Caledonian Railway Association Forum

Tony, To my mind, the notable thing was that whereas most of us would have one example of a class of locomotives, John had proper fleets of various classes. One lovely scene was where he took the roof off the main station to reveal Kippendavie at a Boardroom table ruling that the Caley should not be...

Just for the record, I can confirm that John's artwork was shot down to 4mm, by John, along with 0-4-0ST no.140 of 1853 and 0-4-0T no. 583A . Together they formed a fine jigsaw on one etched sheet, and I had to enlist the assistance of the late Peter Johnson and his 7mm versions to understand what w...

Jim, Just a warning before anyone wastes too much time, for the last three or so years, current versions of Microsoft have not included the useful "Picture Manager", but have the too-clever-by-half "Photos". I haven't so far found it handy for downsizing, and use Photoshop. But Picture Manager was s...

Here are the photos of the original which Michael has but the pictures of which he was unable to upload to the Forum.


Very useful, and thank you Michael

Glad to hear you are back in business, Jim.
I echo the others who have expressed admiration for that quality work.

And Alan's bespoke holder for his model is definitely worth the time taken.

JimS

Carina, Dear old John Boyle did an etch under his Decent Models brand. I cannot recall where or when I got it, and indeed only rediscovered it the other day. Picture attached, I hope. The arms are fractionally over 3mm in 4mm scale. I only have the one etch, it is not enough to equip your fleet, but...

That's an interesting one, Graham, and I don't have the answer. I can say that they were not specified in the BoT Requirements and Recommendations.

As a guess, I'd say the width of a platform barrow plus half as much again, but I hope someone might know better.

JimS

Just a word of appreciation for your efforts, Neil.

I am rather pleased at how many of these I have accumulated over the years, but now I know just what my gaps are.

JimS

Regarding the termination of communication cords, Nick Holliday has pointed out that the picture of the fish truck on p164 my "Operating the Caledonian Railway Vol. Two" shows the cords on a low-sided truck and how they were tied back when not in use. And so it does, very usefully. The sentence in t...

Thanks Alan. You have quite cheered my day, not just by the skill displayed in the completed model, but by the discovery that it is not just me who forgets things until they become awkward. You can guess that I have just done so on the scratchbuild I have in hand. I remember Chris Pendlenton once re...

I have been drooling for quite some time over that final picture, Alan. Well worth all your effort.

JimS

Fine work as usual, Alan, and that overlay does make a difference.
Looking forward to the nest stage.
JimS

Lindsay, I can't help commenting about how beautifully square that assembly sits. The whole thing looks very fine as well.

JIms

Isn't it, Tony?

You find a well put-together series on his techniques at

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index ... lasticard/

JimS

If you go to one of Scott Willis's threads, you will see some fine photos of him scratchbuilding a Caley wagon in S-Scale. A few photos in, you will see the brake etchings being used, in particular the positioning of the vee-hangers. Scott is a builder of lovely models, as some of us know. Here is t...

Look after yourself, Tony.
JimS

Either.
There was a concession as to how much of a passenger vehicle was locked off, if you simply had to use it.
I outline in the book the machinations such as splitting specials at Carstairs, and other odd workings in consequence.
JimS

Nice work, Dave. I love the sheet ties.

JimS

Pages 124 - 126 of 'Operating the Caledonian Railway Volume One' explain the concept and how it was worked in practice.
Basically, it 'led' the formation with the intention of protecting passengers.

JimS

A splendid few minutes, Ross.
And I appreciated the tail lamp!

JimS

Can anyone identify this crane, please? Crane unknown.jpg It is a picture found with some archival material and is noted Crear on the reverse, nothing else. Crear will of course be Crear McCartney, but what of the crane. I do not have handy the final volume of Peter Tatlow's brilliant Crane series, ...

Tony,
At the AGM, please lay aside some for me, preferably an even number. . . .

JimS

There are a few pages on uniform from p14 onwards in "Operating the Caledonian Railway Vol. One".
Blue-black figures throughout, but a blue cap is also mentioned, and green is dismissed - despite a poem!

Jim

More great stuff, Alan.
That is a neat use of the dressmaker's pins and new to me. And it looks so much better at footplate level, where my clumsy blob of solder or Araldite has to be sculptured.
Looking forward to those next photos.
JimS

All so worthwhile, though.

JImS