200 years of railways 1825-2025 27 Sept '25- 18 Jan '26

[Mjwomack]

7 hours ago, Fatcawthorne said:

This looks like another cunning plan to stop me going off the rails.............

 

Now my favoured Railway modelling genre is 1930's London Underground and unfortunately, the maker of most appropriate kits, Phil Radley, sadly passed away last year. His business is due to be resurrected but it hasn't happened yet.

 

If Radley Models springs back to life than can you count me in with a Standard Stock 4-car set.    

 

Now if it hasn't by then, are trams tenuous enough to be included?  I have plenty of Tower Models London Trams of that era if so.

That's a big yes! There used to be street level models but they seem to have gone as well now. Trams most welcome- they run on rails after all, also light rail systems, err metro, subway call it what you will, it's welcome here.

 

Even roller coasters, because they run on rails, not trolleybuses because, err they don't use rails. Ghost train rides at the fair, yep I guess so.

 

It's simple really, if it's rail guided it's in, or if it's infrastructure for rail guided it's in!

[Mjwomack]

51 minutes ago, Circloy said:

Tempted with one of these:

 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.sC9sHpw1XE8N7f6WDM20kgHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=4347f2873ed37e1c971c17bb18ea139fdf86f27cfacd0b905f240eb5c77a5600&ipo=images

 

one of these:

 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.h-Glj7bjiJKysYlzpH4JRgHaD-%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=6fc695333b845fe66c57788fa01ba1e6a1fd4915fe38ce069623eb9114d4e939&ipo=images

 

or even one of these

 

http://www.goldenagemodels.net/images/lner-u1-class-garrett-banner-desktop.jpg

 

 

there certainly used to be a Keyser's (K's) model of a Bayer Garrett in white metal; is it especially sad that in the first photo my initial thought was 'ooh Midland Railway fencing!'?

 

Let me help you to be free of temptation- shall I put you on the list? 

[Circloy]

19 minutes ago, Mjwomack said:

'ooh Midland Railway fencing!'?

No 43.1/2 times No.

Not K's, not DJH, but O gauge - The Garrett comes out @ just over 2 ft long

 

and by the way Great Central Railway fencing, please.

 

Count me in I've plenty other that I can choose from.

[Mjwomack]

1 minute ago, Circloy said:

No 43.1/2 times No.

Not K's, not DJH, but O gauge - The Garrett comes out @ just over 2 ft long

 

and by the way Great Central Railway fencing, please.

 

Count me in I've plenty other that I can choose from.

you're on the crew sheet! o gauge Garrett- the 2 foot length would be the least of it, yits the cost that would hurt most🫣

[Circloy]

2 minutes ago, Mjwomack said:

its the cost that would hurt most

To buy new all in wheels, motors, kit and sundries today it would be in the region of £1300. Price of a

 

Its been in the stash a few years, kit and wheels bought@ a bargain price off that auction website, before prices started gong silly.

 

Just need to work out how to motorise it and leave all that lovely daylight under the bunkers.

[Bonhoff]

Well,

 

I've been in a state of denial over the fact that I appear to have become a railway modeller in my own right again, rather than just cheerleading / roadieing (sp?) for my dad for the last few years.

 

So here I am, my name is Ian, and I'm a railway modeller...

 

You can add me to the list (No idea what I'll be doing yet though)

 

IanJ 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

2 hours ago, Circloy said:

Tempted with one of these:

 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.sC9sHpw1XE8N7f6WDM20kgHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=4347f2873ed37e1c971c17bb18ea139fdf86f27cfacd0b905f240eb5c77a5600&ipo=images

 

one of these:

 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.h-Glj7bjiJKysYlzpH4JRgHaD-%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=6fc695333b845fe66c57788fa01ba1e6a1fd4915fe38ce069623eb9114d4e939&ipo=images

 

or even one of these

 

http://www.goldenagemodels.net/images/lner-u1-class-garrett-banner-desktop.jpg

 

 

Id go 1, 3, & 2 in that order if it wete my choice. 

[Circloy]

9 hours ago, Bonhoff said:

I've been in a state of denial over the fact that I appear to have become a railway modeller

Nobody should be in denial about their hobby, boast about it, I do.

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1157486347721489&set=pob.100003804052953

 

 

[Mjwomack]

13 hours ago, Bonhoff said:

You can add me to the list (No idea what I'll be doing yet though)

 

Welcome, and yes this is the place for warm love and support. I've no idea what I'll be building yet, but it won't be N gauge East Anglia because I think an anniversary like this needs something a bit different!

[JeroenS]

Put me down as wel please, it would make for a nice change of subject. 

[Mjwomack]

51 minutes ago, JeroenS said:

Put me down as wel please, it would make for a nice change of subject. 

It absolutely does, even for railway modellers it would be a change! I'm expecting a lot of the old Hasegawa railgun, and I see Ming do a WW1 in 1/35 which has caught my eye, or maybe for local interest the narrow gauge line inside the RNAS at Pulham serving the Pulham Pigs.

 

With the global reach of BM, a really diverse field could emerge. And obviously @Enzo the Magnificent would build the extension into the claendar to allow for railway time keeping🫣

[Tim R-T-C]

Well my origins into the hobby are deeply railway rooted and I've been meaning for a while to start combining railway themes into static scenes.

