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[Hugh Norwood]

A new census

I have done a new census as new figures have been added since 2018. This time I have included people in or on road vehicles and railway locomotives and carriages.

171 people (people includes wizards, witches, dwarfs, trolls, golems, werewolves etc..)

(and 21 horses)

[Graeme Dunbar]

That's impressive. Doubly so given so many are "characters" and not the more commonly seen "rent-a-mob" packs most of us rely on.

I take the census includes "otherly alive" and other non-binary living/deceased characters?  (I guess golems come under that category, so I guess you do.)  :)

[Hugh Norwood]

I was inspired by the works of Paul Walton on the faceborg 009 group (or one of them...) to have a go myself at scratch-building a vertical boiler Class "A" Climax loco.

These are interesting, in that the drive gears and shafts are all hidden away, so you can get away with a B0-B0 diesel chassis.

I had a spare short wheelbase Tomytec chassis lounging away, which I thought would do. The next step was to look for images and drawings of real and other model Class A Climaxes to get some ides as to how it should look. I drew a up a few sketches, and after a first version which I binned as it did not look right, The mark 2 is ready to run on the layout....

[Graeme Dunbar]

That has real back-woodsy character. Perhaps in from the Sto Plains hauling wagon loads of cabbages. Or cut timber and carrying the name of Sweevo?  ;D

I'm interested to hear what materials you used?

[Hugh Norwood]

That has real back-woodsy character. Perhaps in from the Sto Plains hauling wagon loads of cabbages. Or cut timber and carrying the name of Sweevo?  ;D

I'm interested to hear what materials you used?

Sorry - I don't know what you mean by Sweevo Graeme

Construction details are over in the blog: http://www.hnorwood.co.uk/files/amblog.htm

[Graeme Dunbar]

Sorry - I don't know what you mean by Sweevo Graeme

Construction details are over in the blog: http://www.hnorwood.co.uk/files/amblog.htm

The lesser Discworld god of uncut lumber. Perhaps appropriate for an engine type often associated with logging?

Thanks for the Blog link. There's interesting stuff there!

Edit: just found this -
https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Panipunitiplasty

There are probably PhDs in Discworld studies. I must go back to the start and read them all again.

[Hugh Norwood]

Ah found him - seems to be mentioned only once in the canon - in the Last Hero. I shall have to go and look him up.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Hugh,

Are any of your locomotives named for those in Raising Steam?

Jeff S.

[Hugh Norwood]

Hugh,

Are any of your locomotives named for those in Raising Steam?

Jeff S.

Hi Jeff,
no - they are named mostly after DW witches. The layout pre-dates Raising Steam.
I got the impression that the railway in RS was standard gauge. The only named loco (as far as I recall) is "Iron Girder" - a name I don't like, particularly - anyway people would have their own mental pictures of what it looks like.

(One reason why I have not built the Mended Drum!)

[Hugh Norwood]

You may recall I made a couple of tank wagons (back in Feb 2019 - see page 23 of this thread)
Well, I have at last got around to thinking about lettering them. I made up dummy "transfers" by printing on paper to see what they looked like and to judge if the results fitted on the tank sides.

[Hugh Norwood]

I think they'll do.. perhaps tidy up the font for the Syrup wagon.

I should be able to get them printed as decals without the background colour, so they should work OK on the tank bodies

[Robin Webster]

Oh yes! they'll do very well. Go for it!
Robin.

[Jeff Schumaker]

BCB free?

Jeff S.

[Frank]

BCB free?

Jeff S.

Black Crunchy Bits?

Frank

[Graeme Dunbar]

BCB free?

Jeff S.

Got me there too! Presumably a play on Polyclorinated Biphenyls but possibly something to do with elephants, knowing a little of Discworld geology. Do let us in on it, Hugh!