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Throwback Edition 15 THROWBACK MODELLER May/June 2020 Issue 15 The second lockdown edition The Cruciverbalist insight Too busy for bizzi Bereaved for his lost Bulldog 16MM HERITAGE LOCOMOTIVE OWNERS AND OPERATORS Throwback Modeller ASSOCIATION ISSUE 15 MAY/JUNE 2020 I S S U E 1 5 Welcome to Issue Fifteen New edition, new colour Independent livery, but my scheme, apparently this one OCD wouldn’t let me include is called Grove - whatever it in the photo. However my that means. Welcome to this OCD will allow me to run all #15 with some really great my locos facing the wrong content, quirks and curios. way through Bratton. I’ve enjoyed a bit of respite Coming from Lynton they over the bank holiday should all be running the Beeson L&B, it got demoted weekends. I was due to have opposite way round, cab first! on the priority list while the my first open day, I held the NGG16 Garratt got it’s super With the lack of open days event, but with one person in detailing. I’m hoping that it and exhibitions it’s certainly attendance… me! I caught up will be ready for very strange. My 16mm with some running, and as it Peterborough - will that be activities have been different was a family affair I didn’t November 2020 or April over this past month. I’ve need to behave myself so I 2021? done some modelling catch- selfishly clogged up all the up, rather than “new” November 2020 or April 2021 passing loops without models. One of my coaches will also be when we get removing cooling locos. This finally has it’s running boards another crack at the Heritage did give me the opportunity and the passengers can even Auction. As you recall we for a “family” photo. 761 Cover shot; My own now climb aboard with the were poised to run this Taw - Archangel, 760 Exe - David Bailey, DJB Lew newly fitted grab handles virtually on the April 2020 Paul Bailey DJB, 188 Lew - at Bratton Station with (about time too). I looked at show date. We’re now David Bailey DJB, 762 Lyn - Bernard Clarke the date on the base, ten looking to line that up with Accucraft. There is a second coaches (Moty rolling years, oops the new date. stock winner 1994) Taw in my collection, a Roundhouse example in I’ve not progressed the Mike Copyright on all materials in this newsletter remains vested in the authors and editor. Reproduction of the whole or any part is forbidden without relevant permissions. P A G E 3 IT'S ALL THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE Okay, there is a bit of bias in this Sparkes, and of note is the Steamcraft atmosphere in this photo which says photo, but I really like it and it is just double fairlie that belongs to his son that it is not all about snapping trains full of detail. It was sent to me by Sam and is foremost right. There is an when they are running. DEREK The attachment that was sent out at the all Festiniog enthusiasts. It contains a history of the modifications to the same time as the last TBM breached the superb layout 'Dinas - Blaenau Festiniog' original locos, and scale drawings of the copyright of 'Narrow Gauge & Industrial which is built with a 14mm gauge in 1863 original and 1898 rebuilds, Railway Modelling Review'. What I have 7mm scale. This is an extensive write up together with the c1901 tender. This is learned is that, whilst the author retains running to fourteen pages, with many a very worthwhile issue to get hold of, if copyright over his words, photos etc., photos, some of which are originals to only for interest. The quality of text and once it is laid out in a publication, the the period being modelled. photos in general in the magazine is publisher then has the rights for that excellent. I can only have respect for the skills layout. Furthermore, copyright and involved in building this layout, which The website for the magazine is https:// reproduction rights may apply to any was going to appear at the Warley Show narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk, and if photos and drawings not provided by that year and which many of you may you want to search specifics (for the author. It doesn't mean that you have seen? instance by putting in 16mm scale or cannot write much the same for another 32mm gauge) then go to https:// magazine, but it must differ and not be The magazine continues with a piece by narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk/pages/ an exact reprint. Lesson learned, and it Chris Walker on the building of both review-index is worth pointing out that Nigel and I Little Giant and Prince, in 16mm. It have copyright in the same way over details his involvement with the Slater's which will also link with available back any piece published in this magazine. kit of Prince, and again has some issues. The buyer of the layout was so drawings of Little Giant and Welsh Pony. impressed with the magazine itself, that I recently was given a collection of he has taken out a subscription. magazines, in which were three issues Finally we come to a piece written by of NG&IRMR. One in particular really Stuart Baker on the 'Festiniog England caught my eye. It is Issue No: 80 of Locomotives - the Early Years' with DEREK October 2009, and will surely appeal to period b&w photos, a chronological P A G E 4 A most Excellent adventure I dropped out a teaser photo in the last TBM with a “fake” Excelsior. This pair of photos shows the Excellent lined up with the Wrightscale Excelsior. I was fortunate in purchasing Excellent from a local member, and once I did a bit of Detective work I found out a bit more than I’d bargained for; Excellent was built by Geoff Fell a pattern castings and also tweaked the bogies to improve their riding ability. It’s this same coach that features on the cover of this edition of TBM, modestly hiding behind Lew. So there you have it - double winners - featured on the same page of SMT, photographed by Keith, himself an active TBM contributor. Nigel. member of the Butterley group. I found this out by chance flicking through a 1994 SMT. I found the Modeller of the Year Photos, taken by Keith Skillicorn, showed that the Bagnall wing tank had been entered in the 1994 Moty competition by Geoff Fell. So now knowing the origin of Excellent I was sitting quite happy as this little engine can frequently been seen with a rake of four Brandbright tippers. The 3 volt motor is in the firebox, with the full width of the wing tanks used for a pair of hefty C re-chargable cells. I was reflecting on this when I had a proper eyes-wide open moment, the lower photo in SMT shows the winner of the rolling stock, the Lynton & Barnstaple Observation coach built by Bernard Clarke. I also own this model. It was auctioned in the first heritage auction, and I was fortunate enough to win it, again without knowing much about it. Since purchasing it I’ve changed the couplings to the correct DJB L&B P A G E 5 David Sheliga, a very early 16mmer and regular with TRAMMING AT BLAENAU heritage at Exeter, has kindly sent this piece after reading about the comments regarding Graham Lamb's Tyn -y-Coed project: Thank you and Nigel for producing Throwback Modeller. I look forward to its arrival. I enclose a pic of my tram and stock on the Tyn-y- Coed 16mm railway 30 years ago, Easter 1990. I seem to recall that it was newly under at Graham's Quidhampton on recreating my first loco construction, the ballast is line, and hopefully one day this from 1976, but instead of ply fresh looking and at the time it might also come to light? and plastikard it will be made only went along the back rock from 3D printed resin. wall of the property. I am keeping busy teaching Incidentally, I definitely myself 3D CAD and have remember people taking video bought a resin printer. I plan David Quite a few elderly locos have For those of you who remem- just read SMT and the article been finding their way out ber the Wheldon wagon when on Ron Backhouse, then it was onto lines, as people put their it was on its world tour (I have he who made the nameplates lockdown time to good use covered this before), Pephyr for this loco. and begin running the com- was the nominated hauler on plete Sam's PTLR line. If you have DEREK collection day by day. Sam Sparkes recently ran 'Pephyr', which was his first attempt at building in 16mm. The inspiration was an arti- cle that appeared in Railway Modeller and was written by the late Jack Wheldon, proclaiming that you could build the loco 'for a fiver'. The model is based on that article, and there is a clue to some of the mechanics under the saddle tank There is a real charm about this model.. ISSUE 15 MAY/JUNE 2020 P A G E 6 Sales, Wants & Solds As the market place is affected by current conditions, I am not going to take up space with a full list of sales. What you see here is new, and everything else is as per the previous couple of TBM's leaving out what is reported in the Sold section.
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