunately cutting or scratching graffiti into stone or wood (and paintwork) was quite common, as it has been since caveman times. There are some mature trees near us which have slogans carved into the bark which from the content appear to date from the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublesome Truck Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Recently purchased the Honby Balfour Beatty Sentinel. Absolutely chuffed to bits with it.The previous owner had already DCC fitted too which was an extra bonus! I’d like to make some more additions to my layout. I saw a Balfour Beatty themed small layout online and it looked great. Amazing how much detail can be applied to a small layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 To be accurate all the phone box needs is the odour of stale urine. All th ones near us in the 70s were obviously used as a convenient urinal or worse with the phone directory making easy toilet paper. I don't remember much graffiti on them but I remember having to make a call once in the middle of winter with most of the windows broken. The phone box was a 5 minute walk and the only one on our estate. There could sometimes be a queue even in the rain. Most of my friends didn't have phones and the only way to see if they were coming out was to walk to their house and knock on the door. One who had a phone had a family code for the number of rings to avoid paying for calls. I think 3 rings meant his dad was coming home from work so put the tea on. Not really the good old days from that perspective!Great layout by the way. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Phone boxes - you were more likely to find little business cards tucked in wherever they would stick - advertising 'French Lessons', etc!-Latest purchase - one of those cleaning pencils I mentioned a couple of days ago. Looks like it might work.I don't really want/need any more rolling stock or loco's - I have nowhere left to store them! So I'm down to adding little bits and pieces of 'detailing' and decoration, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I have been told I don’t need any more trains. We shall see. I need around £500 (RRP) worth of track and points for the new layout so that may have to be slipped under the table somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Latest is a 5ft wooden shelf for my layout under construction to accommodate the ever-growing horde of 0-6-0 tanks. I don't like to put them away in their boxes as I run something almost every day. I will post pictures of the recent arrivals after the struggle with aligning rawl-plugs. 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Hi Jimbo..........that mention of rawl-plugs brings back memories from the 1960s using the asbestos composed Rawlplastic to plug many a hole in my first house in London in my early attempts at DIY......... 😮...........HB/media/tinymce_upload/7a6f0812cdba337e9ef3a92d48ff2889.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulver Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 HB, that stuff brings back memories.....back in the the ‘60s I worked for a company called Expandite in Park Royal, NW London. they used to produce a similar product called Philplug. Remember going into the factory and being met by a mist of asbestos dust.. Didn’t learn my lesson, went on to work for another company producing asbestos based materials, gaskets, pump and valve seals etc. I must be fireproof now lolRod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I used to mix up wads of that stuff in my hands Howard. It certainly did what it said on the tin, or box in your case. /media/tinymce_upload/dddad5ad5da7338c352f393e0fff51d7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Just 'won' another replica of a preserved locomotive - 48151 - Stanier 8F 2-8-0.Should receive early next week. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 R3686 Huntley & Palmers, Peckett W4 Works freight Pack - I'm not sure why I bought it - it looked nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I think many of us have weakened when faced with "looks nice" ! (and this is not necessarily limited to locos 🤐 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Ruston & Hornsby 48DS, fitted DCC decoder, runs very well..........HB/media/tinymce_upload/e245ff389e0ad15a5dcdf0f7f001f08b.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Great picture, HB. That diminutive loco will surely add interest to your layout.After what seemed a hopeless search, some kind chaps advised me where I could buy the pictured USA Class S-100 LMR "Frank S.Ross" loco. The Model Rail's official stockist had sold out on this limited edition engine. After that I also splurged on a somewhat similar Keighley & Worth Valley 0-6-0 tank.I am delighted with both which run very smoothly as well as looking good. After running in, the K&WVR loco runs about 5% slower than the "Frank S, Ross" which is useful to know when I want to run both on the same DC track simultaneously. Both locos are "medium pace", not unrealistic tearaways./media/tinymce_upload/47d3a1632fcef2c7526e56292de31ce0.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/0419426a412f255aa383d5d4d6e5c0a5.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Just received a couple of gems in absolutely perfect condition - apparently! The 8F is as preserved, but has accessories fitted, with no front steps, and none available as Hornby accessory parts, so I've ordered brass ones I'll paint, fit and repaint once fitted ... for the front - just completes 'the look'. The King is NOT QUITE what it will be, which will not quite be as it is now ... I've already got plates and numbers to rename / number as King Edward II.Thing is this isn't precisely as it is now - that cab and various other parts were 'flattened' to fit the loadgauge where it operates, but I prefer the original version anyway. Nice little projects.Assuming they work as anticipated, I'll post photos once completed. /media/tinymce_upload/0d96d82bd83f85019caf460393fb3fca.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/319cd8f37e575514a2f8c0628ecfe4ce.jpg Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I ordered a pair of Comet Models' LS33 kits - Stanier steps - loco / tender - yesterday.They've just arrived.May be dimensionally correct, but look a tad wide to permit full function, so I may have to perform some 'gentle trimming'. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoacIslandRay Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Arrived today R3704 R&H 48DS - lovely little loco. Can imagine there will be a demand for V-Tipplers etc to tow behind it.Ray S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new lad on block Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 My latest two to enter the 'shed'.little and large, I am looking for a small face off the Thomas range to stick on the front of the 48 DS shunter.I will use 'buddy stick'.It will look quite cute pulling the Christmas wagons for the little ones this Christmas.Another face on the Flying Scotsman would make 'Jock' a very smart proud engine on the Sodor layout.Only joking that one is destined for the 'cool wall'./media/tinymce_upload/895caa513dacd5aff5b97f5caff2b46e.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/b9803ce8890a8dd5a06d10f387da41a7.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/e9cb268efc1a0123b946ef9e95dfdf41.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Very nice !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Got me one of these at Great Eastern Digital Day - at a nice discount for being a ‘helper’.Now to build something to hang it on./media/tinymce_upload/e941ce5a9cda1ab15a16386849dd1607.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/0525e1b9be7a3f8bac5ac890d31d8ee3.JPGPurchased at Gateshead Toyfair today Hornby Dublo 2234 £25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 @New lad on block Is that 2019's new gold plated limited edition double tendered Flying Scotsman release? GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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