The latest on Llanmynach's new goods fleet

[tedp]

Wot? Undisciplined sheep in the ranks? Baaa-aa-aa!  ;D

[JulienW]

And when did Private Webb tell you he had been promoted to Cpl? Impersonating a senior rank is a very serious crime that in his case could result not only in at least 14 days Jankers but a spell of spud sorry pug bashing.

To the Naafi - dis...........wait for it...................MISS. Turn smartly to the right, pause 2 - 3, shout "we love 009" and get orf moy square ewe (thankyou for typo correction Rhobart) 'orrible harticools.

Suggest subject distraction has now run its course and back to David's splendid models!  :)

Mick

Corpral? Private? I thought I was general public! ;D

[MickT]

Corpral? Private? I thought I was general public! ;D

Indeed and a very fair point - sah!

[Tigger]

I guess all this ought to be in the 'livestock train' thread but however, I've just picked up a load of Hornby cattle which appear to be Jerseys and Holsteins.  By their general shapes I reckon they can be re-liveried to represent Jerseys (of the correct colour!), Gurnseys, Herefords and (polled) Welsh Blacks.  They don't have to be perfect as they'll only be seen through the bars of the cattle vans.  I remember photographing a mixed herd in the fields near Porthmadoc in 1984.

[tedp]

I guess all this ought to be in the 'livestock train' thread but however, I've just picked up a load of Hornby cattle which appear to be Jerseys and Holsteins.  By their general shapes I reckon they can be re-liveried to represent Jerseys (of the correct colour!), Gurnseys, Herefords and (polled) Welsh Blacks. 

Wrong regiment. Court-martial for you, sir!  ;D
That's the last time I'll do the military act, I promise, David. Don't let us distract you. Are the Welshpool sheep wagons big enough to take cattle?

[Tigger]

No, but the widened Welshpool cattle vans are.  I bought a whole load of Noch Holstein cattle but for 4mm they look a bit emaciated so today I popped into ModelZone and picked up a load of the Hornby ones.  I could get six Noch ones into the vans but only four of the Hornby Jerseys and three of their Holsteins.  No matter - so long as it can be seen that SOMETHING'S there, it's ok.
Meanwhile I now have a pair of wagon wheels, some logs, a new field gate and a tarpaulined load all prepared for the flat wagons.  Other load ideas on the book are some sort of water tank, a spare boiler and an anti-aircraft gun to get those damned rivet-counters who hover over the layout and  get picky.  The railway's cannon doesn't have the elevation... ;D

[DeadHorse]

I think those rivet counters are used to flack by now :-)
Hows about veal crates? That'd utilise those HO critters.

[Hugh Norwood]

Have you seen the odd loads used by the (is it Romilly?) guys - OK they're 7mm but some interesting ideas. Twisted crates, one that is narrower in the middle an done that is wider in the middle.

How about a piano (for the chapel)? (Or might that be a harmonium?)

[tedp]

Some more ideas for wagon loads?
http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/rollingstock/goods/dsc00534.jpg
http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/dunalistair/mdsc00062.jpg
http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225402.jpg
http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/dunalistair/pict0377.jpg

[Tigger]

Hugh/Ted -many thanks chaps!  Interesting as I was thinking about some of these things, especially the angled frame for steel plate.  Perhaps a couple of 18" gauge tubs for the mines and a drum of steel rope for one of the inclines.  Has anyone ever built a working 'blondin'?  Keep your eyes on 'Letter from Llanmynach'; I've already written a piece on wagon loads based on my work from years ago!  It's due to appear in the May News - not so much suggestions for loads as technique and I'm keeping it fairly basic which is the aim of the whole 'Letter' series.
Question - I was toying with the idea of repeating each 'Letter' article on the Forum after it's appeared in print - what do you think?

[Tigger]

"...How about a piano (for the chapel)? (Or might that be a harmonium?)"

It would probably be a harmonium.  The chapel already has a piano but only temporarily (oh ha ha!!) until I build a harmonium for it; I have photos of the one in the chapel in the Black Country Museum.  However, there's no reason why chapels at Ichel Groes or Tawel-Llety shouldn't take delivery of one.

Last year I bought from Peco a whole load of coal sacks for domestic coal deliveries up the line so in time these will appear in the long wheel-base sided wagons.  So I'll have to produce a heap of empty and folded coal sacks for the down train!  Who else remembers deliveries of domestic coal?  We used to get a ton at a time and I remember being given the job of counting the sacks in!

[tedp]

Yes, I remember bags of coal. They arrived on a lorry and were brought round the back to the coal bin in the garden shed. That was shortly before they discovered a huge gas field which revolutionised heating in this country, back in the early 60s.

Bags of coal would be a nice wagon load. Unless you have a coal merchant's premises somewhere, where they turn a bulk load of coal into bags. Merit used to do a pack of coal bags and scales to weigh them. I used them at Rae Bridge: http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225390.jpg

[Graeme Dunbar]

Who else remembers deliveries of domestic coal?  We used to get a ton at a time and I remember being given the job of counting the sacks in!

Wadda ya mean "who remembers". We still get deliveries, and logs and even peat occasionally!  :D

[Tigger]

Ah!  It must be lovely to live in an ancient community Graeme!  Do you still burn witches? ;D ;D
Happy Burns' Night by the way.
Ted - it's the Merit ones I've got from Peco - or at least I'm pretty sure it is.

[MickT]

Blondins - I think That Dam Railway by the Chelmsford MRC chaps has a working Blondin on the top of the dam. Confirm anyone?

Mick