15 turned out to give us a full house at our June meeting.
Joseph Jacks brought along a Bowman 32mm gauge live steam loco of 1920s vintage. This was a non-runner that was looking for replacement piston rings (the originals were apparently asbestos rope!). He also had a Snailbeach Skylark loco for 009 (most of a Chivers white metal kit on a 3D printed footplate, buffers and cab roof) running on an N-Drive outside frame chassis. This hauled some home 3D printed Snailbeach hoppers that had received a wash of colour.
John Davis had been busy building, with his Clogher Valley loco completed and a County Donegal ‘Phoenix’ tractor he had finished earlier that day. He also brought along his latest eBay purchases, scratch built late 1950s/ early 1960s vintage models of Tralee & Dingle locos No. 3 2-6-0T and 2-6-2T No. 5.
Pete Hardy had finished the Narrow Planet 40hp Orenstein & Koppel loco seen last month, now finished in a smart blue livery. It went through its paces on Pete’s test track hauling a train of Pete’s scratch built stock. This including a rather nice tank wagon made from a short length of 15mm copper pipe that had been squashed into an oval cross section.
Also on Pete’s test track…
Ben Powell had purchased one of the new Fourdees 3D printed kits for a freelance 0-4-0 Peckett. Ben had started painting the parts prior to building and fitting a Minitrains F&C chassis he had managed to obtain.
Matthew Tozer brought along a selection of his stock. This including the latest additions in the form of a mini Bagnall 0-4-0ST running on a Tsugawa Koppel-A chassis hauling a rake of barrel wagons, all 3D prints purchased from eBay.
Paul Atkin brought along a very nicely finished “Wasp” railcar. Built from a Worsley Works ‘scratch aid’ kit Paul had fully detailed it outside and fitted an interior to hide the Kato chassis it was running on. The detail work being based on a set of photos taken of the prototype at Welshpool by David Churchill.
Tim Williams brought along the new section of Chwarel Tegid with quarry Hunslet ‘Alice’ (Brian Madge kit) with a model of the Dinorwic ‘yellow coach’ that’s now at Bala. Tim had also printed another of the yellow coaches (the smaller one now at Launceston). Unfortunately the print had warped so the axle boxes had splayed out and weren’t retaining the axles. What had worked were some Penrhyn ‘Midland carriage & wagons works’ slate wagons. These were running on Tim’s ‘Circle Line’ with some 3D printed Rubbish wagons (as featured in the new 009 Handbook) behind Tim’s ‘Winifred’ (another Brian Madge kit).
Dick Johnson brought along ‘Tren Bach’ that has seen some scenic work with more figures in place. Running on the night was Bachmann Double Fairlie “Merddin Emrys” and a train of Peco FR bug boxes, including one of the Platinum Jubilee special editions.
