New book for Christmas
Just a few shots which didn’t make my forthcoming book titled Just Like The Real Thing, published by Ian Allan. It’s the story of Leamington Spa the layout and the modellers who work on it.
7 Responses to “New book for Christmas”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
pete waterman
July 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Looking forward to getting a copy.
July 8th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Dear Santa !!.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
pete, take a look at appledore, that would be a great weathering project for your rebuilt westcountry!
July 9th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Stephen as I was saying to Fred when i was spoting they never looked like thyis only after about 1961 did locos start to look like this and by then I was making music so for me its as Fred did my Castle and Star. Wagons now thats different. Fred you get lots of name checks in this book.
July 9th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Thank you !.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Fabulous new book, Pete, great inspiration. To clean wheels, rest upturned vehicle in cradle and apply rubber disc in minidrill to tread or flange to rotate wheel. Use 4mm dia oval fibreglass pencil, or 2mm to get in the flange root and cleans in seconds. Don’t forget to blow away the dust carefully. Simples! Surely your “Mk1 Suburbans” are GWR not BR, judging by the short wheelbase GW bogies, tumblehomes and bow ends. Many happy memories of Leamington – looking froward to seeing the Parish Church making an appearance, where my mother was organist during the war. Afetr moving to Stafford, I well remember the ‘Twins’ on the down Royal Scot leaning into the curve under Crinoline Bridge (the lattice FB near English Electric … … …
October 30th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Great to see you, Pete, in fine form at Coventry University last week. Well done for turning round the question on Hydrogen Fuel Cells – just the sort of job your precision engineers can do – highest quality limited runs. Thanks for signing my copy of JLRT !
To sort out the knuckle problem in Hatton Tunnel junction, I suggest using a bit of solvent on the timbers/chairs and widen the gauge. If this doesn’t work, make sure the check rail is doing its job on the other side, and extend the obtuse crossing wing rail to act as a check rail further towards you, as you look at the picture on page 58. In extremis, you might need to realign the reverse curve; increase the turn to the right going through the first diamond on the up line, and then rejoin the alignment before the final trailing turnout. I’d love to try it in person, if you’d permit me to visit.
Wot – no flatbottom (even in plain line) at this period ? !