[modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:23:12 -0800 (PST)
"...the pipework on show..." was probably to cut
maintenance costs.
Al
--- Dave Beaman <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Got to agree with you Barrie, why did the rest of
> the world put all the
> pipework on show???? The beauty of a British loco
> was it was pleasing to the
> eye and mostly practical. Ok, Bullied chain driven
> valve gear was not the
> best of ideas, Super D and LMS compunds braking
> systems were lousy but at
> least they looked good. Even the narrow gauge locos
> hid the pipework and
> doesn't it show, still being photographed after over
> 100yrs. Now don't get
> me wrong, I love all steam, have fired locos in
> Germany, Austria,
> Zimbabwe(Ok they were built in Manchester at Gorton
> works), Isle of
> White(Well it's over the water), even lowered myself
> to fire Great Western
> locos and they look nice really but look at the
> sleek lines of a Duchess,
> not the upturned bathtub one, a rebuilt Coronation
> is one of the finest
> looking locos around. Even a clean black five looks
> good.... Actually, clean
> or dirty it looks great and will do anything for you
> except make the tea!...
> Ok, enough about how good our British locos look,
> remember, steam is steam
> and there isn't a lot of it left to see so enjoy
> what you find in any
> country.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:43 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
>
>
>
> Jesse,
>
> At the risk of inflaming nationalistic passions even
> further - American
> locos invariably look pretty ugly to my British
> eyes!!
>
> Barrie
>
> > That is one yougly looking lokie to my way of
> thinking. Since it was made
> > for the Frenchies, does it complete with a set of
> white flags????
> >
> > REDNECK
> >
> > I dont know if any of you have seen it, but there
> is a full size loco on
> > Ebay.
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-6-0-FOUR-CYLINDER-COMPOUND-LIVE-STEAM-OCOMOTIVE_W0QQitemZ200167574456QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9883QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemIt
> > is an awful lot of metal for the money!!
> http://www.alanstepney.info> Alan
> > Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, andworkshop
> pages.
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