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Published: 2011-04-26 20:44:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 3739; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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1:148 (2mm:foot) 'N Gauge' model of North British Railways locomotive No. 224, famously involved in the 1879 Tay Bridge Disaster.Related content
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Simply Marvellous! ah yes i well remember that fateful day when she plunged, i think i'm right in remembering men were apprehensive of taking her out after the disaster?
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Indeed; took years before anyone dared take her over the new Bridge...
Thanks.
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ah those were the days they were, reminds me of the time an engine took its coaches off one of brunel's wooden trestle bridges at brandy hole on bray head, could have been far worse there though had the locomotive plummeted on the seaward side, ah well, when was she scrapped?
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Yeesh...!
224 was scrapped about 30 years later.
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its a shame, i would have liked to have had a go on the footplate
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In the storm of 1879 it'd have been pretty horrible, especially when it falls away under your feet 100ft into the Tay... :S
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I suppose, i remember they recovered some of the bridge and sent it away for its strength and other things to be measured and it was found to be woefully inadequate for the job, i'm surprised the bridge lasted as long as it did, a horribly tragic accident that could have been avoided had there been more regulations at the time
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'Badly designed, badly constructed and badly maintained'...
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Not like the Forth bridge, brilliantly designed, brilliantly constructed and very well maintained, truly a testament to the people and engineers at the time, a magnificent achievement, much like Brunels Royal Albert bridge of the Tamar, its a shame people seem so pants at doing building and structures like that these days, now there is apparently some ghastly looking building in london called the shard, and if it didn't look awful enough already they have designed a station next to it to carry on its themes and it does, i saw pictures, looks truly god awful, but that is merely my opinion which not being and architect cannot really stand up to much
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Very true, and I've seen the 'Shard'. It's rather... something...
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I shall be travelling through london in august, twice, and though i am arriving at euston, going underground and then leaving via liverpool street and then all that in reverse on the return, i am sure i will have to observe some of the less fine london scenery, I shall most likely see the olympic stadium and stuff on my way north towards norwich, which unfortunately reminds me that i will be travelling though london while the olympics are on which is not going to be a very fun experience, especially having to use the overpacked underground system
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I'll bloody well need it at this rate
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It looks like Molly without a cab.
Excellent job there.
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Thanks, though the Wheatly 4-4-0s (like No. 224 here) were mechanically quite different to the later Claud-Hamiltons.
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I should have said "It looks a little bit like Molly without a cab"
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I did, thank you; started life as a yellow felt-tip! I've built a number of N-gaugers, ranging from Puffing Billy to Gooch's broad gauge Firefly.
Can upload pics if you're interested.
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Please do! I love victorian steam, but have no idea how to go about it, I'd love a bit of inspiration
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Certainly; will do shortly.
Scratch-building isn't as difficult a challenge as some think (I cheat and put a motorised coach behind many of them due to their size!) - I always consider what parts a kit would have, then make the parts, so to speak. I'll upload an unpainted pic of 224 to demostrate what's actually in it...
Especially with my PhD I love a good bit of Victorian design.
If it's of interest, I've done a couple of articles with the N Gauge Society and Firefly in Model Rail mag, which give construction outlines.
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I'd love to see how you made them, theres a lot of types I'd love to make but...yeah, havent actually scratchbuilt anything smaller than an awful 009 model, now long gone...
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Got to start somewhere! My early ones are painfully out of scale; improves with practice/patience.
224 unpainted and an overview uploaded now.
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And an excellent study it is, thank you so much!
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