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River Dee Meats ... My first foray into O Gauge

Discussion in 'Planks, Switching and Shelf Layouts' started by Gary, Jun 19, 2018.

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  1. Nov 21, 2020 #301
    gormo

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    Lovely stuff Gary,
    You must be eagerly anticipating the arrival of the autocoach.
    That cab detail on the loco is terrific.
    Do you have crew figures ready to pop in there as well.?
    :tophat:Gormo
     
  2. Nov 21, 2020 #302
    Gary

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    She is a lovely loco and me not being that particular on the GWR, I now own two Panniers.... 57XX and 64XX.... :facepalm: Well actually, I couldn't resist the price, both the Autocoach and Pannier delivered to the door for under $700.00.., whereas the Pannier at Hobbyco is $795.00....

    As for crew figures, I haven't as yet. I'll need crew for the two Panniers and two Jinties, the Class 128 DMU and one for the Class 121 DMU when it's released.... ;)

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  3. Nov 24, 2020 #303
    Gary

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    River Dee now has a passenger service !! The GWR has generously decided to run a daily train to and from the fiddle yard !! ;)

    The Dapol Autocoach arrived this morning and she looks the goods !!

    Nicely packaged and no damage !


    The front end, or is it the rear end...?


    Overall body...


    The opposite end...


    Decals are clear and crisp...



    The interior...



    Assembled with the 64XX that turned up last week...


    Cheers, Gary.
     
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  4. Nov 24, 2021 #304
    hartleymartin

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    Hey Gary - Still working on this layout? I was a bit bummed by how the 2020 and 2021 exhibitions were cancelled.
     
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  5. Dec 5, 2021 #305
    Gary

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    To be honest, I haven't touched it for a while... As for the 2020 and 2021 exhibitions, I intended to take 2020 off from exhibiting. As we know, that spanned out to two years...

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  6. Dec 5, 2021 #306
    hartleymartin

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    Was just going to let you know that my little green Hudswell Clarke now has a couple of sisters!

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  7. Dec 6, 2021 #307
    Gary

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    Nice collection ! Neat little industrial shunters !!

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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  8. Dec 6, 2021 #308
    hartleymartin

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    I'll be adding to this in due course. Well, that's the plan. I started a new full-time job. I've got Manning Wardle K Class in my sights!
     
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  9. Dec 8, 2021 #309
    paul_l

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    The Red livery has always been my favorate livery. But then that is part Colin Garrat's fault with the cover of his Twilight of Steam book.

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    Paul
     
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  10. Dec 9, 2021 #310
    hartleymartin

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    Unfortunately, an "unauthorised access cleanup" means that two of the buffers for the Green Hudswell Clarke went missing last year. So I will be taking the buffers from the black one, putting them onto the Green, and installing some after-market industrial Hudswell clarke buffers on the black one.

    *edit*

    Turns out that my Hudswell Clarke had a few other issues, so I did a chassis transplant and also swapped a few components around so that all the piping was complete. The right hand injector water input control rod was missing. So, the black hudswell clarke has a few bits missing, but I did have a spare chassis somewhere which will provide those parts - if I can find it after all those house moves!
     
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  11. Dec 16, 2021 #311
    Gary

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    Never good when parts go walk about.

    House moves, don't you just love them ? :scratchchin: I have come across things that I had forgotten I had bought when I open up that 'mystery box' after a house move. ;)

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  12. Jan 15, 2022 #312
    Chris Doroszenko

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    Bloody cracker of a module mate...still catching up on some reading...been a few updates since I last run my eyes over Platform1. Nice work as usual.
     
  13. Jan 15, 2022 #313
    Gary

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    Thanks Chris. I haven't really done anything on this layout since the Rosehill Exhibition.... :facepalm: Been concentrating on my HO Miami layout instead.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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  14. Jan 15, 2022 #314
    paul_l

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    Nice one Gary, but this changing of allegence in a more westerly direction is it a wise move :avatar:

    Toto has the Autocoach and it's a lovely runner

    Paul
     
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    Gary

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    Just needed something for the Pannier to haul... It looked all lonely by itself ! :avatar::avatar::avatar:

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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