Streamliner

duckweed · Post by **duckweed** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:25 pm

Just wanted to say what a magnificent job Peter H. has done on the Duchess. That is one hell of a model.

Regards,

~Terry~

1crick14a · Post by **1crick14a** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:11 pm

I'll second that Terry blinking nice she is, colours brilliant..........
Regards, Rick

uknut · Post by **uknut** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:23 pm

Ill third that

a great model

Richard

BrianB · Post by **BrianB** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:12 pm

With our imminent release of the new Thames-Mersey route (Merseyside V3 re-named) at the end of next week - the full West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street - well timed Peter, just what the doctor ordered - she now has a route where she can stretch her legs.

It will be interesting to see if any simmers can achieve or exceed the real locomotive's record breaking run of 1937 down Madeley Bank at 114 MPH.

Well done Peter, a magnificent locomotive, I for one will be creating some private re-skins for her four blue sisters. I presume at some stage you will be doing the red/gold versions as well.

In a space of just over two years, we have achieved the bulk of the LMS express locomotive types, almost all are available - all we need to finish off the set, is a decent Royal Scot to replace the default Kuju one, and a decent Princess Royal.

chrisj94 · Post by **chrisj94** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:33 am

What about the magnificent rebuilt princess coronation.
Hardly anyone has realeased a decent de-streamlined loco of the class.

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:11 am

i'm glad someone brought the topic up, it really is a fantastic model and deserves some praise

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just curious peter, are you planning any more varients at all, (i.e. a maroon one, or de-streamlined one?)
not to be greedy of course lol

just nice to know what the future may hold, in my opinion the de-streamlined varient are among the best looking loco's in existance.

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:01 am

Hardly anyone has realeased a decent de-streamlined loco of the class.

46256? That has been uploaded

. Granted its an Ivatt Duchess, but its still destreamlined and a great loco

David

nwallace · Post by **nwallace** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:59 am

Dowloaded it as soon as i saw it have been waiting ages for this loco... not got round to running it yet.

Just ran it on the deafault S&C

Top Speed with AI Fireman was 110.

Need some coaches painted up now

Why was the streamlining removed?

bigvern · Post by **bigvern** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:55 am

Looking forward to the route and the Coronation will be a superb centrepiece, when not thrashing the BA electrics (or a Class 40) up and down!

GatExp · Post by **GatExp** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:50 pm

Why was the streamlining removed?

Several reasons I think.

It made maintenance a nightmare - for example the A4's originally had fairings over the wheels which were soon removed.

It was established in wind tunnel tests that under most conditions the streamlining of the Duchesses and A4's didn't really make that much difference to their speed.

It was more of an eye catching publicity stunt brought about by the rivalry between the LMS and LNER.

I agree that the un-streamlined version was probably the best looking steam locomotive ever - the Bullied Pacifics looked good when they were de-spam-canned too.

nwallace · Post by **nwallace** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:32 pm

GatExp wrote:
Why was the streamlining removed?
It was more of an eye catching publicity stunt brought about by the rivalry between the LMS and LNER.

Certainly is eye catching

BR7MT · Post by **BR7MT** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:55 pm

It's a very nice model indeed.

Only problem with it is that the drivers are of a different gauge to the other wheel sets.

The blue is very realistic

regards

Dan

markw · Post by **markw** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:20 pm

nwallace wrote: Need some coaches painted up now

I've made a start on repainting a correct formation Coronation Scot for my own amusement, using Dave Ball's fabulous Period 3 coaches. If no-one else is doing them I will ask Dave if he would be happy to allow them to be uploaded, and see if it is possible to add the pressure-ventilation ducts to the passenger coach roofs that were such a feature of the real coaches. Even without the ventilator "clerestory" the correct formation of BFK+FK+FO+RK+TO+TO+RK+TO+BTK is possible and should look very nice.

Oh, and if I do upload them I will need a set of running numbers as I cannot find the carriage numbers anywhere!

gopher · Post by **gopher** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:54 pm

Just like to throw in my appreciation for an excellent model and looking forward to a thrash on Thames Mersey.

Gordon

ecasteam · Post by **ecasteam** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:26 pm

Great model Peter....A very big thankyou...

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I just couldnt help myself....