Horsetan

The Lazy Society

Self-delusion seems to be the future, along with stupidity and incompetence

"...the greater good..." https://youtu.be/5u8vd_YNbTw?si=vqoevOupguNZWchK

Makes the pre-order price of £183 look like a bargain

The green variant is arguably more distinctive - a grand job on my sample.

Too obvious. Art installations tend to only hint obtusely at the title

I think this art installation could be titled The Feeling Of Disappointment

I reckon you should enter that in the Turner Prize for art. Given the shite that passes for modern art these days, this would be in with a decent chance of winning.

Surely you mean the eBay flip value?

That's putting it mildly. Seven scale inches too narrow for standard gauge. A whole 1ft 1½ins too narrow for Irish standard. And that's all due to decisions made, and the state of electric motor technology, in the 1930s...

....and if you develop an attachment to your Hunslet or a B1a, you can always arrange to have it buried with you when you die. That way, nobody else can have it, and the remaining ones become even more valuable. A bit like the fella who, many years ago, had a rare postage stamp. He then acquired the only other one in existence and destroyed it so that his would be unique and, thus, priceless.

Hopefully converting to 21mm won't devalue 'em too much.....

Funny, that

Some people use LEGO bricks to form the moulding box

There's still a problem about the brake rods which pass either side of each wheel, though. These need to be detached somehow (not easy) and moved outwards to give clearance.

I think someone has already modelled Macmine in OO before... ...and that there was still a starter signal retained for the Down line to Westport Quay.

Yes, there is space

The Hunslet axles are plain-ended and are flush with the face of the OO wheel and don't protrude any further. They are not pinpoints either. This means they can't be used for 21mm as they are not long enough.

The additional bad news is that if you lever the driven axles out, the current pickup strips may part company with the exterior of the gear casing and fall off - this happened to me earlier today, so it's going to be a gas gluing them back in place.... The 2mm driven axles are plain ended, and pressed into insulating bushes which in turn are pressed into the wheel hubs. Completely different to the "A" class: you cannot reuse the axles as they're too short for 21mm gauge. For P4 profile purposes, that means all new "live" wheels (12mm dia) from AGW and new longer axles, but that means the wheels will have to be re-bored to 2.4mm or as much as 3mm to take the insulating bushes.

Yodel, was it?

It's massive.

It's massive.

You can almost feel the heat...and that's outside of the locomotive cab

The Indians had a WT class as well - a substantial 2-8-4T, with a lot of the Stanier look about it.

Once we get underneath, there's a lot to like, but also a lot to be wary of. The good news is that the bogie outside frames are easy to lever off. Mine lifted off in my hand, no screwdriver necessary. The bad news is that the frames can only be lifted as far as the brake chains will allow. An initial try does suggest it's possible to lever the driven axles out without necessarily damaging anything. Less certain are the brake rods that surround the lower part of each wheel - they're fine for standard OO, but unhelpful for 21mm gauge, so may have to be re-mounted further out or, if not possible, split before repositioning.