 

Ironically I just received this gorgeous 3d printed model of the Coalbrookdale locomotive from 1802 which predates this GB.

 

https://www.shapeways.com/product/XQFLTC768/n-gauge-coalbrookdale-engine-static?optionId=299176084&li=shops

 

However the designer has several other models that would make for unusual dioramas, so definitely count me in 😁

[Paul821]

Browsing in a remainder bookshop I spotted this

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Surrey+rifle+club+railway+book&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=586734894&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AM9HkKlJgQW5sdQJpLMPtoNn2D39xXhmTw:1701376223780&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7l8qryOyCAxUMO-wKHQcUA0kQ_AUIBigB&biw=1280&bih=672#imgrc=vV619gkSX_1fRM

 

A cut out stag on a railway would make an interesting build.

[Mjwomack]

13 hours ago, Paul821 said:

Browsing in a remainder bookshop I spotted this

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Surrey+rifle+club+railway+book&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=586734894&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AM9HkKlJgQW5sdQJpLMPtoNn2D39xXhmTw:1701376223780&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7l8qryOyCAxUMO-wKHQcUA0kQ_AUIBigB&biw=1280&bih=672#imgrc=vV619gkSX_1fRM

 

A cut out stag on a railway would make an interesting build.

That is so fantastically weird that I'd be tempted! It could be here, or target tugs, or mini-diorama, or if you really like it build it three times with varying numbers of bullet holes!!

[Mjwomack]

15 hours ago, Tim R-T-C said:

Well my origins into the hobby are deeply railway rooted and I've been meaning for a while to start combining railway themes into static scenes.

 

Ironically I just received this gorgeous 3d printed model of the Coalbrookdale locomotive from 1802 which predates this GB.

 

https://www.shapeways.com/product/XQFLTC768/n-gauge-coalbrookdale-engine-static?optionId=299176084&li=shops

 

However the designer has several other models that would make for unusual dioramas, so definitely count me in 😁

1. Welcome sir, your ticket is valid (actually this is a free train)

2. You're clearly better at navigating the shape ways website than I am for finding things.

3. Sorry, but you might have to go with something more 'modern image' for this one. Though it is an interesting example of the development from rutted road to railway, for me the emergence of the flanged wheel was the crucial distinction .

[airfixpeter]

Put me down it will probably take some time to collect all in for what I have in mind

[Mjwomack]

1 hour ago, airfixpeter said:

some time to collect all in for what I have in mind

Railways and collecting seem together very readily, and by the time you've added in stash accumulation......

Anyhow welcome to the train of thought (loose coupled)

[Tim R-T-C]

8 hours ago, Mjwomack said:

1. Welcome sir, your ticket is valid (actually this is a free train)

2. You're clearly better at navigating the shape ways website than I am for finding things.

3. Sorry, but you might have to go with something more 'modern image' for this one. Though it is an interesting example of the development from rutted road to railway, for me the emergence of the flanged wheel was the crucial distinction .

 

Thanks 😁

 

I'm actually hoping to get to work on the Coalbrookdale locomotive early next year, along with its accompanying plateway line. But will definitely have something else available for 2025 if this comes to GB status.

[Jinxman]

Yes please for this one. It's about time those Airfix Biggin Hills saw the light of day - one OOB, and the other one with a bit of fettling on it to get closer to the original.

[Mjwomack]

1 hour ago, Jinxman said:

Yes please for this one. It's about time those Airfix Biggin Hills saw the light of day - one OOB, and the other one with a bit of fettling on it to get closer to the original.

Ooh a nice double build - very appropriate for a bicentennial! And excellent choice of subject.

[Mjwomack]

I don't think it's telling tales out of class to say that @TonyW and I had a lot of fun in East Anglia's premier auction house today! I've ended up with two entries for this

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kitmaster-2-diesel-electric--182036 

 

Bit of a blunder here because I thought this was reboxed by Airfix, but it was actually the 'Brewery Shunter'. I was intrigued that the box lid din't fit on properly but getting home for detailed examination shows two kits in the box which explains that.

 

Also picked up this one in the same lot

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kitmaster-8-italian-tank--182023

 

Now just need this proposal to get up a head of steam!

[TonyW]

2 minutes ago, Mjwomack said:

I don't think it's telling tales out of class to say that @TonyW and I had a lot of fun in East Anglia's premier auction house today!

 

 

 

 

 

My wallet is still not talking to me, but you're right, it was a good day out.

I've just had a chunk of the big pork pie I bought in Eddis Butchers, just around the corner to the auction house, and that on its own made the trip out worthwhile.

No railway related stuff for me at the auction, but I very nearly caved in at the sight of a beautiful Mallard. That's not a phrase I use with any frequency.

 

Add me to the GB list please Michael. Something early Airfix or Kitmaster related will be my most likely contribution.

 

Tony. 

[Mjwomack]

1 minute ago, TonyW said:

I've just had a chunk of the big pork pie

That's your Christmas lunch you've eaten right there! I doubt your wallet has got the energy to talk to anyone after that hammering! So don't take it too personally!!

[Enzo the Magnificent]

If we accept that I am most unlikely to complete it within a four month timescale, I would be willing to enter this...

 

 

 

[Paul821]

3 hours ago, Mjwomack said:

Now just need this proposal to get up a head of steam!

Is it time to raise the question as to if this can qualify as a historical GB for 2025?