Bristol Bath Road Workbench

[lancer1027]

Looking forward to the up-date pics Graeme

Rob

 

[clarky]

Looking forward to the up-date pics Graeme

Rob

Thanks Rob

 

[clarky]

I'm beginning to think that I'll only ever make real progress when I retire!

Another 15 years!

 

[40126]

Welcome back Graeme

Looking forward to the updates & the new builds threads

Steve

 

[lancer1027]

Can we have some pics of 1591 and D99 please Graeme.

Oh and of the progress on BBR

Rob

 

[clarky]

Of course Rob

I'll post some very soon

Graeme

 

[lancer1027]

Hows the progress coming along mate?

Rob

 

[clarky]

Hi Chaps

I'm intending to have a solid season of modelling this year

I totally failed last year.

Too much to do on the real railway!

My Heljan Westerns have been delivered now too.

Very nice indeed.

 

[lancer1027]

Great to hear your back on the case. Dont forget lots of pics.

I look forward to your next postings Graeme

Rob

 

[clarky]

Hi Rob

Thanks for the encouragement.

It's great to be back on the case again.

I've been stocking up with kits over the past year, but my output has been pitiful!!

Graeme

 

[40126]

Hi Rob

Thanks for the encouragement.

It's great to be back on the case again.

I've been stocking up with kits over the past year, but my output has been pitiful!!

Graeme

Tell all, with pics too

Steve

 

[clarky]

Pics to follow Steve

This years purchases have been a JLRT Class 37, 5 MMP Mk1 Coaches (mainly GUVs and BGs), an Easybuild Class 116 3-Car and (most recently) 4 Heljan Westerns.

I've at least gor the plates on the Westerns now

That's a start

G

 

[40126]

That lot WILL keep you busy over the winter

Steve

 

[clarky]

It will indeed Steve, but I've still got other stuff in the backlog that I haven't even touched yet!

I think that some of it will last me well into retirement - and I'm only 51!

Still got a fair few years to do yet before I can hang up my lap top!

(I think I get scared that things will go out of production - but I think that we all suffer from that!!)

G

 

[clarky]

Hi Chaps

Can anyone help me out with Western cab interior colours?

The Heljan cab back wall is (almost) a light brown colour, which I'm fairly certain is wrong.

However, I don't think it should be BR Interior Grey as most locos were.

Brian Daniels' excellent photos show the cab back wall on one of the preserved ones as being a sort of creamy/concrete colour.

Can anyone tell me if this is what they were when they were in service?

I've been through every book on Westerns that I have and I can't really reach a conclusion

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Graeme

 

[lancer1027]

Hi Graeme,

I will have a look through my books etc. But i think it should be light grey when in BR Blue. Not sure about earlier liveries.

Rob

 

[clarky]

Hi Rob.

Light grey would be the logical solution wouldn't it?

I just want to be sure.

Thanks for your help.

G

 

[Phill Dyson]

I would agree with Rob, light grey in the Blue era

 

[D816Foxhound]

Graeme,

The interiors of D1013 and D1062 are painted a colour called "County Cream" which is a reasonable match for the cream that BR used in maroon days. I think light grey was quite common in BR Blue days but I have seen photos of blue 1000s with a cream cab interior in the early 70's - D1019 after it's last overhaul in 1972 for example.

Just to muddy the waters a little, when the WLA were repainting the cabs of D1062, on scraping back the paint they found maroon up to side window level and cream above that.

If you compare early photos of Swindon and Crewe 1000s you will notice that Crewe examples have electrical conduit on the cab bulkhead painted light orange, but Swindon locos do not. Photos of 1000s in the very early maroon days also seem to show the whole interior side of the cab door painted maroon or a dark colour.

By BR blue days, Swindon painted everything light grey and didn't bother with colour coding pipework in the cab.

But as a generalisation, cream for Maroon/Green days and light grey for BR Blue days.

Roger

 

[clarky]

Hi Roger.

That's absolutely superb!

Thanks very much for your help.

Light grey it is then!

Cheers

Graeme